Wow!! The power keeps going off and on...Sir Mittens seems so spooked by the high winds off the Lake. Looking up and meowing.
Great day for spaghetti and meatballs though! ;) Smells so good in here..and it's ultra cozy.
Out of our windows:



And me all cozied up inside! :) (Thankful to be able to be!)


My hair *always* looks like it's been in a wind storm! I know. I know.

On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a

Surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor,

Hawaii . By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander

Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck

Would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships

Were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake

Island , where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS

Lexingtonwas ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and

USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States).

In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing

Aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo

Decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and

423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu , he launched

The first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his

First wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which

Struck at the fleet in Pearl HarborLY: Arial"> and the airfields in Hickam,

Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours,

consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.

At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2

Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high

Altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor

Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the

attack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

We had a wonderful weekend, though we had colds, did a bunch of shopping and ran many errands..we did all of that very early (most of our stores we frequent open 24/7) and we were already shopping before 6 A.M. and then we came home to 'tuck in'...eat, sleep off and on and watch movies, cuddle, and eat some more. :)
We have not had any snow on the ground yet! It's so odd for us here on the North Coast, really! It's cold today, though.
Our home is looking quite festive with twinkling lites and wonderful colors! Across the mote, we can see Christmas lites and colors, also. So pretty!


Laz in family room, attempting to catch Mittens as he was hiding behind the foot cushion! He's a fast one!

And outside, the Lake romped and stomped...I love it wild like this!