CHRISTMAS EVE

Well it's Christmas Eve and that means it's time annual family Christmas bash. Dad cleaned all day yesterday and mom was doing allot of cooking getting ready for this years bash. If you haven't finished your Christmas shopping yet time has run out. I sure hope everybody is ready for Christmas. Well the East Carolina Pirates had a pretty tough time yesterday with the South Florida Bulls losing 24-7, it just looked like the Pirates just couldn't get anything to go there way. Hopefully next Saturday the Georgia Bulldogs will pull the upset of Virginia Tech. Today in the NFL Washington will travel to St. Louis to play the Rams, I think the Skins will this one. The Richmond Renegades picked up second victory in as many nights beating the Fayetteville FirAntz in a shootout 5-4, in the shootout Coach Brophy was ejected for protesting a call. It looks like there will not be a white Christmas again this year, however it does look like it is going to be a wet Christmas though. I posted a picture collage from when Santa visited back in 2003. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, MICKEY

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Put exercise on your shopping list -- it's easy to burn calories right where you buy 'em. Carry two bags of groceries home for an impromptu workout. Or, carry your child instead of using a stroller. These are just two ways to fit fitness into your day without blocking out over an hour to get to the gym. Squeeze in bits of activity whenever you have an opportunity, and it can add up to a big difference in how you look and feel. And even moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of heart disease and early death.

1814, The War of 1812 officially ended as the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium.
1851, Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.
1924, Notre Dame football coach (1918-1930) Knute Rockne said he opposed elimination of the forward pass since it has helped “to curb the brutality of football.”
1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces.
1953, Dragnet, starring Jack Webb as Detective Joe Friday, became the first network program to be sponsored. Dragnet was on NBC-TV, for you who want the facts, just the facts. “Who was the sponsor, you ask?” Fatima cigarettes, that’s who.

Bandleader Dave Bartholomew is 86
Mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark is 79
Recording company executive NASCAR team owner Mike Curb is 62
Actor Grand L. Bush is 51
Actress Stephanie Hodge is 50
Designer Kate Spade is 44
Actor Mark Valley is 42
Actor (''The Drew Carey Show'') Diedrich Bader is 40
Singer Ricky Martin is 35
TV-radio host Ryan Seacrest (''American Idol'') is 32