TRANQUILLITY BASE (LIFE FROM PLANET NORWOOD): December 2006

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Another one bites the dust!

Until we meet again....Happy New Year 2007 and "BOTTOMS UP"!

Tranquillity Base....................out

LET IT BE SO!

HOME SWEET HOME.....LET IT BE SO!

Here on Planet Norwood....Tj and I have spent the last few months spending alot of time searching for a new home.

The home we are living in, at this time, is a really nice home, but it's a leased home and we are ready to own again. This home isn't ours and never will be...because it's not for sale and won't be.

We have really enjoyed living here though. It's a 60's style home, has plenty of room and has personality...but we are looking to own a newer home and our lease is up in May. (You may think that the month of May is still a few months away...and it is...but by the time you close on a house and take time to move in...the month of May will be here!) And after our last move....I want to move slowly!!....And only across town! Not Moon to Planet!

Today we submitted a bid for the third time. (The third time's the charm, right?) The two other homes that we had bid on before, didn't come together for us for one reason or another. On the first home....it already had a contingency bid on it, and the sellers wanted to stay with that bid....and on the second home....the sellers were just not ready to sell....which ended up being good for us....because we came to the conclusion that their house was just too small for us anyway. (Why they are even advertizing to sell it, amazes me!)

So......Since we believe that "things are meant to be"....then we are glad that the other two homes fell through.

The home that we bid on today is just gorgeous! It's big, (3300 square feet) and beautiful and is sitting on a "double lot" AND....on a cul-de-sac, with a "green belt" park behind it. (We like neighbors....but not too close...LOL!) There definately would be plenty of room for all five of the four legged Johnsonville Brats to run around and play. Anyway....we are hoping to get some "good news" on our bid over the weekend.

So wish us luck....we're ready to hang that "Home Sweet Home" sign.

Until we meet again..........Greetings and Salutations from Planet Norwood....Lj

Tranquillity Base..................out

CHRISTMAS MORN.....

This is Peter Mayer.

Again...he was very gracious and entertained us in Cleveland when Tamara was ordained, back in April.

This Christmas tune that he wrote and performed is fabulous!

Turn your speakers up and listen to the words....

ENJOY!!! and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

PRAY FOR PEACE

MY GROWNUP CHRISTMAS LIST.....

Let us all have a Merry Christmas.....

Let there be Peace on Earth....for all the nations of our planet.

Planet Earth belongs to all of us....

IT'S TIME TO........

REJOICE!!

AH.....DECEMBER

WHAT A GLORIOUS TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S TIME TO UNPACK, AND HANG THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS,
DISPLAYING BULBS OF CHEER IS WHAT WE DO.
IT'S A SPECIAL WAY FOR ALL OF US TO CELEBRATE,
WITH THE TWINKLING OF GREEN, RED, GOLD, AND BLUE.

SOME FOLKS LIKE TO HANG THEM IN MULTITUDES,
AND THEN OTHERS DON'T HANG UP SO MANY.
NO MATTER THE COUNT, THE MESSAGE STILL REIGNS,
CHRISTMAS IS NEAR AND OUR BLESSINGS ARE PLENTY.

SO STEP OUT AND SEE YOUR NEIGHBORS HUNG GLEE,
THERE WILL BE LIGHTS FROM THE SKY TO THE GROUND.
BLINKING SIGNS OF THE TIME EVERY DIRECTION YOU LOOK,
MANY THANKS AND CELEBRATIONS AROUND.

(poem by Leonda)

OH....AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT.....

JUST ADD MUSIC!