My 1st Post For 2014

Cocaine Princess here.

We're 8 days into 2014 and I do hope you all had a fantastic time ringing in the New Year. As I previously explained my annual tropical winter get-a-way has been put on hold til further notice forcing me to have a stay-cation. Weather wise it's been totally crappy up here. Due to the extreme cold weather most of it was spent indoors watching TV which included The World Junior Hockey Championship. Unfortunately Team Canada placed 4th. That's okay, after all there's Sochi 2014 to look forward to. The Men's Olympic Hockey Team was announced yesterday and of course Sidney Crosby will be playing. The puck drops on Feb. 13th: Canada vs. Norway.

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To say it's been bone chattering cold would be an understatement. So just how cold has it been? It's been so cold that we began experiencing something known as "frostquakes."   Last week we heard a loud boom followed by a loud bang. Sister and I thought the bookcase in the den had someone fallen over. I checked every single inch of the house and everything seemed normal. It wasn't until the next morning we realized the sound we heard was a frostquake. Something I had never heard of until this year.

Yesterday temperatures plummeted to -37C. Although there was a severe weather alert urging people to stay indoors I decided to brave the elements and head on out. I came back inside in under a minute. I still can't feel my nose. I looked in the mirror and thankfully my nose is right where it should be but I'm so afraid to touch it for the fear it may fall off because it's still so numb. 

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Today, is the King of Rock and Roll's birthday. Elvis would have turned 79 years old. The website BrainyQuote.com compiled a list of quotes in honor of this day:

 “Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.”
 

“Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.”

“I never expected to be anybody important.”

“From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. I just didn’t know what.”
 
“When I was a boy, I always saw myself as the hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing in this dream.”
 
“I’ll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and smoking a cigarette. I just don’t think those things are right for me.”
 
“The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.”
 
“I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained public accountants.”“I don’t think I’m bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.”
 
“Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.” 

XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess