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It's still cold out, so turn that electric blanket up for me!
15/12/2025

It's still cold out, so turn that electric blanket up for me!

If you think I'm going out to p*e in -28° wind chill, you're crazy!
14/12/2025

If you think I'm going out to p*e in -28° wind chill, you're crazy!

Had my yearly check up. Everything is A-ok!! The nice vet gave me a treat sandwich which was a treat, spray cheese then ...
13/12/2025

Had my yearly check up. Everything is A-ok!! The nice vet gave me a treat sandwich which was a treat, spray cheese then another treat on top.

Fletchers Fun Facts Friday 1. Every single U.S. state grows Christmas trees.2. Tinsel used to be made of real silver.3. ...
12/12/2025

Fletchers Fun Facts Friday

1. Every single U.S. state grows Christmas trees.

2. Tinsel used to be made of real silver.

3. Hanging stockings out comes from the Dutch custom of leaving shoes packed with food for St Nicholas’s donkeys. He would leave small gifts in return.

4. The tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.

5. Boxing Day gets its name from all the money collected in church alms-boxes for the poor.

6. According to tradition, you should eat one mince pie on each of the 12 days of Christmas to bring good luck.

7. It’s technically illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day in England. In the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas pudding, mince pies and anything to do with gluttony. The law has never been rescinded.

8. Mistletoe (Viscum album) is from the Anglo-Saxon word misteltan, which means “little dung twig” because the plant spreads through bird droppings.

9. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm’s Christmas promotion in 1938.

10. Traditionally, families gather together in the kitchen of their homes to mix and steam Christmas pudding on Stir-up Sunday, the last Sunday before Advent. Everyone takes a turn to stir the pudding mix and make a special wish for the year ahead.

Just looking to see if the snow is gone yet! And it's not, so back to napping it is!
11/12/2025

Just looking to see if the snow is gone yet! And it's not, so back to napping it is!

Thank goodness we live out in the country, those city dogs would laugh at me in my vest.
10/12/2025

Thank goodness we live out in the country, those city dogs would laugh at me in my vest.

Momma, when will summer return?
09/12/2025

Momma, when will summer return?

Seriously mom? You're making me wear my vest to go out p*e? Omgosh, we got another 5" of snow!
08/12/2025

Seriously mom? You're making me wear my vest to go out p*e? Omgosh, we got another 5" of snow!

Come on, let's go get another cinnamon roll!
07/12/2025

Come on, let's go get another cinnamon roll!

Thanks Grandma for the homemade cinnamon rolls! Delish!!
06/12/2025

Thanks Grandma for the homemade cinnamon rolls! Delish!!

Fletchers Fun Facts Friday 1. Santa didn’t always wear red. For many years, he actually wore green, purple or blue! He s...
05/12/2025

Fletchers Fun Facts Friday

1. Santa didn’t always wear red. For many years, he actually wore green, purple or blue! He started appearing in red after Coca Cola decided he should match their colors.

2. Alabama was the first U.S. state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday. Seriously! In 1836, Alabama declared it a holiday. Oklahoma was the last state to recognize Christmas as a holiday (in 1907).

3. President Grant declared Christmas a federal holiday in 1870.

4. The first artificial Christmas tree was made in Germany out of goose feathers dyed green!

5. Thomas Edison and his friend Edward Johnson invented Christmas lights.

6. Before electric lights were invented, people decorated their Christmas trees with fruit, popcorn, and even candles!

7. Santa receives more than 8 million letters every single year from children all around the world.

8. There are approximately 2.1 million reindeer in the world.

9. The classic Christmas song Jingle Bells was originally a Thanksgiving song.

10. Eggnog has been around since the 13th century! Monks enjoyed this festive drink in medieval times.

TBT...I feel like I was getting my senior photo taken for the yearbook.
04/12/2025

TBT...I feel like I was getting my senior photo taken for the yearbook.

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