{"id":4637,"date":"2017-01-01T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T18:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2017-01-06T14:51:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T21:51:22","slug":"new-years-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/new-years-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new year has begun. Let’s hope it will be a better year than 2016, although given the political situation that seems unlikely. We have pretty low expectations.<\/p>\n

Christmas was celebrated in our typical low-key style, at home with a good meal and gifts. Here are a few Christmas photos:<\/p>\n

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Pam opening Christmas gifts<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jerry with his new \u00a0“Nanook\u00a0of the North” cap<\/p><\/div>\n

The week following Christmas we packed up the [indoor and outdoor] decorations and stored them for another year. Weather conditions cooperated, with a warm snap that made taking down the outside lights less of a chore than normal. In fact it was so warm, I hand-washed the cars on December 31st!<\/p>\n

Having done a bit of shopping before\u00a0New Year’s Eve, we settled down with a few new bottles of wine to enjoy the evening and watched the fireworks display put on by the town. Here is a 41 second clip of the finale:<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow\u00a0we’ll watch the Tournament of Roses parade (what’s with that, not on New Year’s Day), but today we’ll\u00a0catch some of the football games and generally take it easy. Pam has been on winter break from the community college\u00a0for the last week while I have a\u00a0four day weekend\u00a0off; neither one of us is anxious to go back to work on Tuesday but life\u00a0goes on (or at least life’s bills).<\/p>\n

Generally\u00a0the weather has been mild, but Winter may come roaring back\u00a0this coming week. A chance of snow is in the forecast for the next several days and high temperatures will not be getting above freezing a few of those days. It’s an odd situation; mild here (for the date) but above-average snowpack in the high country. All\u00a0OK with us!<\/p>\n

I’ve added our New Year’s electronic card to my E-card library; here is a link to the 2017 card.<\/a>\u00a0We hope\u00a0everyone has as happy a New Year as possible.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!<\/p>\n

Pam’s Two Cents Worth:<\/p>\n

The new year: Let’s see\u00a0—\u00a0I feel as if this is the Spring semester of my senior year in high school,\u00a0when\u00a0I remember\u00a0repeating to myself, “Let’s get on with it.” \u00a0That’s how I feel about this coming year, and life, and the retirement house purchase, and generally planning for retirement in 2017. \u00a0“Let’s get on with it.”<\/p>\n

Happy Trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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