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Eagle Harbor Marina in winter is like being on a different planet than the other season.

Good Morning

Good Morning everyone!! 36 degrees and rain here in Houghton, very sloppy. Snow is on the way later.

Its warmer up in the U.P. then it is here in Missouri. We had freezing rain and about an inch of snow on top of that. Its 21 and with the wind chill feels like 7. Nasty day out.

Good Morning All! The winter storm that rolled through last nite brought us here in Eastern Iowa 10" of beautiful white snow, Santa will have no problems manuvering his sleigh tomorrow nite!

Good Morning, Everyone! We had a rain storm earlier this morning, with wind gusts to 45 mph. For now, it's just windy. We should get a little bit of snow when it cools down. (It's 40 right now.) It's a good day to stay inside here in Troll Land, too, because the ice (from the frozen rain) under the snow, on the roads, with the winds added will make less than great driving conditions.

I think we still have enough snow to last for a white Christmas, at least I hope we do! Janie's 10" of beautiful white snow would have been great here for a white Christmas!

Christmas greetings from Pohjanmaa;

http://www.jarimaki.fi/Default.aspx?id=504667

Jarmo: To you also. If Pohjanmaa is in Oulunlaani (sp???), that's
where my mother's family came from.

JARMO ITÄNIEMI (Japei):

An curiosity at http://www.jarimaki.fi/Default.aspx?id=504667 ®
Special Car Rental: ® Ford LTD Police Special 1985:

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An original Sheriff car straight from Indiana State.

The car was used by Indiana State Sheriff between 1985 and 1994.

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Hauskaa = (Amusing | Pleasant | Enjoyable | Merry | Pleasurable | Nice | Jolly | Funny)
Joulua = Christmas
ja = and
Onnellista = Bless
Uutta = Leach
Vuotta = (Skin | Hide)

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Merry Christmas FRNash shore hope mi speeling iz up to par! Merry Christmas all you Pasty People!

LEST WE FORGET ! Of of all the fine cherished traditional classic movies of Christmas, the Holiday Season, past and present, I highly recommend an old classic favorite of mine: "Meet John Doe" Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart etc. A four star film. The film throbs with Director Frank Capra's love of humanity, the message being that we must love our neighbors if we are to find happiness! Though the film was made in 1941 it is soon obvious how things and situations are so much as today and happening now!! Rent a video, DVD etc. check it out, you will see what I mean!

Good Evening everyone! 25 degrees and light snow here in Houghton. Ground is very slippery to walk on. What was wet this morning from the rain is now frozen over.

Hey everybody out there in pasty land. I want to thank everybody for the thoughts and prayers that went out for our family during this last trying week. We brought Ryan home from the hospital today, at least a day earlier than expected. He's doing so well. It's hard to believe what they can do. Of course, he has to keep a close watch on his incision, and watch out for fever as well as chest pains for the next two weeks, but all in all he's doing great! So thank you everybody for praying for him. I'm sure it helped. It doesn't seem much like Christmas to us this year, but we sure have a lot to be thankful this Christmas season.

Russ, I've never heard of that movie. I will look for it because I'm a movie fanatic. We watched "White Christmas" and "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" while we were in the hospital. They are two of my very favorites. Next week I'll start watching Christmas DVD's that I have.

Again, thanks you guys. (Phil, I even saw you on here. Thanks!)

Deb, glad to hear all went well.

Deb and Mr. Deb--So glad to hear that things are going well for
Ryan. He was on the prayer list at Redeemer Lutheran here in
Toronto this morning. Hang tough!

Oh my gosh Kosk, thanks so much. Mikie has his priest praying for him too. You guys are just so great!!!

Deb and Mr Deb, I am so glad to hear your good news, that you were able to bring Ryan home a day early because he is doing so well! We will continue to keep you all in our prayers for his continued recovery!

Just finished watching "Santa Claus 2" with Tim Allen; an excellent movie.

Dave from Mohawk I was watching it also. Kind of put me in the spirit. Love the good news about Ryan. Jimmie the fat white cat got his Christmas present early. It is a new bed, and he hasn't moved out of it since Precious put it by the register. I love to take my glasses off, very nearsighted and look at the tree, the lights look magical like that. The wind has the chimes ringing and the flags flying here in Berkley. The sound the chimes make is nice. Probably drives the neighbors nuts though. When I retired I made several sets of chimes and they all sound nice. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Would have been nice to have snow, but you snow hogs in the UP kept it to yourselves. Right now I wish I could be home with my sister and my nephew, miss them a lot. Also miss my family in Manistee. Tommorow will be spent with my daughters family the Ozanichs and my sons family Justin Du Long, also their in laws. Great Grandma Wisniewski will be there to make sure we celebrate the holiday properly. No Midnight Mass this year, the kids mass at 4:30 is where Precious has her choir of kids singing. After Midnight Mass when I was a kid we would come home and have Pork Pies and open our gifts. Now for the first time in many years there wont be any kids here to open gifts on Christmas morning. Kind of sad getting older. The good thing is Dani is having the dinner tommorrow night at her house. Eddyfitz, did St. Cecelias have a parade on Christmas night? I seem to remember that. When we lived in Germany they would carry candles and walk around the town on the way to church led by the priest and the altar boys. Maybe it was Easter in Hubbell I am thinking about. Memory is getting a little fuzzy so I have to ask Mary Kay she remembers every thing even the bad things I did as a kid and would threaten to tell Santa.Twenty four hours and Santa will be making his rounds. So you better be good little Yoopers and make sure that Santa has cookies, milk, and a carrot for the Reindeer.

Thank you Marianne!!!!

Mikie, I was just talking to my parents in Michigan this morning and they were saying pretty much the same thing. It's really hard facing Christmas with no family around to celebrate on Christmas morn. They wish they could have their grandchildren and great-grandchildren around on Christmas morning so it feels more like Christmas. I don't even want to think about when that time comes for us.

On a brighter note, I was told I'm going to be a grandma again in July. My newlywed son and daughter-in-law are having a baby then. They're the ones who got married on the shores of Big Traverse. So, we have so much to be thankful for this Christmas. Hope each and every one of you has a wonderful Christmas and a very happy 2008.