Wow, we sure had a hectic night last night. After falling asleep about five minutes into the movie I wanted to watch Friday night, I was awake all of last night hearing the wind, hail hitting my windows so hard I was afraid they would implode, tornado sirens going off, and more and more wind. The electricity kept going off and on all night, so I couldn’t get on the computer, or maybe I should say, I couldn’t stay on the computer. I just stayed in my recliner, feeling the pain level in my shoulder building up as the barometric pressure changed, and read “Takedown Twenty” on my Nook.
The last time I was at K-Mart I found some neat little thingys that I can plug in to my charger and when the electricity goes off and the battery is low on the cell phone or the Nook I can plug it into the thingy and recharge it. I keep one by my recliner and one in my purse for when I’m in a waiting room and need a recharge. I had wondered why they didn’t make them for a long time, since they are perfect for power outages as well as times when you are sitting in a waiting room trying to read, or talking on your cell phone and the battery goes down. Someone, somewhere read my mind and invented it. I wonder if they owe me some royalties for thinking about them?
A blogger friend did a post about squirrels today, or maybe it was yesterday, and I came across this photo and thought about her. Tales Along The Way by Annetbell is a really great blog. Check it out some time. She really has some great things to say. Like something I didn’t know before, that she told me today — the pine cones Anika and I decorated are a symbol of seasonal blessings, along with the Christmas trees from Luther’s Germany. Since I am half German (my dad) and Anika is Romanian, which is close to Germany — I think, that just seems to make it all better.
Speaking of squirrels, I found this little treasure on FB some time ago and just HAD to save it. I keep wondering why it makes me think of one particular brother. And one particular son? And grandson? Must be genetic. I’m glad that particular gene missed me 🙂
It’s getting a bit painful using my hand right now, so I think I’ll cut this one short. Lucked out this time, didn’t you? Think I’m going to order a pizza right now.
A.
Angie's Place 
Merry Christmas, Angie. I nominate you for your second BOTY 2013 star. http://markbialczak.com/2013/12/23/a-second-star-on-my-blog-of-the-year-award/
Mark, thank you. I’m having problems getting my password and dashboard to work right now. Seems like it all comes at once here, but as soon as I can get things worked out I’ll be blogging again. I think my first mistake was switching from Explorer, which kept stopping on me, to Firefox which is still a whole ‘nother thing. And of course, then there’s the problem of getting WordPress to accept the new password. I’ve reset it so many times lately I can’t remember which one is correct myself now, even though it’s written down in front of me. Must be the combo of pain and lack of sleep and nutrition.
Merry Christmas. Hope Karen likes all the pretty gifts you got her.
Angie
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Yum, pizza on a Sunday night. Enjoy, Angie.