Do You Have a Best New Years Eve Memory? Tonight, as I was lighting my fireplace, I had a memory of our New Years 26 years ago. We were living in our first new home and it had a fireplace up on a high hearth with a wooden mantel. Now this was back when blue was very popular so I had gone to sever
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12/31/2014
Interesting Historical Facts in December..Meet Colo MOMENTS IN HISTORY • December 21, 1937 – Walt Disney debuts "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" – the first, full-length, animated feature in Hollywood, CA. • December 22, 1956 – Colo, the first gorilla to be born in captivity, is born at the Col
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12/28/2014
December 26 is National Candy Cane Day Here are some interesting facts about the history of the candy cane. We celebrate the holidays and buy over 1.7- 2 billion candy canes every December to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah. The candy cane is over 300 years old and comes from Europe. The o
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12/26/2014
Happy Holidays from Snowy Southern California Happy Holidays to you and your family. May you enjoy the spirit of the season and be safe. May 2015 bring you success, good health, and happiness. No snow here in the foothills this morning but there is lots of white fluffy snow in the mountains jus
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12/25/2014
Practice Tree Safety to Protect Your Home at Christmas There has been so many articles on the news this season of home fires caused by Christmas trees. According to the National Fire Protection Association, from 2000 to 2004, Christmas tree fires caused an average of 14 civilian dea
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12/24/2014
Acts of Kindness & Love this Holiday Season Something this holiday season has been happening and it is wonderful. It is true that kindness and love is something showing up recently for people who can afford to give back to the community. Large tips to waitresses/waiters left at the restaurant.
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12/23/2014
How Much Money You Will Need to Close Your Escrow So you get into escrow and you think you have enough money in the bank but then the fees start showing up and the Home Inspector wants his money now and the appraiser won't go out until the appraisal fee is paid up front and it can go on and on.
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12/22/2014
Santa Won't Have any Problems Finding Calimesa with Holiday Lights Holiday Lights in Calimesa CA are Shining & Spectacular We went out the other night and drove through Calimesa and lights were everywhere. And not just a row of lights across the eaves or a lit snowman (like my house) but hundr
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12/21/2014
Cookie Party Swaps Can Be Elegant and Fun This week I went to a cookie swap and it was a lot of fun. The hostess had it decorated beautifully and an entire table for a tasty brunch. This is such a good way to get together and enjoy each others company plus get an assortment of cookies to
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12/20/2014
Throwback Thursday- 1941 Police Department in Florida My relatives come from Florida and recently sent me this photo. It is a photo of the Leesburg, Florida Police Department in 1941. I thought I would share this with everyone. This was a very volatile time in our world but there were good men
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12/18/2014
