Lots more rain yesterday but it didn’t freeze so much so Aaron & Ben had to go to school. Aaron was so sure he wouldn’t being going to school that he stayed up way too late. I woke him at his usual 7 a.m. but he went back to sleep and so wasn’t ready at 7:30 to get going.
Our sump pump ran most of yesterday and I kept worrying it might freeze up. The temperature hovered just around freezing. In years past the stupid drain line has frozen up and the pump can’t pump the water out. This just makes a mess! So far so good with no problems but I always listen when I hear it start up to make sure it shuts off eventually.
I splurged and bought some ebooks yesterday. It has been a while since I have read any Isaac Asimov and there was a 20% off sale at the ebook online store. I bought the Foundation trilogy to put on my Palm to read again. I don’t buy too many paper books any more ... I can put several dozen ebooks on my Palm and then I always have something to read no matter where I am.
Tracey didn’t leave for work until 10 a.m. yesterday and quit before 5 p.m. Less than an 8 hour day! I almost couldn’t believe it! We met at Bob Evan’s for supper and went home to watch the DVD “The Bourne Ultimatum”. A good evening all around. We don’t get many of those so I really did appreciate it.
An iceberg floats in a bay off Ammassalik Island, Greenland in this July 17, 2007 file photo. A record amount of Greenland’s ice sheet melted this summer — 19 billion tons more than the previous high mark — U.S. scientists are reporting this week in an ominous new sign of global warming.
When four of Santa’s elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the pre-Christmas pressure. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more. When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where. Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
So, frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom. Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, “Merry Christmas Santa, isn’t this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?”
And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.
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