CHRISTMAS TRADITION TRIVIA What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially that partridge who won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not allowed to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as…
Krissy, here’s the lyrics to the Spanish and English versions of “Fum, Fum, Fum:” FUM, FUM, FUM Traditional Catalonian Carol Veintecinco de diciembre, Fum, fum, fum! Veinticinco de diciembre, Fum, fum, fum! Nacido ha por nuestro amor, El Nino Dios, Hoy de la virgen Maria En esta noche tan fria, Fum, fum, fum! Pajaritos del…
I listened to part of the second of these broadcasts from Focus on the Family. They’re both on hymns and what I heard was encouraging (Joni Tada shares some events in her life and sings). I’m hoping to get to listen to both broadcasts soon. [Part One] [Part Two]
They think my sister-in-law has Chron’s Disease. Please pray.
I’m adding three more of Mark’s blog converts: Deacon Paul (He just changed templates and has something funky going on) exaequo et bono (Who I trust will have his comments fixed soon) OKCalvin (For a while, I thought he’d given up blogging, but looks like he’s back)
And a treat for the Christmas season! Two songs by Fleming and John. (who if you don’t know their music, you should!) The Carol of the Bells [mp3] is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Walking in a Winter Wonderland [real] [mp3] is a kinda strange arrangement, but fun.
Happy Anniversary, Jason! Thank you for a wonderful first year of marriage.
Arrrrgh! My @ohiostatebuckeyes.com email address just died. It was a free address. This fall they sent out a message that you could upgrade or leave it free. I wanted to leave it free. Today, I went to open it and they said that they have deleted my email address! That means they deleted all my…
Many thanks to Blake who provided me with the perfect menu for our party this evening. Everything got rave reviews – especially the salad (which worked with 1/2 as much bleu cheese as as a replacement for feta). We had a wonderful time with some good friends.
Scott’s right. Mark-Paul Gosselaar has joined the cast of NYPD Blue (at least for a couple of episodes – he’s not listed in the main cast). I still love Saved By The Bell reruns. On an unrelated note, in about one month of blogging, Scott has gotten half as many hits as I have in…