HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS AND DOLLS

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS AND DOLLS:

STOPPING BY TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. MAY YOUR YEAR BE FILLED WITH BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE, LOVE, HEALTH AND ALL THE JOY POSSIBLE. NOW FOR HAPPY NEW YEAR WISHES TO MY READERS IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES.

POLISH – SZCZESLIWEGO NOWEGO ROKU
RUSSIAN – S NOVYM GODOM
SPANISH – FELIZ ANO NUEVO
BULGARIAN – CHESTITA NOVA GODINA
CZECH – STASTNY NOVY ROK
HUNGARIAN – BOLDOG UJ EVET
HEBREW – SHANA TOVA
ITALIAN – FELICE ANNO NUOVO
NORWEGIAN – GODT NYTT AR
WELSH – BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA
SWEDISH – GOTT NYTT AR
ROMANIAN – LA MULTI ANI
PAPIAMENTO (FROM ARUBA, CURACAO) – BON ANA NOBO
UKRAINIAN – Z NOVIM ROKOM
CHINESE – GUNG-HAY-FAT-CHOY
ALBANIAN – GEZUAR VITIN E RI
PORTUGUESE – FELIZ ANO NOVO!
GERMAN – EIN GLUCKLICHES NEUES JAHR!
JAPANESE – SHINNEN OMEDETO

FOR THOSE I MISSED HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM JOEYZ’S SPEAKEASY.

TAKING A REST

SPEAKIES:

TAKING A REST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, WILL LEAVE YOU A POST FOR THE NEW YEAR. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.

THANK YOU BONNIE

I FORGOT TO POST THIS TESTIMONIAL FROM BONNIE ABOUT MY BOOK. THANK YOU BONNIE AND IF YOU LAUGHED THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME.

IT'S CHOCOLATE DAY - ENJOY THE DAY

Good Morning Speakies:

I hope you Jersey Speakies are keeping warm and digging out from that blizzard on Sunday. May the sun shine and melt it all way real soon. The temperatures here in Sunny Florida is a nice 27 degrees this morning but a warming trend will be here by New Year’s Eve.

Today is “NATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY.” I like chocolate just as much as everyone does, so I think I’m going to list my favorite chocolate goodies and see if we are on the same thinking line. Remember chocolate can also be white chocolate and other goodies covered with chocolate. Here I go:

TastyKate Chocolate Cup Cakes and KandyKakes or as they sing it “TASTYKAKE KAKES AND PIES.”
Hot Chocolate with marshmallows.
Chocolate covered Cherries for the Christmas holidays they have to be Cella’s they are the best.
White chocolate bunny ears for Easter.
Just had this one, chocolate covered coffee beans really good.
M&M’s and Reese’s Pieces candy.
Chocolate Peanut Butter cups.
Chocolate milk, “NESTLES MAKES THE VERY BEST CHOCOLATE.”
Nestle Crunch Bars.
Chocolate Ice Cream.
Funny Bones
Here’s one I’m not fond of but this one is in honor of my Southern readers, a true down South treat “A MOONPIE WITH A MOUNTAIN DEW SODA.”

Well there are some of my favorite chocolate treats, send me yours and don’t be afraid to comment and while you are at it become a follower of JoeyZ’s Speakeasy, it’s easy to join. Have a great day and root for those Eagles Tonight.

ENJOY THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Good Monday Morning Guys and Dolls:

Hoping you all had a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Roe and I had a very nice quite Christmas Eve with my son Joe and his wife Elizabeth, a nice dinner, a rowdy game of Uno for present exchange and just all around fun. Christmas Day was spent with my son Jeff, his wife Sam and our two little grandchildren. The fun in seeing them opening their gifts truly made for a wonderful Christmas Day.

I'll be taking it easy this week in writing, gathering thoughts for the new year to come but I think I will make one post later in the week. Please take care, enjoy the rest of the holiday season and be careful out there.

MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS AND DOLLS:

TO ALL MY READERS, I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES, THE LOVE OF YOUR FAMILY AND MAY THE BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE SHINE DOWN UPON EACH OF YOU THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

I WANTED TO WISH A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES SO HERE I GO:

WESOLYCH SWIAT BOZEGO NARODZENIA – POLISH

BUONE FESTE NATALIZIE – ITALIAN

KELLEMES KARACSONYI UNNEPEKET – HUNGARIAN

FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN – GERMAN

KALA CHRISTOUYENNA! – GREEK

FELIZ NAVIDAD – SPANISH

VESELE VIANOCE – SLOVAK

SROZHDESTVOM KRISTOVYM – UKRAINIAN

NOLLAIG SHONA DHUIT – IRISH

LINKSMU KALEDU – LITHUANIAN

POZDREVLYAYU S PRAZDNIKOM ROZHDESTVA IS NOVIM GODOM – RUSSIAN

NADOLIG LLAWEN – WELSH

JOYEUX NOEL – FRENCH

MERRY CHRISTMAS ONCE AGAIN, BE JOLLY AND I HOPE SANTA IS GOOD TO YOU ALL.

JUST STOPPING BY

HELLO SPEAKIES:

JUST DROPPING BY TO SAY WE ARE ENJOYING A GREAT BREAKFAST FEAST AT WORK - YOU NAME WE ARE EATING IT. GOING TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE DAY'S FUN. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND EVENING AND BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.

YOUNG CHRISTMAS MEMORIES AGAIN

Happy Hump Day Speakies:

Well Christmas is getting closer and I’m really enjoying the feelings of the season. Looking back again when I was young I remember being an altar boy at our parish church. Our parish was Polish with a lot of traditions kept from the old country we called Poland. I loved serving Mass, baptisms, hated funerals but one of the most interesting experiences was going with the priests to bless the neighborhood homes over the Feast of the Epiphany. All the altar boys took turns we got out of school at noon and either walked or rode with the priest to the various homes. Once inside the house the room was blessed with holy water and above the front door was written in chalk was the initials KMB (of the three wise men – Kasper (Gaspar), Melchior and Balthazar). The blessing was in the belief that it will spare the homes from misfortune. One of the neatest things for a kid of my age at the time were the tips, parishioners would give the priest some money and usually the altar boy too. At times we blessed those little mom and pop stores and I remember getting a vanilla milk shake once. Those were good days and memories.

I’m off the meet some of our personnel for a nice Christmas Luncheon and tomorrow we are having our Christmas brunch at work so tomorrow is a party day for me and you probably won’t hear from JoeyZ. Have a great day and be careful out there.

OUR CHRISTMAS DAY

Good Morning Guys and Dolls:

I hoped you all enjoyed reading about the way I spent Christmas Eve as a youngster, it was fun recalling all those memories. When Roe and I got married we shared Christmas Eve between my parents and hers. With all her brothers, their wives and kids her parent’s house for Christmas Eve was packed and it was a more festive atmosphere being that my family was smaller. Now being Italian their meal was also meatless. I remember having smelts, shrimp, broccoli patties, flounder and French fries. After dinner there were always desserts and then came playing poker.

On Christmas Day, Roe made a breakfast brunch for her parents. She made a delicious breakfast quiche with eggs, sausage, peppers and other great stuff. She still makes it today and it’s great for breakfast, lunch or dinner for me. We stayed home on Christmas Day, my parents, grandmother, my aunts, our good neighbors Mike and Lena would come over to spend the afternoon and enjoy the day and the food Roe made for the holidays. I remember ham, kielbasa, those rum balls, cookies and some food that just slips my mind now. It was a nice time for all of us to gather and have fun.

When our sons were born Christmas became very special, the waking up early, the excitement in their eyes to see all the gifts under the tree, the pictures of them opening their gifts and the look on their faces when they saw their presents from Santa. They played all day long with their new toys; once in a while a little fight broke out amongst the brothers but that was to be expected. We use to bring the toys over to our neighbor’s house to wrap and keep until they went to sleep on Christmas Eve, then rush over to pick them up and place them under the tree. Of course I could not forget to put out that half a glass of milk and cookies crumbs that Santa enjoyed while paying our house a visit. Now that they are both married I wish them and their families the same joy on Christmas Day.

Hope you are enjoying my little trips down Memory Lane, for me it’s the fond memories I have and my hopes for having many more to share. I Love You Roe, Joe and Jeff thanks for making it happen.

Have a great day Guys and Dolls.

HAPPY FRIDAY SPEAKIES

Good Friday Morning Speakies:

Just making my usual Friday Fly-By to wish you all a wonderful weekend. Now this is the last weekend before Christmas to get all those things done you wanted to, so get busy but do take some time to relax. I bet those kiddies are really getting excited about Santa coming. I believe NASA still has their Santa Tracker on the net and it starts working Christmas Eve day, it's a pretty neat thing and the kids do get excited.

The weather here is turning once again to the mild side, so if you have vacation plans to come to Florida the weather should be nice, of course I'm not a certified weather man so don't hold me to it.

Have a great weekend, be careful, see you all next week.