Sentences with phrase «winter days this year»

This post sponsored by Natural Area Rugs We've had some crazy cold winter days this year, rather uncommon in South Carolina, we even had snow and quite a bit of it.

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Yes, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday are arguably the three biggest shopping days of the year, but don't overlook the rest of the winter holiday season between Halloween and Christmas.

Still, while Guardians of the Galaxy has vaulted past its summer of 2014 competition, the movie is still barely inside the top 20 grossing Disney films of all - time and it entered Labor Day weekend slightly behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the company's (and the industry's) best - performing film of the year.

But if you run a pizza parlor and get only a couple of customers a day during the winter months, you might be better off staying open just a few hours a day at that time of year, or closing the shop altogether.

If you're lucky enough to average that level of business every day of the year (including those dreary days in winter), then you may just walk home with enough profit to pay yourself minimum wage.

On a recent winter day, 11 - year - old Lucila Aranda stepped up to the chest - high console to battle the vultures along with a handful of other kids.

Jesus was born while Herod the Great was king, and since Herod died in 4 B.C., he was probably born between 6 and 4 B.C. No one knows what day of the year, but ever since the fourth century December 25, celebrated in the Mithra cult as the winter solstice and the sun's birthday, has been observed by the Christian Church.

The special importance of this solstice ceremony to Mithraists would be indicated by the name Mithras, which derived from Meitras, which in Greek numerology refers to the number 365, the last day of the solar year at the winter solstice.

The Jewish festivals of Passover and Unleavened Bread, which later became the Christian Easter, originated as early spring festivals celebrating the resurrection of nature to new life after the death of winter.13 The Feast of Pentecost began as the early harvest festival, the Jewish Feast of Booths as the vintage festival, Christmas as a New Year festival to mark the passing of the shortest day and the return of the sun.

Today, of course, is Winter Solstice, one of the most religiously significant days of their year.

One winter day when I was eleven or twelve years old, I came home from school to find the house cold and empty.

In the winter this happens on either December 21 or 22, when the sun is shining directly over the Tropic of Capricorn and marks the longest night and shortest day of the year.

Several years ago I fall in love with Thailand and especially with the always fresh greeny Som Tam — papaya salad, still my all time favorite, gladly I learned how to make it, so even I prepare it during cold winter days here it feels a bit like holiday.

This year, however, winter is hanging on real tight and the temperatures have been staying firmly in the 30s during the day and the teens at night.

136) This was a family favorite for years and years... like even from clear back in the day when my sweet angel mom would make it all the time during the winter months.

I wonder if my experience reflects what Scandinavians feel this time of year when the sun stays out most of the day in contrast to the winter when it barely makes an appearance.

Almost a year since I drove my toddler son to the hospital to visit his great - grandma one blindingly sunny winter day after another?

This is a classic soup that is loaded with so many great flavors and textures, and it's amazing to consume all - year round, but extra-special during the cold winter days.

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Sunny winter mornings are far and few between in Milan, but thankfully Italy is abundant in orange citrus fruits this time of year, adding a little sunshine to our lives even on grey cloudy days.

Winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

Regarding presentation, more Snow Days, courtesy Winter Storm Grayson, than we have had since I begin my teaching career 15 years ago meant that my weekday lunches looked a little different than they do on my art room desk at school.

These are good any time of the year, but especially during winter — cinnamon is such a gently warming flavor and anything cinnamon - y just really hits the spot on cold days.

For the past few days we have been busy planting our winter vegetables, lettuce (thank goodness it is warm enough here to have fresh lettuce all year) broccoli, chicory, cabbage and broccoletti (another one of my favourites).

Citrus fruits are in season this time of year, and the flavors will brighten up even the dreariest winter day.

I had my three year old home from preschool for the winter break and a few days ago she decided she wanted to make ice cream.

I can see myself slurping on this soup all year long because it's comforting enough for winter and light enough for hot summer days!

Winter, it seems, is a time of year many of which many of us would rather sped by, transporting us forward to longer days and balmier weather.

Now, if you'd have told me ten years ago that I'd be spending my Saturday's in my kitchen gleefully chasing a winter sunbeam around my kitchen in order to get a brightly coloured photograph of a red pepper and rosemary bulgur wheat salad, I'd have raised my eyebrows to you, possibly put down the glass of wine that never left my hand in those days, and let out a raucous laugh.

As if you need another reason to visit in the winter: Boxing Day and New Year's Day mean it's time for Junkanoo, an early - morning street parade with music, dance and costumes.

6 less games would allow a ten day mid winter break and a ten day longer summer break especially invaluable for recovery in Euro and world cup years.

It has been a busy day for Boston at the Winter Meetings, as Mike Napoli signed a three - year $ 39 million contract earlier in the day.

As the Winter Games have become bloated, going from 13 hours of broadcast coverage over 11 days in 1960 to 178 (on CBS and cable's TNT) over 17 days this year, viewers have realized that there is not always something interesting to watch.

As Rolen — who last winter signed a two - year, $ 13 million contract extension through 2012 — re-creates the magic of his St. Louis days in Cincinnati, his G.M. will get the chance to do so as well.

But on a classic Russian Riviera winter's day, with 50 ° temperatures and a sun that highlights the palm trees outside city hall, Pakhomov is welcoming and expansive as he talks about Sochi and its Games, which are barely a year away.

Hartley racked up 93 laps on a drama - free day for Toro Rosso as they pumped the first few miles into the Honda engine which suffered countless reliability issues with McLaren, especially at last year's winter testing where the team managed just 425 laps over the course of eight days.

For the last year or so (in the winter), we'd done 68 degrees during the day and 67 degrees at night.

A year ago we tried to go to a bowling alley on New Years day and you sat there emaciated and overwhelmed, crying and shaking in your winter coat.

The peninsula has an ideal climate, with sunny days throughout most of the year and average temperatures ranging from 15 ° C (59 ° F) in the winter and 30 ° C (86 ° F) during the summer.

At this time of the year all their fashions are for winter (long pants, long sleeve shirts and jackets) which is great however, we live in South Florida and gets cool only a few short days of the year.

These days, it seems many hockey parents and players consider what used to be the traditional off - season, when kids played outdoors and changed sports until the next winter season, as the real season, because it is the time of year when AAA all - star teams are formed and tournaments are played, weekend after weekend.

UV rays can damage the skin at all times of day, all year round, even in the middle of winter.

Well, good for you for sticking to your guns, but prepare to be furious when your child comes home on the last day before the winter break vibrating like a tuning fork from all of the «holiday» (read «Christmas») treats that well meaning parents send for the traditional pre-break party that happens in virtually every public school classroom on the last school day of the calendar year.

Join us as we head to Discovery Woods to celebrate the Winter Solstice and paint some winter landscapes inspired by the shortest day of theWinter Solstice and paint some winter landscapes inspired by the shortest day of thewinter landscapes inspired by the shortest day of the year.

Indeed, it may have been a dream that began, incredibly, on the very day I was born, February 15, 1952, during the VI Olympic Winter Games in Oslo, Norway, the day that Dick Button, then a 22 - year - old Harvard senior, won the gold medal in men's figure skating.

The state requires museums on public park land to charge no admission 52 days per year, and museum officials often schedule those days during the lower - traffic winter months.

He also said that the pool, which is open about 70 days per year, gets peak use during the summer, but the proposed gym, which would not be air conditioned, would be used more during fall, winter and early spring.

Coming off the beautiful days of Fall, into the bitter days of winter is a blast in the face and every year I'm #lessthanimpressed with the change of seasons.

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During this last rough winter, I had days upon days when my most in - depth conversations were with my six year old.