The Flu Flew In

Well, I've got all those nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever symptoms from the TV ad...and just for fun and games I have them during the daytime hours, too!

No, I don't take Nyquil® or any of those other cold and flu concoctions. I have both aspirin and ibuprofen in the cabinet for aches and pains, preferring aspirin for these kind of aches. Some herbal tea soothes my throat and an occasional Hall's couch drop for the, well, coughing. They are good to suck on in between mugs of tea. In the evening when I want to zone out, I just add a splash of brandy to the tea. After all, that's what's in most of those cold/flu remedies - something for aches, a cough suppressant, and alcohol to knock you out! My home remedy tastes a whole lot better than any of those on the shelf at the drugstore!

So I'm staying home. Blowing my nose in between the chills and fever hills and valleys. And sipping tea. How are you today? Healthy? What do you when you get hit by the cold or flu bug?

Some TILE Trivia & Many Mural Thanks

I thought the members of the Capture This group might find this bit of tile trivia interesting because of last week's theme of "Mosaic"

The largest glass tile mosaic mural in North America is the 4300 square foot entryway to the Hong Kong based Wing Lung Bank in Alhambra, California (near Los Angeles).

The image was inspired by the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California.

The installation won the 2007 Spectrum Awards (the topindustry award for excellence in tile design and implementation) for the firm -Becoming Tile - and took about 2 months to install after the design was approved and the some 600,000 tiles were created.

I also want thank all the Capture This members that posted such nice comments about the Aborigine mosaic! I just snapped the photo, the artist and crafts-people that created the walkway mural deserve the real credit, I am so glad that you all enjoyed the picture! Thanks!!!

!!!WoW! What a Way to Start the New Year! - Featured on the Front Page!!!

!!!WoW!

What a Way to Start the New Year!

Featured on the Front Page!!!

To blow my horn (yes, the same horn I was blowing at midnight!) my article - 2008 - you survived New Year's Eve...now what? - written around the Jethro Tull lyric - "it was a new day yesterday, but it's an old day now" - was selected as a Featured Conversation today on the Gather Front Page!

YIPPIE KAI YAI YAYYYY!!! This is the first time I have been on the Front Page, I am quite excited!

Thank you to everyone for reading my articles on Gather!

When Do You ... ???

When Do You ... ???

You hung them with care.

How long do you enjoy them?

You worked so hard to get them up.

You posted photos and shared them with all your Gathering friends.

When do you take down your Christmas decorations?

When I was little, we would take down the decorations just after January 6th. My mother would then keep the naked tree watered and green until Easter. Some years we would even make egg decorations and re-decorate the tree just before Easter.

2008 - you survived New Year's Eve...now what?

OK, you survived New Year's Eve.

You drank, but you didn't drive!

You partied like it was still 1999

maybe your head is pounding,

but that too shall pass...now what???

"...it was a new day yesterday, but it's an old day now" - Jethro Tull

So, just what does this new day -ummm- New Year hold in wait for us?

For starters, do you have any resolutions or predictions you wish to share?

Pace yourself, it's going to be a long year, a whole day longer, it's Leap Year!

There will be pipers, and their taxes, to be paid come April 15th.

Summer sun and fun, followed by a new school year.

We will cast our lot, along with our vote, in November...will it really matter?

And before we know it, we'll again be proclaiming our Thanksgivings just before dashing out the door to attempt to resuscitate the economy for another year as we settle into the season we have just left.

Will you arrive at December 31st saying:
"it was a new year just yesterday, but it sure seems like an old year now!"

Pull out your crystal balls and share with us what you foresee in 2008. What are your dreams, plans, resolutions, predictions, hopes, and fears. Tell us your "what nows".