I hope your holiday is filled with love and joy.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
Below are a few pictures of Christmas with the Zens. They are perhaps a little dark but it is hard to get the feeling of them when the sun light shines on them. They are meant for night viewing.
This is the wreath I saw on Instructables. It was easy to make and I love how colorful it is. I put battery operated lights in it, but they are on super strobe timing and could cause grand mal seizures in some people I fear so I turned them off.
I collect half moon things, Santas among them. My brother in law gave me a few of these ornaments with the long skinny legs, this larger half moon with Santa among them. It is one of my favorites.
This is my hearth. You can't see well but there are bubble lights in back of everything and they came from my grandmother's decorations. I have had to replace most of the originals but there are still a couple of hers in there.
And finally, our tree. It is smaller than we used to get but it had such lovely shape that I fell in love with it. We had it cut fresh and it smells so good.
The menu:
Soy brined turkey
Honey Baked ham
mash potatoes
gravy
candied yams
cranberry sauce
caesar salad
fried apples
rolls
deviled eggs
pies
Please leave your holiday wishes and photos here for all of us to enjoy. My love to you all at this special time of year.