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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Hi folks,<br>
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Well, some of us are back at work, scrambling to catch up after being
off for some time. (That's the down side of all this wonderful time
off, but hey, we'll deal with it.) I hope everyone had a wonderful
Christmas and terrific New Year. I enjoyed my break, except for the
week I had the bad cold. That I could've done without. It was the
week of Christmas, and I had to take cold medicine to sleep comfortably
at night. I saw on the news where there was going to be an eclipse one
night, and let my daughter know to wake me up so I could see it when it
occurred, as she was going to be out in the boonies watching it with
some friends, where street lights would not interfere or diminish the
show. She called me as requested, and I got my groggy, medicated self
out of bed and went out to watch the rare spectacle until my neck
couldn't stand it anymore and I went back to bed. The next morning
early, I was annoyed awake by a repetitive, strange, slightly vibrating
sound, along with our goose, doing his usual loud honking call. It
gradually dawned on my fuzzy brain that <u>all</u> that noise was not
the goose. The other noise sounded like some sort of strange beeping
horn or something, and I couldn't begin to imagine what it was. I
finally hauled myself out of bed and over to the window, where I looked
out and beheld, of all things...no, not a partridge in a pear tree, or
Santa and his reindeer, or even Bigfoot...but a white peacock! My
first thought was, "No one is going to believe this, especially if they
find out I took cold medicine last night!", so to avoid all the grief
from the doubting Thomases, I whipped out my cell phone and began
taking pictures of the unusual bird, and yelled for my daughter to come
and see it, too. We still don't know where he came from, but I suppose
he came to our house after hearing our goose. It was a wild sight to
wake up to, I'll tell you. If anyone knows anything about proper
peacock care we could probably use some peacock pointers. So far we've
just been feeding him corn and bird seed, and letting him peck around
in the yard with the goose, but he seems happy enough, and only flies
when our cats try to chase after him. <br>
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</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="+2">Our menu for today includes:<br>
Salisbury steak<br>
Chicken strips<br>
Mashed potatoes and gravy<br>
Prince Edward blend vegetables<br>
California blend vegetables<br>
Brussels sprouts<br>
Hot rolls<br>
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And for dessert, have a helping of delicious Chocolate Cake.<br>
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Have a great day,<br>
<br>
Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span> </font>
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