Claude Clemmons Online » Holidays http://claudeclemmons.com Claude Clemmons is blogging and commenting online Wed, 02 May 2012 23:40:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sunrise Service and Dinner http://claudeclemmons.com/04/sunrise-service-and-dinner/ http://claudeclemmons.com/04/sunrise-service-and-dinner/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:09:37 +0000 Claude http://claudeclemmons.com/?p=331 My Easter plans include Sunrise Service and then a nice dinner at my daughter’s home. I like going to her house on holidays because she is a great hostess and a wonderful cook. She takes after her momma on those qualities, for sure.

Whatever she cooks will be tasty and I know she will be serving ham because I went and bought a Honeybaked Ham for her and dropped it off at her house Friday night. I hope she makes some scalloped potatoes to go along with that – no one makes scalloped potatoes like her momma except her. Good stuff.

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One of the shows that my mom and her sister, Aunt Charlotte, used to watch during the day while us kids were in school had this slogan, “Like Sand Through the Hourglass” that they played at the start of the show. The only reason I know this is because when there was no school – for Christmas break of on snow days, my mom and Aunt Charlotte still watched this show every day, and the slogan seems to appropriate for today, the first day of the new year.

With 2011 now just a memory, I hope that 2012 is good to us all.

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This Christmas Eve, remember the story of Mary and Joseph and their search for a place to sleep. Remember the wise men who followed the north star. And remember the reason for the season. Merry Christmas to all.

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The only good Mondays are the ones that are part of a 3 day weekend. I wish we always had Monday off – they would be easier to deal with from home. I think we need more 3 day weekends anyway.

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I had a 22 pound turkey plus a small ham for our dinner on Thursday. Some of that is left, but even better is all the side dishes and desserts that are left. I enjoyed a slice of cherry pie for breakfast. Yes, being a grownup is a good thing!

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