Rockin Will's New Years Eve

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Sarge Speaks Out ~ Hosting the New Years Bash Dance

Lily ~ is supplying pre-party dance lessons

Puddles /Madi / Ruby ~ Where the mixologists will be shakin them drinks

Wyatt ~ Is providing the food for the night

I'm your DJ Rockin Wills The Music Professor hitting the air waves live.  Smack Smack  Oh that hurt!

Yep it is the Non Serious Radio Station Howl at 469.5 on your dial.  Blogville's own Radio station.

I'm here live at the Community Square and we are starting

 to see a few pupsters and kittenestesa coming into the square for the COUNTDOWN!

Everybody dress warmly.  It is a frozen New Years Eve.

The Dogsters advise pupsters wanting to leave a long pee mail to please text, as you will experience a dam as in you will form an icicle and the experience can be very painful.  You don't want to know how the Dogsters handle this medical problem.

That Ball on top of the firehouse is going to drop in Blogville for the first time.

Chief Bites and Officer Ranger are working the East Side and we have Officer Mr. K and Junior Officer Angus McConnell on the West Side to patrol the crowd. 

And the Paramedic Team with  Benjamin Gilligan is standing by if anyone gets sick over by the Gazebo.
Bad Dawg Agency is performing there.  The women pupsters and kittenesteas will be swooning, why they drop like flies when the Bad Dawg rock.

The crowd is starting to grow.  They are forming a circle around the square.

 The clock is ticking

Who is going to be the first to kiss in 2014.

OH THE BALL HAS STARTED!

The crowd is roaring.  Aarooo Aarooo  Aaroooooo

 The clock is getting close lets all START COUNTING!!!!!

The Ball has dropped! It's 2014

Oh NO!! The ball has broken loose, its bouncing.  Oh dogs what a sight.  What has happened!

This is a disaster

Who is going to pay for this!

Anybody for a game of fetch?

Who is going to catch that ball?

Officer Ranger reported PUDDLES as being
 up there earlier!  That darn PUDDLES. 

Oh they are throwing their hats in the air!

Oh the crowd has started to sing Auld Lang Syne to each other.

 Everyone has joined paws, someone take my paw, and they are swaying back and forth.

Most people don't know that Auld Lang Syne  is a Scottish poem written in 1788 by Robert Burns and later set to the music of a folk SONG.

 Yep I saw the first couple kiss.  It was "Psssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

 This uninterrupted broadcast has been brought to you by
Idaho Pugs ~ for your festive hats and noisemakers for the party
Baggy and Nin ~ have open Mic Comedy Hour
Sam ~ supplying his red wagon for safe transit to and from the party
Ranger  ~ will be coordinating the New Year's Resolutions
Mollie & Alfie are arranging the fireworks for the final midnight blast

Happy New Year Everybody   

"Do what you want, dig what you do, 'cause that's what life is all about"

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot

I am taking my girl Jazzi to the New Years Eve Bash.  So we will be hanging out with our friends.

Hanging Out!  Get It!

Bawheheheeee 

You can follow our date over at Jazzi's World. 

We are practicing some stand up comedy for open Mic Comedy Hour for Baggy and Nin. 

Rockin Will Is On The Air

 

 This commercial free broadcast is being brought to you by

Sarge Speaks Out ~ Hosting the New Years Bash Dance

Lily ~ is supplying pre-party dance lessons

Puddles /Madi / Ruby ~ Where the mixologists will be shakin them drinks

Wyatt ~ Is providing the food for the night

 

 I am Disc Jockey, Rockin Wills, The Music Professor, on your Non Serious Radio.
 That's  HOWL 469.5 spinning tunes to roll you into the New Year. 

Now this song has every wild thing included.  We have an electronic dance song  ~ so you had better got those dance steps down that Lily's Shakem  Dance Studio taught you.  The video went viral by Norwegian Comedy duo Ylvis.  You better be practicing your

"Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!"
What the fox say?

"The Fox" peaked at number 6 for three consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.

Breaking News tomorrow I will be coming to you from our Community Square  DJing live on the site of the festivities.

Yep you heard that right. I'm hittin the streets.

Rockin Wills the Music Professor AKA The Fox

is giving you the inside scoop!

For the first time ever we will be celebrating like Times Square in New York.

Remember you heard it first here on The Howl 469.5.

So you all come back now, you HEAR!

"Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!"
What the fox say?

 

 This uninterrupted broadcast has been brought to you by

Idaho Pugs ~ for your festive hats and noisemakers for the party

Baggy and Nin ~ have open Mic Comedy Hour

Sam ~ supplying his red wagon for safe transit to and from the party
Ranger  ~ will be coordinating the New Year's Resolutions

Mollie & Alfie ~  are arranging the fireworks for the final midnight blast 

 

Keep Howling 

"Do what you want, dig what you do, 'cause that's what life is all about"

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot

Look What I Got From Katie

Why this box was a true shock.  Lee said to me, Sweet William The Scot, do you recognize the name?  Lee thought maybe I was having a secret affair.  But no I have an admirer.

Well inside was a card and it said "We couldn't resist the gift for your Mom.  Make her wait till Christmas to open!"

Well our normal Christmas is usually just me, Sweet William The Scot, getting presents.  Normally there are none under the tree for Lee.  It is just the two of us.  This year was a really BIG Surprise for Lee.  Okie Dokie I made Lee wait till Christmas morning.

Do you see how gorgeous Katie is over at Change Is Hard, why those furs look amazing!

Lee got socks, scottie socks!  Now Lee is wearing me on her feet.
I always knew Lee wanted to walk all over me.

This gift made us smile when we got a box from someone we did not know and it will keep us smiling every time Lee puts them on.

Thank You Katie, why you are a sweet as you look.

We took this picture at  Krohn Conservatory this year.  We thought it was really pretty.

Thanks for being a friend  

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

        Signing Off

        Sweet William The Scot

PS ~ Rockin Wills, The Music Professor, will be back rockin in the New Years Eve Bash that Sarge is hosting!  Non Serious Radio the HOWL 469.5 will be on the air on the 30th & LIVE on the 31st at the Blogville Community Square for all the fun festivities.
Sarge Speaks Out ~ Hosting the New Years Bash Dance

Lily ~ is supplying pre-party dance lessons

Puddles /Madi / Ruby ~ Where the mixologists will be shakin them drinks

Wyatt ~ Is providing the food for the night

Idaho Pugs ~ for your festive hats and noisemakers for the party

Baggy and Nin ~ have open Mic Comedy Hour

Sam ~ supplying his red wagon for safe transit to and from the party
Ranger  ~ will be coordinating the New Year's Resolutions

Mollie & Alfie ~  are arranging the fireworks for the final midnight blast 

 

Look What Reilly & Denny Sent

 

 I got four presents this year.  Now here is the third envelope that came.

Why I got a package from Reilly and Denny over at Cowspotdog.

Wonder why they would send me a package.

Well their beautiful Scottie Card said " Every year we pick a couple of special buddies and send them a little gift to let them know they really are special to us".

When we read the card we just sat for awhile thinking how much Bree, Reilly & Denny has blessed our lives and how talented Bree truly is.

Did you know when she recreated our Blogville village with her trains they named the Bed & Breakfast the Sweet William B&B.  Lee said she always wanted to own a Bed & Breakfast.

Reilly, Denny & Bree sent us the scottie throw which we are using every night to snuggle in when we watch the television, we feel like we are snuggled in love.  AND we got one of her fabulous Zentangle totes with a scottie ~ the design is on both front and back.  Cowspotdog has a shop where Bree sells her wonderful cards, paintings and Zentangle.  Her shop is Paws For A Cause.  ALL the proceeds from the sale of her items go towards helping all creatures big and small.   

We recommend them 100%

Thank You So Much Reilly, Denny & Bree

 Thanks for being a friend  
Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

        Signing Off

        Sweet William The Scot

PS ~ Rockin Wills, The Music Professor, will be back rockin in the New Years Eve Bash that Sarge is hosting!  Non Serious Radio the HOWL 469.5 will be on the air on the 30th & LIVE on the 31st at the Blogville Community Square for all the fun festivities. 
Sarge Speaks Out ~ Hosting the New Years Bash Dance

Lily ~ is supplying pre-party dance lessons

Puddles /Madi / Ruby ~ Where the mixologists will be shakin them drinks

Wyatt ~ Is providing the food for the night

Idaho Pugs ~ for your festive hats and noisemakers for the party

Baggy and Nin ~ have open Mic Comedy Hour

Sam ~ supplying his red wagon for safe transit to and from the party
Ranger  ~ will be coordinating the New Year's Resolutions

Mollie & Alfie ~  are arranging the fireworks for the final midnight blast 

Look What Wallace & Samuel Sent

               Under my Christmas Tree was an envelope from Wally & Sammy over at

The Chronicles of Wallace & Samuel from South Africa. 

Why that envelope traveled a long way to get to me.

So let me show you the second present I got.

 Why look they sent me their picture, they are two great looking Scots.

My they wrote me a nice note.

 They sent me this very pretty beaded Christmas tree ornament.  And they sent us this years Sunflower Bandana.

         The Sunflower Fund Bandana is for a great cause.  It says "become a bone marrow stem-cell donor and help those suffering from Leukemia".  My Lee has a different blood disorder and was very sick this past Spring.  At some point and time my Lee might need a bone marrow transplant. The bandana says
 Share a Little, Save a Life. 

Every year there is a different bandana.  This is the second year they sent us a bandana.

It truly means so much that they care.  They are the bestest friends any dog could have.

    Thanks for being a friend  

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

        Signing Off

        Sweet William The Scot

Look What Jazzi Sent Me

I, Sweet William The Scot, was a very good boy this year.

Why I got packages from four bloggers.

I think I will open the one from my girlfriend Jazzi first.

 This sure smells good!

 Oh my Jazzi sent me a toy and some treats.

Why lookie what all Jazzi sent.  I got a red dog stuffie and a scrapbook.  I can use it as a Christmas Card Photo Book just like Bree over at Cowspotdog showed us. 

Thank You Jazzi.  Jazzi you really know how to treat your guy right!

I will show you more of my gifts tomorrow.

 

Thanks for being a friend  

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

 Signing Off

    Sweet William The Scot

Christmas Eve Day

Bake Cookies Day

I, Sweet William The Scot, am joining, Daily Daisy Dog Blog in her Blog Hop.
 Kipferl cookies originate from Vienna, Austria and we love to bake them at Christmas. They melt in your mouth.

Ingredients for approx. 25 - 30 Kipferl

• 260g (2 1/2 cups) plain flour 
• sieved
• 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar
• 100g (1/2 cup) ground almonds
• 1 egg yolk
• 200g (1 cup) soft butter
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 tabelspoons icing sugar to dust the kipferl

Put approximately 200g sugar into a screw-top jar, slice one Vanilla Bean, remove the pulp with a small spoon and cut the bean into 2 or 3 pieces. Add pulp and the vanilla bean pieces to the sugar. Close the jar and shake well. Let the vanilla sugar rest for a few days, shake occasionally.

• Directions

  Mix the butter, salt, vanilla sugar and egg yolk in a bowl using a hand mixer.
  
  Add ground almonds and flour and quickly knead a firm dough.
  
  Divide the dough into quarters and form four rolls, each one about 2 to 3cm. thick. Cover the rolls with cling wrap and cool them for about an hour.
  
  Flour the worktop and cut the rolls into slices (about as thick as a finger) and form little crescents.
  
  Put the Kipferl on a greased baking sheet, or a sheet lined with parchment paper.
  
  Bake at 160°C / 320°F in a pre-heated oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
  
  Remove the almond crescents carefully with a palette knife.
  
  Fill the icing sugar into a small bowl and dust the Kipferl while they are still warm.
  
  Let the cookies cool completely on a cooling rack.

Yum Yum Good! Oh and the smell is wonderful!

Why look at all my cards.  We have made a lot of friends in Blogville.
Why we even have three presents under our Christmas Tree.
One from CowSpotDog.
One from The Chronicles of Wallace & Samuel.
And one from a new friend Change Is Hard.
All were surprises to Lee and me.  They have made us smile every day.


Thanks for being a friend  
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

        Signing Off

        Sweet William The Scot

Drink UP

Okie Dokie today I, Sweet William The Scot, am going to talk to you about something serious ~ BOOZE!!

Pour me a shot! 

 

The other night we had a visitor to our Book Club, Molly Wellmann, a Cincinnati-based bartender, bar owner and general cocktail aficionado.

 Molly's book begins with an introduction to bar basics but then her book

 “Handcrafted Cocktails” takes the unique approach of categorizing cocktails by the time of day in which they’re best enjoyed.

Molly sure loves her TATs even in the coldest weather she is always in sleeveless outfits.

  Molly always has a smile on her face  she is a very GENUINE person.

So lets get Sloshed!

Drinks vary from classics, to some of Molly’s original concoctions. One such drink, the Green Lantern, combines tequila with pineapple juice, cilantro, mint and jalapeno for a healthy shot in the arm on a particularly bleary morning.

Moving toward afternoon drinks you’ve got staples like the Mint Julep.

 

How dry I am ~ How wet I'll be if I don't find that backyard key.

 

Dinner-time drinks look to whiskey in cocktails.

After-dinner drinks include things like an Apple Butter Toddy and a Rusty Nail, as well as the lush Hanky Panky, which combines gin and sweet vermouth with Fernet.

Molly gives some of the recipes historical background and a handful of personal anecdotes for an easy read from start to finish.

 

Oh I'm hammered blasted fried blitzed!

 

Oh did you know George Washington's distillery has been rebuilt.  After a nearly 200-year hiatus, George Washington's still is bubbling again, churning out the same sort of rye whiskey that made the Founding Father the nation's most successful whiskey producer in the years after his presidency.  It sell limited quantities of the whiskey - up to 5,000 gallons a year.

Remember during the Holidays always have a  "designated driver".

 

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot 

I am going to be sick!

My Ears Are Ringing

In my city is the Verdin Bell and Clock Company.  Since 1842 they have been making bells and clocks.

Verdin cast bronze bells ring from more than 50,000 installations around the world.

Why they are in The Netherlands.

 East Tennessee State University raised funds to build a Verdin bell and clock tower to create a focal point of their campus.

Bells for Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi's long silent tower in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

I am inside where they make the bells. You can see them making bells here.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbWJHXh1Gvk

My ears are ringing!  I hear bells. 

The Millennium Bell

 The World Peace Bell is one of more than twenty Peace Bells around the world made by Verdin.
The World Peace Bell was first rung in Nantes on March 20, 1999, in a public ceremony. It then underwent a month-and-a-half-long sea voyage from France to the U.S. port of New Orleans, Louisiana, where the bell was made part of that city's Fourth of July celebration. The bell was then transported by barge up the Mississippi and Ohio
Rivers, making stops in 14 cities along the way.
 

 Verdin tower clock overlooks the Brooklyn Bridge and the New York Harbor.

Look at the size of the weight for the clock above.

 Verdin street clocks are found in the finest communities across America. Mt. Holly, New Jersey created a gathering place on their main street.You can go here and see if one is in your city

http://www.verdin.com/?gclid=CIm2tLG36roCFWdnOgod7EAA0g

Historically, church bells have served as timekeepers, used to mark the hour for work, prayer, and community gatherings.  In addition, church bells today often ring to commemorate occasions and events. The melodious sound of cast bronze church bells is timeless. Enclosed in prominent landmark towers and steeples, church bells are known and recognized, both by sight and sound, as local fixtures representing the enduring quality of community.

So when you hear bells this Christmas Season there is a good chance they were cast in my city. 

 

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot