About 1,900 people gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England to celebrate the shortest day of the year. Druids, pagans and tourists gathered at 0800 GMT to see the sun rise. The pagan tradition is also known as Yule and is one of the oldest winter celebrations. The Druids (Celtic priests) would cut the mistletoe that grew on the oak tree and give it as a blessing.
Yesterday turned into “One Of Those Days”. Mom called to let us know Tracey had left her purse there Saturday night so we went out into the frigid world to retrieve that.
I did manage to fix Mom’s email program while we were there —— stuff was getting stuck in her Outbox and just kept sending over & over again. Her Sent folder was too full —— I deleted that and all was well. So the trip was a success and we had Tracey’s purse. Except I forgot my gloves and left them there.
Not long after we got home Ben came through the house telling us we had a busted water line in the laundry room! So Tracey ran down to the basement and shut off the main water valve.
It evidently broke back in the wall on the supply side of the valve at the laundry room sink so we couldn’t work on it without shutting down the whole house anyway.
Tracey went off to work and I went to Menard’s to get a couple shut off valves. I cut into the lines in the basement before they run up to the laundry room and put the valves in.
We have the water back on in the rest of the house but not in the laundry room. I suspect the water line froze up back there but don’t know for sure. It is always something.
Also I managed to mess up one of the mashed fingers on my right hand again. I think when I originally mashed them I broke the end of my middle finger.
I was trying to tighten the pipe cutter with those fingers and something felt like it “popped” or “let go” in the finger again —— it really hurt like a —— well you know.
Later it quit throbbing so much but the whole end of the finger has gone numb again. Just made the pipe work so much more “interesting” to finish.
MjL 22 Dec 2008, 4:52 a.m.
MjL 22 Dec 2008, 7:00 a.m.
Hey!...Don’t you have a hat and beard, just like that?
Michael T. 22 Dec 2008, 7:49 a.m.
Sorry to see you hurt your finger again,there was a time I could kiss it and make it better,some how I dont think that will work any more. I read the deep freeze is to last till the end of the week,bummer,Season greetings to you all. Love,Mom
JEL 22 Dec 2008, 8:49 a.m.
Yes I do! But I don’t have the stamina or physique to pose for the picture —— wish I did (on both counts!). May be you hit upon the reason why the picture caught my eye though —— that is a fine looking hat!
MjL 22 Dec 2008, 11:31 a.m.
Thanks for the thought Mom. It would be nice to have you fix it for me but I think I shall have to wait for it to heal itself. Healing is another thing that takes longer as I grow older.
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