Thankful and Red and Green Friday

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We had a wonderful and Thankful Thanksgiving, we cooked our traditional Turkey and Trimmings, had a nice quiet dinner, and just relaxed.

     My eyes are healing following surgery, I stil have stitches in the left eye but vision is not so blurry as it was.
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.We had a nice 12 pound Butterball Turkey and all the trimmings, I did the cooking on the bird and stuffing, peeled the Butternut Squash and have been doing dishes as My Honey has a cut on her hand that she can not get wet.
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. We enjoyed each others company for a Thankful Day~!   It was off to the Storage Unit we rent to pick up our tree, decorations and bring them home for the Holidays and Black Friday.
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The start of our "Black Friday" !!!   .Anna Mae putting up the Christmas Lights in the Window, as you can see our Snow is back, we have about 3 inches.
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.This is from our Storage Unit and Closet as each year we sort, give away and replace decorations.  After we decorate we run the empty boxes back to the Storage unit till we take down the decorations.
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. This our Hallway and Rear exit from the apartment, Anna and I decorated the doors and hallway, I held the ladder.
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. This picture  is from 2013 Christmas, this is Anna and the Grandson, This Christmas Tree traveled with us to Myrtle Beach, Florida, and couple different places we lived, It finally bit the dust and as it was a prelit tree the lights blew, I was not going to spend a few hours on it so off we went to but a replacement.
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.This our Brand New Christmas Tree we got at Abuchon Hardware, it is a 4 foot pre lit tree, Just right for us, I am putting on the Top, this looks almost exactly like the top we put on our tree when I was home and 1 of the 8 kids drew straws or a card to pick who put the top on the tree.
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.Christmas Tree is up, Lights are up in the window, we are relaxed, this is how we spent "Black Friday" !!! .

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Weather sure changed!!

New York is like if you don't like the weather, just wait a while and it will change !!!.

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Weather sure changed, long johns, wool socks, hat, gloves and today, sunshine, 70, t shirt and nice warm breeze and temps about 70.
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Anna Mae was making Snow Angels in 3 + feet of snow, today is shorts and T Shirt!!!!
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Cleaning out the Bird Feeder in T Shirt!!    Picture below shows what was where I am standing and there is no green grass!!!
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 Don't Forget, Remember Our Vets.
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Fall and Winter Mix weather.

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Well we went from Fall into Fallinter, It is Fall and Winter mixed.  We started getting SNOW, and more snow and even more Snow which is unusual for Novenber.  So down came the West heavy Snow,  it came in off Lake Erie way down by Buffalo, usually we get Lake Efffect Snow off Lake Ontario,  it was an awesome early storm.
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Buffalo is buried and 100 + miles of the Thruway were closed due to 4 feet of snow, it was also plugged with Cars and Trucks,  12 people died from this storm.
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Above are side streets in Buffalo where people are stuck in their homes and can not get out!
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Trying to clean out the Car, even if Car if cleaned out and unburied the Roads are not Plowed or open.
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This is me, I have the mask on as I can not breathe from my COPD, the cold sucks the air out of me but our car is unburied and ready when there is streets open, we really don't have to go any where as we have our Pantry Stocked, we can survive for about a week on what we have stored up.
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We did take some of our food upstairs to a neighbor who needed some groceries, we took him soup, canned Beet Stew, Chicken, turkey and crackers and he is happy.
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Anna Mae out front of our entrance, all in all we got about 3 feet of snow, Buffalo got it worse.
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People are frantic to get the Snow off their Roofs before it warms up and Rains Monday to prevent roofs caving in or leaking.
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This Snow drifts on the roof, this is looking out the 2nd floor of West Side Terrace, looking at our covered front entrance and the snow that has to be removed, 
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My Honey is making a "Snow Angel" !!! in 3 feet of Snow !!.

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Everything will get more interesting as Monday it wil go up to the 60's, some rain and then....... Flooding, Roof's caving in and who knows what all ???
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 Never Forget, Remember our Vets !!!!!
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Veterans Day and the first day of winter

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 We welcomed in our first "SNOW STORM" today, on the 11th on Veterans Day it was 70 degrees, this afternoon it dipped to 32 degrees, we now have 4 to 6 inches of fresh new snow and it is still coming down, ..

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. Above is myself and Chief Montgomery on Veterans Day, 70 degrees, it was a fine Navy Day!
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. Myself and LCDR Bruce Rounds (RET) during 11:oo A.M. start of Prayers.
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.The VFW, Legion, AMVETS march into Monument Park for Veterans Day.
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.Members and Officers Conduct Veterans Day Services.
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. Part of the Crowd at the Monument.
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.Korea, WWII, and Vietnam Veterans at start of ceremony.
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.LCDR Bruce Rounds, PO1 Wood, CMC Buckley at Legion following Ceremony for Veterans Day!
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.About noon it started snowing, under the pine tree you can see green grass, on top of the raised bed garden is a smashed pumpkin, it brings in birds for the seeds.  we started with a dusting of snow.
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It got worse so we went for a ride to check out the roads.
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. Out of Stater going to fast!!!
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. We got 4 to 6 inches of snow, roads are slippery.
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The Bird Feeders and the side yard.
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. The parking lot after it was salted and before we got the 4 to 6 inches of SNOW.
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.  I sent this out to CMC Buckley who I served with on the USS Morison, FFG-13.
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Haloween and Birthdays

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Well, Halloween has come and gone, now it is All Saint's Day and My Honeys Birthday!.

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. We dressed up like and Old Hippie with my Flower Child.
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. We had a Band, Special Effects,  to celebrate Halloween and we danced, ate and sipped Cider!!
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.Above is Ralph our Bus Driver, he made many trips over and back to bring the residents here and take them home.
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. Some of our few World War II Veterans were there and  We had lots of Characters there to Celebrate.

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Today we celebrated My Honeys Birthday. We went out to the Steak and Brew for dinner.
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. It was cold, didn't go above 45, and it spit some snow and windy.
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.After snacks and a Glass of Beer, I had Prime Rib and Anna Mae had a New York Strip Steak, meal was delicious.
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.Paul above does some tableside cooking . He is leaving Monday for a 2 week cruise leaving out of Florida and cruising some Islands!!
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.Don't forget our Veterans!.

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