HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! That is what I yell every year at Midnight on January 1^st. Or is it midnight December 31^st??  Hummm, that always confuses me.  But my brother Pete, who is in the Police K-9 unit, says that it is easy to remember for him, because they use military time.  Pete says that there is no 2400 hrs.  Instead, midnight is 0000 hrs.  Therefore, midnight would be the next day.  So, if you want to yell HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Then it is best you do it at Midnight on January 1^st, or you will be a day ahead of everyone else!  So, sit back and enjoy the first Chester’s Chatterbox Edition, (Un-Official Dallas Homes holiday newsletter), for the New Year!

Step 1:            Place a block of cream cheese on a decorative plate.

Step 2:            Scatter a small can of tiny shrimp over the top of cream cheese. *

Step 3:            Dump a bottle of shrimp sauce over the cheese and shrimp so it cascades down on to plate.

Serve with Ritz crackers or crackers of your choice.

* imitation crab meat may be substituted quick Real Estate Advice?

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Chester’s New Year’s Resolutions

Every year I make my new year’s resolutions, and every year I struggle to keep them.  I’m sure many of you can relate.  Therefore, this year I thought I would share my new year’s resolutions with you so that you can help keep me in line.  If you see me slipping, please give me a simple reminder and I will try hard to comply.  Feel free to write in and share your resolutions with me, Chester Chatsworth.

 I will not terrorize the mailman…salesmen are okay, though.

I will not chase the neighbor’s cat…though I might chase the neighbor.

I will put up with small children pinching or bending my ears. (to some extent)

I will not help myself to food items above table height…things that fall below the table are fair game though.

I will not lick the bottom of Judy’s feet or her face while she is sleeping. (I don’t understand why she doesn’t like this show of affection?)

I will continue to drool on balls and toys that are mine, because they are mine and I therefore I can. (just threw that one in cause I know I can keep that one).

New Year Website Links

 For free online greeting cards for new years and other fun events, you can find them at: www.123greetings.com/events/newyear/ 

New years fun for the kids and the whole family, check out: www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/newyears/fun.htm 

Did You Know…January is an interesting month, a lot of things have happened in January throughout history.  Here are some interesting facts about historical events in January.  Did you know…

January 1 - New Year’s Day

January 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, was born in 1892. 

January 5 - Television series Mr. Ed debuted in 1961

January 6 - Joan of Arc was born in 1412

January 8 - Elvis Presley, was born in 1935

January 20 - Camcorder was developed in 1982

January 21 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 27 - Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi ad, 1984

January 28 - The space shuttle Challenger exploded just after liftoff, 1986

January 30 - Lone Ranger radio show's first broadcast, "Hi yo, Silver, away." 1933

This Newsletter is dedicated to you, our valued customers, from me Chester B. Chatsworth, Judy McCutchin and her special team, and everyone here at Dallas Homes.  Happy New Year, and thank-you for all of your patronage!!

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