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First things first

Families are the most important thing. My daughter & her family are so sweet. I enjoy going up to Rochester to visit, and to help out when I can. I’m looking forward to my house selling and being able to move up there.

Yesterday the Fed Ex man brought me a surprise – […]

Testing the water

Although the temperature this morning was about 10 below, the sun was shining brightly all day long. At around noon I happened to look out my window and saw this little guy checking it out.

Wanna see a close up of him?

He stood like that facing the sun for at least 2 […]

BRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

I’ve made it a point not to complain about the weather this winter. It’s winter! I get it! It’s supposed to be cold & snowy! But this? This is over-the-top ridiculous.

I just keep feeding the woodstove and my house is still cold. Brrrr!!

Really??? 7???

Although I don’t go through much in a year, not more than a dozen foil packets, Brioschi is far and away my effervescent antacid of choice. Originally made in Italy. And now discontinued.

I have only a few of their foil packets left (which I much prefer to the bottle since they stay […]

Christmas Gifts

I promised to show you the gifts I made for adults for Christmas. It started with a request from my daughter for a pair of knitted boot cuffs. I like doing cables, so I figured all I had to do was get some idea of the number of stitches I needed and design some cables. […]