Good Morning Gloucester

Merry Christmas to the gulls and buoys of Gloucester! (sorry about that terrible pun, holiday stress and all…….)

There’s no better way to start your year, I can promise you that! The camaraderie, the exhilaration, the overcoming your fear and telling yourself “I can tackle anything in 2018!” I’ve yet to hear anyone that’s done it with us walk away saying they regretted it. It’s awesome!

Don’t forget to bring non perishable food items for Open Door as Cathy McCarthy and Co will be collecting at the entrance to Oakes Cove Beach. You can donate cold harsh cash too. I’m pretty sure that works too.

Can wait to see all the familiar faces on the beach and hopefully some new ones too!

Here’s a link to the event page for more info

The Alison Carol and Pete Mondello and crew arrived today at Captain Joe & Sons just like every day. But the fresh lobsters offloaded were special Christmas Eve lobsters. Spreading joy from here to Boston restaurants but the last five girl lobsters went in my bag for the annual Christmas Eve feast. Sue has put up with me for over 30 years which means Christmas Eve is our 30th wedding Anniversary.

We call it lobster casserole but really I want to invent a new name for it. Because it is really five baked stuffed lobsters without the hassle of the shells. You get the crispy Ritz Cracker thing going on top but buttery goodness below without having to fight through the shells. I now call it Boneless Baked Stuffed Lobster. The shells are saved to make a stock for some soup on Christmas day before the big beef. I’m getting fat just typing this.

Dockside conversations with my hearing aids tuned to the machinery so I say “what” a lot.
Joey: What are the blue and yellow ducks?
Me: Ducks?
Joey: Ducks
Me: What ducks?
Joey: Dots!
Me:(figuring out it is analemma dots) The yellow dot is Christmas and the blue dot is when you jump in Gloucester Harbor!
Joey: Who the fuck figured that out?
Me: The Greeks.
Joey: Did they have a clock?
Me: No. Eratosthenes used a deep well at noon to mark the time.
Joey: Cool.

You can also google in youtube, “Say “what” one more time I dare you” 🙂

Hi

Hoping you can help spread the word-

We will have a donation box for The Open Door at CAFM’S  Holiday Fare tomorrow from 10-1

Our goal is to collect 100 Lbs of food

For every ten items you bring in CAFM will donate fresh produce.

items most needed are-

Tuna

100% Juice

Hearty soups

Peanut butter

Pasta sauce

Breakfast Cereal

Baking Items

Nicole Bogin, Director
Cape Ann Farmers Market
www.capeannfarmersmarket.org

“Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.”– Kin Hubbard

“For Christmas this year, try giving less. Start with less attitude. There’s more than enough of that in the world as it is – and people will usually just give it back anyway!”– Anne Bristow

“Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it.”– Richard Lamm

 “Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words.”– Harlan Miller

Stumbled upon this while doing some last minute shopping yesterday morning.  Does anyone really need this? As a mother and wife who shares a bathroom with a husband and two young boys, I assure you that this is the very last thing I need in my house!  I never get a turn in the bathroom as it is.  And then let’s talk about the guy who actually sat for this photo advertisement…..  I’m sure he doesn’t get much shit from his friends.  No pun intended.