Goodbye 2010. A toast to the year now ending...
How will you toast 2010 as it ends and welcome 2011?
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How will you toast 2010 as it ends and welcome 2011?
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Howard Dean and 2010 are FIRST!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cat! ♥ Messages for you on the last thread.
ReplyDeleteSO MARVELOUS! About Ally's scans!
ReplyDeleteWe are born with about four times the kidney tissue we need--lots in reserve.
I haven't been here for a bit because things have been VERY busy at work; police agencies doing their best to catch drunk drivers. Today was a nice respite, and an opportunity to clear the decks for next week, which should be even more challenging. Tomorrow (12/31) off! Yay!
Naomi came down Wednesday--her first long drive. No problems, just windy in places. Her timing was perfect--just a bit of rain, then some blue sky, and then rain after she arrived. Beautiful clear weather today (frosty in the morning). More snow in the mountains--good! Close to freezing tonight--I can hear the roar of the wind machines in the citrus groves across the river as I type this. We opened Christmas present last night, and tonight we went to Olive Garden (Italian chain restaurant) for dinner.
Naomi found her artwork is getting good comments in the user forums for her company's cell phone video games (which are among the best sellers on iTunes). Also among Japanese users! Also in at least one game review site! And her horoscope for the Year of the Rabbit is good.
Re gratuitous violence: recently I watched a movie that turned out to have considerable violence that I did not anticipate ["Pulp Fiction"]. But it wasn't gratuitous; it was set in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, and the film could not have worked without such violence IMO. The structure of the film was absolutely fascinating. A while back I saw another movie, about Joan of Arc ["The Messenger"] that DID have a scene of patently [IMO, but perhaps arguably] gratuitous violence that distracted from the rest of the movie. The usual Alfred Hitchcock formula of implied but unseen violence would have been better.
listener-- re "Yet the docs keep adding on more treatments." My oncologist was chatting with me about further treatment after my chemo, radiation, and surgery. We were both of the same mind--that watchful waiting was the best approach. But he told me the insurance companies don't bat an eye at such further treatments, so many doctors order them, and because many doctors order them the insurance companies don't bat an eye. Not saying' it's not justified in your BIL's case, just sayin' you don't have to imagine the worst. Could be just community standards of treatment.
Tomorrow we will get some housecleaning done to prepare for New Year's. I will put the license plates on Naomi's car this weekend, and install an arm rest cum center console.
TTFN
Near as I can figure, Naomi's Honda Fit averaged about 38 mpg on the trip down. Pretty good!
ReplyDeleteMy youngest grandson was born with only one kidney. He's a little small for his age, but otherwise healthy. My best friend also has an adult sister who was born with only one kidney. As Alan says, only a worry if the one stops functioning.
ReplyDeleteI always ignore New Year's Eve. I figure the calendar will flip over without my watching it. I'm one of those "wake me when it's over" people.
Haven't always, but recently (past couple of decades) find that New Year's is a fine time for making an assessment of me, what I've done, what I've loved, what I hope and what I'm doing to achieve that hope. . . . Not all that focused on the second it changes.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lovely day going here. Blue and sunny and. . . and. . . 52ยบ!! Door's open, fresh air pouring in.
Puddle, being a lazy, good fer nothin' bum and a coward to boot, I do my damnedest to avoid the introspection and assessment. The actual moment of transition from one year to the next is sort of magical to me. Midnight writ large.
ReplyDeleteLovely attitude, Cat! Don't evah change. . . . You're prolly right there with our Druid ancestors, lol!
ReplyDeleteHave to admit that I *relish* going to sleep in one year, and waking in a new one. . . . Can't always arrange that, though. Not going to happen this year, for instance.
The cake in the picture looks super-delicious.
ReplyDeleteI hope 2011 is a wonderful year for all of us. I admit I'm a little nervous about what the future holds for all of us. I'm a "glass half-empty" kind of person too, I guess. I tend to over-worry anyway, which is how I got the nickname "Wort".
Susan, I'm a worrier too. But I'm trying to internalize the saying, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Worrying doesn't change or help anything, while it damages your health. In much the same way, hatred, anger and resentment don't do a thing to injure their object but do do a number on your blood pressure and mental health. I'm trying hard to remember that too. Not easy, but worth expending effort on.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alan.
ReplyDeleteI think Naomi is a much blessed daughter. :-)
We are born with about four times the kidney tissue we need--lots in reserve.
ReplyDeleteThat is extremely good to know! Thanks so much!!
Isn't the body pretty phenomenal?!
ReplyDeleteCelebrate it your way, Susan. All good.
We plan to go outside just before midnight and toast the new year with Madeira and a smooch. :-)
"Uncle Larry" in Ally's Mom's post is my BIL who is having chemo on Monday for pancreatic cancer. So sweet that Ally is going over to visit him tomorrow! :-)
ReplyDeleteAh, Susan, it's a full fledged cheesecake heavy on the orange peel, with whipped cream, some red sprinkles for a festive look, and some of those Pepperidge Farm Pirouette fudge chocolate cookies on top. Mmmm.
ReplyDeleteWe all have glass half empty days. Best to hang out with some glass half full people at times like that. Balance. :-)
ReplyDeleteMmmm...nice, puddle. I especially like the part where you ponder what you love and what you hope and how to enhance same. In my view, introspection is good in moderation. The moment you start thinking badly about yourself it's time to stop and ponder the loves and hopes some more. As I have met with people seeking spiritual guidance these 15 years, I have found that people are more apt to believe something negative about themselves than something positive. Go easy on yourselves! You are lovely!! ♥
ReplyDeleteWell yes, it is!
ReplyDeleteThe report sounds ever so promising!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping for a reasonably early bedtime tonight, as I am driving to DC for a Christmas make up dinner tomorrow. Warm and rainy is the forecast. I kin live with dat.
ReplyDeleteNaomi and Miyoko are watching the huge NHK New Year's variety show via satellite (appropriately time delayed for the US west coast). Think I'll watch Metropolis (tried the other night but ran out of time). Gorgeous day today, with a moderate frost in the morning. Housekeeping and cooking finished by 5:00 PM, Japanese style New Year's dinner immediately following, then we pretty much veg out until January 2nd, and maybe then as well! All our Chinese horoscopes for the Year of the Rabbit are good.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing--Naomi's artwork for the iPhone games is collecting compliments in reviews and users' forums--in Japan too!
ReplyDeleteGold standard, Alan, gold standard! Congrats to da Proud Pappa!
ReplyDeleteThought I spied pirouettes.
ReplyDeleteSounds good, Alan.
ReplyDeleteExcellent!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks. And here's some news we can use:
ReplyDeleteYour prescription for 2011 is…
… be slightly overweight, don't exercise too much and stop peeling your fruit and veg. Follow these seven simple steps to better health
Dr Tom Smith
The Guardian, Saturday 1 January 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/01/seven-steps-to-good-health
lol Alan. Now, that's an article I'll read.
ReplyDeleteTraveling Mercies, puddle! ♥
ReplyDeleteRain is much easier to drive in than a blizzard! ;-)
= Have a heap of fun with your family! =
When shall we expect your return?
What a great way to end the year!
ReplyDeleteMain*Squeeze and I just watched Sleepless in Seattle (because it includes a New Year's scene).
ReplyDeleteWe liked it better than we remembered!
What other movies include a New Year's scene? Hmmm...
While You Were Sleeping does. Others?
Thanks,Alan. That was really interesting.
ReplyDeleteHoliday Inn
ReplyDeleteThirteen minutes to go according to my clock. Better go scare up the ginger ale.
ReplyDeleteDon't know why I'm so sleepy this early -- before 11. No nap today, but I shouldn't need a nap every day. Penny's already in bed, thought, so I'll head there too. Night all. Have a good night and a great new year!
ReplyDeleteProlly late Sunday. Going to *shop* on the way home, lol!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure.
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