REASON TO BE CHEERFUL

Here is a reason to be cheerful. Yesterday, all of us in the northern hemisphere experienced the shortest day of the year. This means that ever so slowly the amount of sunlight we experience each day will be increasing. In Chicago, for example, sunrise was at 7:15AM and sunset was 4:23PM.  Six months from now, on the summer solstice, officially the first day of summer, Chicago will have a sunrise at 5:16AM and a sunset at 8:30PM. Over the next six months we will be marching towards that day. As I said, that is a reason to be cheerful.

from usatoday.com

Here comes the cold and dark: The winter solstice, the day of the year with the least amount of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere, occurs early Wednesday morning. The solstice happens at the same instant everywhere on Earth. In the U.S., it happens at 5:44 a.m. EST Wednesday (or 4:44 a.m. CT, 3:44 a.m. MT and 2:44 a.m. PT). After the solstice, the amount of daylight slowly starts to get longer again each day. The winter solstice is the exact moment that the Northern Hemisphere is tilted the farthest it ever gets from the sun. During the Northern Hemisphere's winter, the land north of the equator is tilted away from the sun. This lowers the amount of the sun's warming energy that reaches Earth, hence, winter! It's the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where Dec. 21 marks the beginning of astronomical summer. On the winter solstice, all places south of the equator have more than 12 hours of daylight, while all locations north of the equator have less than 12 hours of daylight, AccuWeather said.

Of course, I have had a reason to be cheerful every day since November 8th. That was the day that socialism, liberalism, and leftism were shown the door and Americans elected a new president. I have been pretty cheerful for the last six weeks. In fact, I am pretty sure that outside of both coasts, there have been a lot of cheerful Americans greeting each day with a great anticipation of the future. 

With the exception of the 'Clinton Archipelago' most Americans have been very cheerful lately.

Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese	425	0	21	28	650	2
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon	160	0	12	12	700	0
Essential Everyday - Butter Grits	500	105	5	10	1,700	5
	1,085	105	38	50	3,050	7
L U N C H
Nature Valley Crunchy Oats 'n Honey	190	29	7	3	180	11
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, 2	760	60	34	18	310	34
	950	89	41	21	490	45
D I N N E R
Subway - Sweet Onion Chicken Teryaki	840	94	26	52	1,980	14
	840	94	26	52	1,980	14
S N A C K S
Fresh Thyme Dark Cocoa Wafers	500	55	30	7	102	48
	500	55	30	7	102	48
Totals	3,375	343	135	130	5,622	114
Your Daily Goal	2,818	352	94	141	2,300	105
Remaining	-557	9	-41	11	-3,322	-9
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 888 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	99	983
Daily Total / Goal	99 / 30	983 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	439 / 210	4,540 / 4,130

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