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First day of the new year and it is cold! I ate too much new year's eve. I slept too long and my back hurts a little. I don't think I moved in bed at all. It is cold. It rained. To health, happiness and prosperity in 2015!

Fell on my a** today. I think my left knee gave way. {myositis} I will feel the brunt of this tomorrow. On to nicer things then. From our Christmas eve dinner... that's pininyahang manok up top ...to a pretty Christmas tree. green, white, silver and lights And my Christmas lunch. Christmas lunch Fresh lumpia, menudo, lengua estofado, embutido and bakareta. They cooked the bakareta on a low fire for three hours! It was melt-in-your-mouth tender.

Christmas shopping is done. Last week pa . My phone's screen is giving me problems. I'd buy a new one but... I might get a hand-me-down something, something. I don't know. Lessseat!

Arms and upper back are tired. Went through an old box of stuff from college. Mostly folders, columnar worksheets and journals. The number of worksheets we went through back then was...! And boy, did they drill us, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, the kids now are probably doing the same thing (or they better be!). Feels refreshing to throw these away. Not finished yet but I'm getting there. Somehow I need to do it piece by piece, take out the papers and cut the folders. Cutting cardboard is not easy.