Let me say it again…Happy New Year!

I hope that you are happy…

celebrating with family and friends…

while you bond with “Bob and Stephanie” on HGTV…

watching the Rose Parade.

As an aside, look for this kid…

he won’t be hard to spot.

Relatively speaking, that is…

He’s in the above pictured outfit…

along with “several other of his closest friends.”

But he is in the first coronet position this year, which is “always on TV.”

Not that I haven’t seen him in this parade, on TV…

alot.

But I probably don’t get out enough…

So this is exciting for me.

Every year…

What’s more exciting, is that he’s my darling nephew, Nick…

An extremely stellar young man…

Of which his uncle, “Hero Hubby” and I can be proud.

And let me make one thing perfectly clear…

You don’t get the first coronet spot…

in The Salvation Army Band…

by “tooting” out “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”

Nick would be mortified to learn that I had highlighted him in this  particular fashion…

Because he’s humble to boot.

So here is your “3 Minutes of Fame,” Nick…

I would’ve liked to make it a full 15, but…

You are on TV ( over and over in a continuous loop if it’s HGTV)…

and, I’m concerned about the state of our nation…

and need to address some things…

Dr. Shanon Brooks has written a thought provoking piece for TommyMom…

because he’s fairly nice like that.

It will be featured next week…

when we get back down to business…

and nix the “perpetual party” that’s been going on here…

pretty much since the inception of this blog in  October.

(Hey, it was the holidays…

what’s a girl supposed to do?!)

I do have a New Year’s Resolution, however…

(there are several…I’m actually naming the one…)

I think that next year, I’ll take a couple of weeks off.

Because we went from “Chatty Cathy Forum”…

to “Hello, I’m Standing at an Open Mike, Is Anyone In Here?”…

“Can You Come Out and Play?”

I don’t like this much “alone” time.

So when you leave next year to cleave to family and friends…

So will I.

Back to the infamous nearly famous Dr. Brooks.

I can’t wait for you to read the article…

And then refer back to this.

Okay…I’m somewhat interested…

(After all I do want to “fit in.”)

4 Million people bought tag line #1 in “just 3 months”?!?

If you got one for Christmas or Hanukkah, please forgive me…

I am struggling to understand “the phenomena.”

Apparently these two people do.

(…Is that a classic she’s reading?)

But wait, “the phenomena” gets better!…

Traveling in the car?!

WHAT?  absolutely NO OPTIONS other than steering wheel positions “10 and 2″ in this baby! NO “heel of the one hand swing” like your dad used to do…no siree! And what about road trip rest stops!?!?

What IS a “Night Time Pub Crawl!?!”

I’m going to ask my friends Cherylyn and Dave…

They claim to have participated in everything in their misguided high school years!

If you yourself, are familiar with this activity…

feel free to leave me a comment.

Because I’m open to new and exciting things…

and like to understand where others are coming from…

most of the time.

“Chilly Office Buildings” Where, and for Whom do you work? If you answer anyone other than yourself while sporting this baby, then I suggest you seriously check out the long-term viability of this company…and its 401K!

“Sporting Events” We’ll see you on the news as a victim, is all I can say…

“Cold Movie Theatres” Looking for an entire row to yourself?  This could be the ticket!

“And Much, Much, More!”

People! For the love of God and country!…

Can you tell me, after seeing this…

Why people who choose to educate their children at home or through “alternative” methods…

are labeled “freaks” in this nation?

And why ditching a harlequin romance novel for a classic labels you as “odd?”

And can you imagine…

what the ramifications of 4 million people “buying into”…

and practicing TJEd ( Leadership Education) principles would DO for this ailing country?!?

I, for one, think that Snuggies should come in bubble gum pink…

You should get one, then glue an old tennis shoe to your head…

WAH-LAH!

We’re back to October!…Happy Halloween!

(and it’s a stellar costume suggestion, since a girl in Washington state won “Best Costume” at her local high school for doing just this!)

Do you see how The Four Turnings really do come full cycle?!?

Oh, there’s more alright…much, much more!

p.s. for the relevance of the “slavery” portion of this post’s title, read Dr. Brooks article next week.