Someone asked where I got the “head banger” that I used in my NYE post… and again to the right. It’s one of those gifs that randomly come in emails. I liked it so I saved it to use in the blog. It seems familiar to me and I would guess it was lifted from an old Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short or one of Disney’s Silly Symphonies. Considering that it’s in black & white, it is probably pretty old. This dude was whipping his hair long before Willow Smith. Maybe Ms. Smith would like “Everything Old is New Again”.
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from all of us at Easterday Construction!
May it be a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous one!
Ron Liechty
I’ve written about Ron Liechty here before and one of the endorsements on our site is written by Ron. Ron is a good friend and has been a wonderful inspiration throughout the years I’ve known him.
Two weeks ago Ron suffered a stroke and is working to recover at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago. For those that aren’t aware and would like to follow his progress, his wife Anna is keeping up a journal of progress on the Caring Bridge website here. I wanted to include the links here in case anyone that follows me wasn’t aware of the situation and wanted to check in on Ron.
Ron is a cherished personal friend. The thoughts and prayers of all those he touched in the Easterday Construction family are with him.
Christmas Vigilantes
I first heard of the Christmas Vigilantes last year. If you haven’t been struck by the Christmas Vigilantes yet, here’s the scoop: One local family has created a tradition that they have been practicing for the last few years. They go out touring the local Christmas light displays and award written certificates of merit with positive critiques and occasional prizes.
To the best of my knowledge, as with most vigilante groups they are semi anonymous. If you want to send any pictures of light displays that you think merit acknowledgement, please feel free to send them here. If I like them as well as you, I’ll post them on the site. If you send the addresses to me, I’ll leave it under a rock at the designated drop site for the vigilantes to pick up. Possibly your submittal will receive a visit!
Seems like they should have a tag-line too, doesn’t it? Something like Superman’s “Up, Up and Away!!!” I’ll have to ask them. If you have suggestions for that, I’ll take them here too.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Cookie Gobblers made for cookie gobblers…I ran across these on the Internet and thought they looked like a fun project to make and then destroy…though my teeth cringe a little about enduring that much sugar. The cookies pictured above were from a site called HI Cookery and included instructions for making them here. The instruction even included a video!
For those with even more ambition, here’s a recipe for making Turkey Cookies with more “from scratch” ingredients. They’re shown in the picture at the right. This one requires actually baking some chocolate cookies rather than just cracking open an Oreo. I found this one at the Worth Pinning site here.
I know you were just dying for a suggestion on how to use up that Candy Corn left over from Halloween… Here you go!
Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Easterday Construction Co., Inc.!