Can't wait for "The Night Before"!

Yep, the countdown is on for Robert Drake to fire up the 23rd annual "The Night Before" on WXPN!
It's 24 hours of nonstop holiday music and fun, from midnight to midnight on Dec. 24.
I can't wait, and neither can my cat Trick! These are photos snapped a few years ago, but I know she'll be just as excited as every other year!

Yes, listening is fun, but you can also check out the Jingle Cam to see Drake hard at work, and of course you can interact via social media --  be sure to use the hashtag #nightbeforexpn -- to share your joy, photos, requests, dedications, etc. 

If you've never experienced the thrill of "The Night Before," don't miss it this year! You'll hear holiday tunes you've never experienced -- and so much more. 

Drake explains it all on the WXPN website:
"It was 22 years ago when WXPN came to me, with those puppy-dog eyes, hoping that I'd fill in on December 24. Seems no one was available, and in those days before digital, you needed a body to oversee any programming. So, I agreed - as long as they gave me complete freedom to spin an aural web of sounds of the season - direct from my collection of holiday tunes. What they didn't know was that I had already developed a fascination for Christmas songs. Not the burnt cookies anyone can hear up and down the dial in December. My collection was chock-full of unique nuggets - some not given the light of day for decades.

"So, they agreed to give me three hours and I delivered. The three hours went to four - which went to six and then to twelve, to celebrate twelve years of tradition! The following year management asked what I planned to do to top my 12-hour marathon. I said, how 'bout 24 hours?! After checking my pulse and temperature - just to be sure I wasn't babbling under some illness - they agreed. Ever since, I've been on the air for 24-nonstop hours every Christmas Eve. 

"And now I am doing it all again!"

Trick can't wait -- neither can I! Be sure to make "The Night Before" part of your holiday tradition, too!

Hersheypark, end of season

This weekend was the last hurrah for Hersheypark -- for the "official" season, that is. And thanks to my friend Lynn, free passes got us in for one last fun day this year. I thought perhaps the park would be a bit less full -- wrong! It was packed and lines were LONG!! But we had fun anyway.

We even got to try a new ride, Laff Trakk, but the almost two-hour wait was ridiculous!! The ride was terrific once we finally got there, and there were a few diversions -- see below -- while you waited in line, but they need to fill the cars each time and get that line moving. The wait was just unreal!!

Once night descended, it was a beautiful scene. A fitting end to an autumn day...

I hereby resolve...

New Year's Day ... that time when we all make those grand pronouncements of what we will -- and won't -- be doing in the year ahead.
Yes, this year WILL be different, we tell ourselves ... and all those who will listen.
And then, a few weeks down the road, it's easy to forget what we resolved on Jan. 1.
I'm as guilty as the next person.
So, is there any reason to resolve to do anything? Sure, why not?
I know I won't be successful at everything I'd like to change, but here are a few on my list that I hope to at least attempt.
And what's on your list?

LOOK FOR BEAUTY IN THE SIMPLE THINGS... 

LOOK AT LIFE DIFFERENTLY... 

WATCH WHAT YOU EAT AND EXERCISE!

DON'T MISS THE SHINING MOMENTS...

SHARE GOOD TIMES WITH FRIENDS...

TAKE TIME TO RECHARGE...

DO SOMETHING A LITTLE SCARY NOW AND THEN....

LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING...

LEND A HAND...

DO MORE SILLY THINGS WITH YOUR FAMILY!!

Are you a fool?

Aren't we all a bit foolish on April 1 -- some of us trying to pull pranks, the rest of us trying to avoid being the butt of a joke?
Relax... it's all in fun.
I'm not quite sure what's going on in the vintage French postcard, but apparently they actually had April Fool's Day cards -- Hallmark, are you listening?
But it's goofy enough to share.
So enjoy!