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Nooooooooooooooo! More snooooooow!

Thank goodness, even though it snowed all afternoon and is still snowing…this is all we got.

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Is it here?

HPIM2906At this point, I have no idea when my tree is going to look like this again. The buds are small and tight to the branches yet. With this cold weather hitting us again, it may be a while.

March came in like a lion and looks like it will also leave like one. Seriously? Snow on Tuesday?

Here’s hoping that April arrives on gentle, warm breezes.

You all have a good one.

Sick of cooking?

I have days where I am so beyond tired of cooking that nothing sounds good. I dig through cookbook after cookbook to find something that appeals to me. Those are the days I usually order a pizza, Chinese food, or just wing it with an easy to fix and clean up afterwards meal.

One of my favorite fall back meals is beef and bean burritos. The Curmudgeon loves them, I can serve them on paper plates, and have very little clean up afterwards.

What do you do when you’re sick of cooking?

Do you have any recipes that you tend to fall back on?

voodoo cookiesCookies anyone?

Have you ever…

Had a sneezing fit so bad you thought your head would explode?

Tripped over your own feet in public and pretended you meant to do it?

Walked into a wall?

Stepped into a hole and sprained an ankle?

Felt you had to apologize to someone for your dog’s over enthusiastic welcome?

Today was klutz day here. Can you tell?

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If you had a secret room…

Library room

What would it look like? Where would it be?

The side you see here would be my secret room. If I had this room, I’d spend most of my time in there. The rest of my time I’d spend in the garden.

You all have a good one!

Spring?

     Welcome to swamp. Yes, as usual, we are now in Spring swamp mode. It drizzled all day and then by nightfall it began to pour. The dogs do not want to go out, they think they are made of sugar and they’ll melt.

     Even though we’re supposed to have a couple of days of nice weather, directly behind that is another taste of winter.  Boo.

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Had fun yesterday.

     I really enjoyed going out to lunch with my friend G. We went to Chili’s and had flat bread pizzas and topped it off by sharing a volcano cake topped with ice cream coated in a chocolate shell.  Afterwards we went wandering around a mall working off the meal.

     I found the dessert plates to go with my dishes and bought them. I am so tickled I can add to my china as I want. I never had any that I could do that with before. I think I’ll gift us with a nice platter for our anniversary.

     I’m surprised. I am now 60. Who knew? I remember when I thought I’d never make it to 30. Funny, I don’t feel any different mentally than I did at 30. Physically? Well, yeah. Growing older isn’t for sissies.

     You all have a good one!

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Holy Crap! Another year just whizzed past.

For my birthday I asked for…George Clooney

Didn’t get it.  So I asked for…

foooowaaaahrrr

Didn’t get that either…next, I asked for…

Jack Sparrow

Yep, you’re right, I didn’t get that either.  Sigh.

Heck, I didn’t even get…

birthday cake

I did get

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I love this.

You all have a good day!

 

Corned beef and all the trimmings! Yum!

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St. Patricks dogWhat a cutie!  I wish I had the name of the person to whom to credit this, but I don’t.  No, this is not my dog or my photo.

leprebullyI absolutely love this picture.  Again I don’t have a name to give photo credit to, wish I did. I do believe this is a Dutch bully.

I am looking forward to this in the next few months

Even with coffee the brain doesn’t seem to want to function tonight. It has been a rather strange day any and all writing I attempted fell to the wayside. I hope you all will forgive me and enjoy some garden pictures instead.

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8 days after the Tea Tree oil incident…

     Okay, it’s been eight days. The Curmudgeon is still not back up to how well he was before the idiot stylist shampooed his hair with the Tea Tree oil shampoo. He is not walking well and has had to resort to using his walker off and on. This is a total set back from where he was eight days ago.

     All we can do is wait and see if it eventually gets out of his system and he gains some of what he lost back. Two steps forward and three steps back is not a good thing.

     Please, tell manufacturers that use Tea Tree oil as one of their ingredients to put warning labels on their products. The life of a person with a disease like MS is difficult enough, they do not need things like this to worsen their condition.

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Nothing brings greater joy to one’s soul than music.

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Enjoy.

Peg's baptism with Mom and Dad 1954