Happy First Day of Winter

Happy 1st Day of Winter!

Just a quick fun reminder that Spring WILL be coming when the Winter is finally done 😀

Music Monday - Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) - The Piano Guys

#MusicalMonday - 

I hope that you enjoy todays musical offering the "Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) by the Piano Guys

 

El Paso Christmas Lights 2016 - Official HD

Enjoy this holiday lights while you consider what Christmas decor you'll be putting up for your home this Black Friday

2015 WIN-TV Ollie Awards Ceremony

WIN-TV Ollie Awards Song 1992

Wow did you know that Windsor's own Win-TV's Ollie Award has a song?

This song was written to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Win-TV back in 1992

Enjoy and looking forward to seeing you at "The Ollies" this year!

2013 WIN-TV Ollie Awards

We're heading into that time of year;

 where we at Win-TV and in Windsor CT celebrate "The Ollies"

Here's a look back at the 

2013 Ollie Awards Ceremony 

2015 Ollie Awards Red Carpet

It's almost time for "The Ollies"

Are you excited to see who's going to be walking the red carpet this year?

Will you be joining us this year?

KT and Me: A Kwanzaa Family Special

It's Day 3 of Kwanzaa

Today's #Artful8ths item is a cute cartoon story 

It follows the adventures of a young boy and his Teddy Bear who teaches him about the principles of the Black American holiday celebration of Kwanzaa.

We thought that you might want to share with your family and friends regardless of race so that they and the children can better understand what Kwanzaa is.

Have you ever attended a private family celebration or a public community celebration of Kwanzaa in your city or town?

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2017 into 2018 New Year New Challenges

New Year New Challenges Approaching 2018

We here in CT have a new year quickly approaching with looming debt, possibly more layoffs and either much higher taxes or additional budget cuts coming - a lot of very hard choices to make in a "Short Session"

What will happen in the "Lame Duck" months of our government in CT?

What SHOULD happen and what WILL happen of course are 2 very different things. 

The democrats still control the general assembly until the new senators and representatives are sworn in in January 2019; where the senate will hopefully no longer be tied 18 to 18 and the difference in the house is greatly reduced or switched for majority party.

What SHOULD Happen is attacking the enormous budget problems... 
but the democrats have other plans which will result in raising our taxes again in various forms. They are forcing our families, homeowners and taxpayers in small towns and the suburbs to pay for the mismanagement and corruption of the cities that are doing poorly for their choices and refusal to spend their money wisely...

Ideally our elected officials will do the hard work of properly downsizing our bloated government and find solutions that will make that needed part of government that is needed to run more efficiently while providing Better Service for those needed items while managing to Lower the Costs of providing those services.

It is going to be a very hard job if the elected officials have the fortitude to make the cuts going through the budget line by line and department by department...

Each department and all of their offices need to be opened up and  looked at separately as well as to how they relate to the whole wider government.

Weigh whether the department is in fact needed or has it become an old outdated form of government that really does not meet the needs of the citizens of Connecticut in the 21st century...

Weigh out exactly what each position does from the very top to the bottom in each of these departments which positions should be eliminated entirely or adjusted for our present and future needs?

Asking Important questions like:

What expenses are being paid to out of state or even out of country businesses that should be instead being contracted with Connecticut businesses?

Can the position be done more effectively in the private sector? 

Can the position be done more effectively at the town level?

Can the job be done in an electronic manner to reduce time and cost?

How many employees are actually needed vs how many are high level titles that really shouldn't be there in the first place because they do not actually assist in getting the work done for the people in Connecticut?

If you were able to make changes in our government what suggestions would you make to which departments and why would you make them? 

Leave me your thoughts in the comments below.

Silver Bells Pelletier Family Light Show - The Great Christmas Light Fight

Do You Hear What I Hear #LIGHTtheWORLD | The Five Strings

Where Are You Christmas? - The Piano Gal | #LIGHTtheWORLD (ft. Matt and...

Vineyard - Joy To The World [with lyrics]

Joy to the World

It's one of my favorite Christmas songs

Do you have a favorite Christmas song? 

Drop a note in the comments with what your favorite Christmas song is.

 

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Joy to the World - Traditional Choir

Joy to the World

One of the Christmas traditional songs sung in many churches.

 This song used to be one of those standards sung at the public school's Christmas Concerts back in the days when Christmas was still celebrated in our public schools

Go, Tell It on the Mountain (Hymn Charts with Lyrics, Contemporary)

Delaney Family Acapella Light Show - The Great Christmas Light Fight

Beautiful Christmas lights

Would love to see this in person but not sure if I'd want to live on the street of this family since the traffic must be increased due to people driving by slowly and out of their way to watch.

Angels We Have Heard On High | Gardiner Sisters #LightTheWorld - On Spot...

Enjoy this musical treat

CT's First Governors Debates

There are many candidates either exploring or actually declared for the governor's race in 2018.

Share on Social Media this first of many political debate events.

With so many candidates in the race already the are several debates planned prior to the conventions next year.

The first CT GOP vs Dem Governor Candidates is scheduled for November 17th at UHart.  

According to the Courant posting so far 7 candidates have confirmed that they will attend. 

There is a facebook rumor that democrat candidate Dan Drew wasn't even asked to attend - the article does not mention who was & who was not invited.

The article does not mention a price of admission or if it will be live-streamed for public viewing.

http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-pol-first-major-governor-debate-20171108-story.html

 

So mark your calendars to keep up with the debate schedule as they get announced we'll be adding to the list

http://www.courant.com/politics/94255148-132.html