This and that, around the house... :-)

OhOh!  Look what we start the New Year off with........   A worn out one of those ding-dang NEW fangled bulbs!  Which you are supposed to carefully dispose of.  Around here, that means, take it to a Hardware Store, which disposed of them.  -Blast-   But just like returning bottles, or plastic bags, etc. ~~~  This means remembering to take it with you, when you are headed in the correct direction.  

And if you are supposed to remember something.....  'Murphy's Law' sezzzzzz you will usually forget.

-chuckle-

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I haven't posted anything about my reading in a long time.  Before Christmas, I was reading Cozy Mysteries Set At Christmas Time.  That was fun.  Although it was hit/and/miss.  Some are more fun, than others.

I have to say I wasn't totally thrilled with "The Legacy."  It seemed to kind of drag, and I admit I didn't read every page.  -sigh-  So I don't claim to have fully read this.   But I did have to get to the end, to see how all the threads of the plot, finally tied together.  !!!!

We watched "The Thin Man" on New Year's Eve.  Well, we watched this library dvd first.  And then watched "The Return Of The Thin Man" on Turner Classic Movies on the tv.  In other words, we tried to *OD* on 'Nick & Nora'!  ,-)

I took the original "Father Of The Bride" out of the library,  just for looking at the decor in their house.  I  LOVE  FILM  SETS!!!  Susan Branch loves homes in old films.  It's basically the same thing.  Susan has an extensive List of the "home" films, which are her favorite.  "Father Of The Bride," is on that list, and it was in the library, so I started with it.  Oh those ruffle-edged white organdy curtains!!!  I so remember loving them, in films, when I was growing up!!!!!!  And my mother and I got them for my bedroom, because of seeing them in a bedroom, in a film.   

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So I am getting the old films on her List, which are in the library system.  Then I'll finally get NetFlix again, for a while.  And see more of them. 

Do you ever do something like this?  Go through a List, of this or of that?  

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Just an old left-over photo, of the New Year's "Bubbly" bottle, the next morning.  :-)

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:-) If you go to the Source Link, you'll see that this sweet little art-work is done with "Home For The Holidays", written under it.   But I thought it kind of shows the feeling we get, after the Holidays too.  Of wanting to be cozy and warm and snug, at home.  :-)

And of course, our Christmas Tree and Wreaths are still up, around here!!!
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From an old book by Gladys Taber:
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 "January is drama in the season.  

Driving against the pane comes the sleet, 

and wild is the sound of the wind from the fierce heart of winter.  

The sky can be black as anthracite, and the drifts roll under it.

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In the house, there is a special sense of security.  

The house is as tight and snug as a ship.  

In the old black kettle swinging from the crane, Cranberry Island stew is simmering.  The range glows in the back kitchen, and beans are baking for Saturday-night supper.  

A few cockers are dripping on the hearth, 

and the cats are asleep 

on the hottest radiator."

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