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I have decided that the best way to deal with the atrocity that is February 29 is to just treat it as a bonus day.  Meaning, whatever I do today, it doesn’t count. 
Calories don’t count. 
Monies spent don’t count. 
Treating myself to a massage and a chocolate soda doesn’t count. 
Copious amounts of adult beverages don’t count. 
Everything is free [...]

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Odds, ends.

Ok, so I generally don’t mind February too much because it’s a short month and once you get it out of the way the weather starts to clear.  Except as you know this year is Leap Year so we all have to endure February for one more day.  The humanity! 
I am so frickin’ tired of bundling [...]

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Lion in Winter

From my walk the other day. 

Sad looking feller, huh? 
I know how he feels.  Cold.  Snowed-upon.  Weary. 
It snowed again last night.  Not much, just about half an inch, but enough to slicken the streets and call off school again today.  I swear, these kids aren’t learning a thing this month. 
It’s snowing right now. 
I am so ready [...]

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Calvin’s mom

A couple of years ago for Christmas my mother bought me the complete set of Calvin & Hobbes cartoons.  I love Calvin & Hobbes.  There’s just something about that little guy’s world that reminds me of what it’s like to be a kid. 
I’ve been reading the set and chuckling a bit over it, but also [...]

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67/91

Well, folks, we are somewhere past the 2/3 mark in winter.  Of course the seasons don’t really pay too much attention to the calendar that mere mortals live by, but at this point the balance of winter is shrinking day by day. 
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how pleased I am about that. 
Yesterday [...]

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Half a loaf is better than none.

I have to give Winter merit points for variety this year.  Usually it’s just cold and gloomy and moist around the edges and we just sort of put our heads down and muddle through until the end of March.  Which is fabulous for both your posture and your mental state, as  you can imagine.  But [...]

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When a woman can’t change anything else in her life, she changes her hair.

So yesterday was a Down Day.  We all have those days.  (And if you want to try and tell me you don’t have days like that I will have to just tell you that You Lie.) 
I’ve been feeling rather beat up as of late, ganged up on and picked on and generally unsure of myself.  [...]

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Snarly

Ever have one of those days? 
You know:  one of those days where you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, you feel like hell, you have no idea how you’re going to face the world? 
Yeah.  I’m having one of those days. 
Right now I feel like a snail.  Sluggish, slow, not very attractive, and [...]

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And the worms play pinochle on your snout

Every year, Spawn’s school hosts a used book sale to raise money for their library.  You wouldn’t believe it, but apparently our little town is filled with scholars of every stripe.  Over 40,000 books on average pass through the book sale each year.  And they sell most of them.  It’s a two day event, with [...]

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Sometimes he forgets who he’s talking to.

Conversation, last week: 
“Hi, it’s me.  Just wanted to let you know that a huge chunk fell out of our tree and knocked the power lines down.  We have no electricity.” 
“Did you call the City?” 
“Yes but with all the ice it’s going to take a while for them to get here.  I’m just calling to let [...]

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