It is another cold snowy day.  Some of you might have not made it in to work, or had to stay home with kids that had school closings.  Well, I am compiling a list of what to do when the weather outside is frightful; please add your favorite activity to the comments list!

 

If you have not yet done it, set up those holiday decorations Enjoy a hot cup of coffee, tea, cocoa or other favorite hot beverage Shovel sidewalk Shovel your neighbors sidewalk, especially if they had to go to work, yo...

 

Yesterday I saw it was “National Short Girl Appreciation Day”, as it was the shortest day (least amount of daylight) of the year.

 

Today I noticed that it was the “First Day of Winter” according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

 

So I did a little research, and found that it is the Winter Solstice, it occurs at the same instant everywhere on Earth.  In the U.S. it officially occurs at 11:48 p.m. EST,  9:48 p.m. Central, on Monday December 21, 2015.  Making yesterday the shortest day of the yea...