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Good windy morning! Wow! Things are really tossing and turning outside. Our tall trees are waving and it is always a bit scary. We worry about a big tall tree cracking in the wind and crashing into something...like our house or car. My new dungeon rug came and it will be installed today. I had to get special rug tape to…

I am looking at the 4:30 twilight again. I will be so excited to see those 2 more minutes of sunlight tomorrow. So in two days we will have gained 5 minutes and almost an hour by the end of the month...that can’t be right! I must have misread that information. Back to Wikipedia for a refresher course on seasonal light.…

Hello everyone. I just did an update on my iPad and I just hate the “improvements.” It will make everything harder and slower. What were they thinking? I noted that the golden globes was on TV but I really needed to,do a few other things. John is planning a big Costco run tomorrow. Not sure what I will do. I need to Brush…

Oh it was so scary, we knew it was something that needed addressing immediately. She had BLOOD spots In her pee. She was going in inappropriate places and with a sort of urgency. She was lethargic and not herself. Our dogs are our family so you know their personalities. You would know immediately if Jilly was feeling sick.…

You know we are getting about 2 more minutes of sun a day now! Celebrate the light! Seriously! I was thinking about the quantum theories and that is fascinating for me. One of our writers in the group is a sci-fi writer. He is a science teacher in a small college. I love the Irish poet. He always reverts to type. He is…

Oh my ! I adore the little chicken. My grandma had a very exotic Japanese chicken with long tail feathers that trailed behind. This poor chicken was constantly getting tangled in fencing etc. I love the look of the frizzle chicken. It looks like me most of the time. I look like a nervous breakdown even when things are…

Interesting day today. Mild weather, lots of mail, big changes in our town. Our legislators are retiring, the DA is retiring, several of our school board and college board are calling it quits! Change is in the wind. Good, bad or indifferent? Who knows? It makes me uneasy. The devil you know is ....well you know how that…

Hello there! A beautiful morning here. Partly cloudy but still a nice day. It is an errand day for us today. Katie will be able to come with us and she loves to assist in the navagation. Her UTI seems much better. She never seemed to be in pain but we saw a tiny bit of spotting on her pee papers. We did some internet…

The year begins! I had a rather restless night but a nap and I will be cranking along maybe less productive than I'd like "I'm on it!" I am almost afraid to jump on the scale. I have avoided it during Christmas week. Now I must pay the piper, as they say. Katie has a UTI. That means antibiotics and pill pockets. I have no…

Hello 2018! I want to think this will be a grand year. One thing that we should all be glad of is the interesting and diverse life we can and should have. I sometimes forget that. Challenges let us know we are alive. We saw an old favorite movie before the big midnight fireworks started in our neighborhood. It is called…

Happy new year, dear friends! Patsy

Not sure what happened to the rest of my post... All my love and friendship, many thanks for your friendship this year. Patsy

Happy new year, dear sneakers. I will be up to my elbows in dog hair today. John and I are doing a quick dog grooming for sweet Katie. All of the running around in the rain and toweling off has knitted that labradoodle fur into dread locks. It must be done. Getting a furry dog comes with a commitment to groom when…

Jackie: watch out for that storm! We had our very first gale force in history, December 7, 2007, a storm that raged for 3 days and caused huge damage. Even our 911 service and all internet, phone service, electric and even water was gone for a couple of weeks. Needless to say, because we are a small town, we all worked…

I am trying to show you an area rug I thought was as perfect for my dungeon.

We have more than enough rain to share, Anne! We have local flooding and we have a couple more days of heavy rain. Then some sun...maybe. I never trust the forecast. They promise sun, it gets changed to rain. We are into the task of searching out the right company to replace out skylights. It will scheduled for early…

Okay! Things are chugging along here. Laundry is almost done. I have a little Dr. appointment about my always troublesome foot, lunch, of course, left over bird...aaaaaaagh! Tonight I hope will be an early night. Our son will be leaving to go back to Portland and then early Monday he is off to Seattle. Our son's doggies…

Hi, howdy and hello! It is me, the happy camper! I have an announcement! I am NOT going to do an American Christmas menu ever again, I HOPE. For years I have avoided the turkey and dressing, gravy, green beeen casserole, cranberry sauce etc. this year I did it twice. Thanksgiving and Christmas. I am now back to less…

A very merry Christmas everyone! I must be still asleep this Christmas morning. I had a long post then forgot to click on the post reply space! Our son had to stay home on Christmas Eve. The coastal range was glaze ice and very dangerous. I told him it simply was not worth the risk. We will put Christmas on hold until he…

A Very Merry Christmas to all you delightful and adorable sneakers. You all have been a special gift to me. The day begins with a very frosty cold morning. Santa is loading up and I am behind as usual. Be safe! I can't bear the thought of any of you in trouble on Christmas Eve. Cozy up and I will try stay warm and dry and…

Foggy boggy day here. I have been chugging around sort of thinking in terms of a nice low key Christmas Eve. I will be my usual worried mother self...looking out the window repeatedly for our son to arrive. The trip over the coastal range is long curvy and often with thick fog. Deer and elk love to walk on the highway. I…

Good morning all! That naughty John is sleeping in again. I know he was up very late reading a novel he just couldn't seem to put down. That means Katie and I should try to be a quiet as possible. Not easy. I have to have my music going! Katie must comment on everything going on in the neighborhood. Yet John is able to…

Good grief! We have really nasty weather. Torrents of cold rain and gusts of high wind. It is one of our very best winter storms. There is no space between the rain drops. I hope this clears up soon. It is sort of scary. If only some of this rain could be sent to california. The weather has truly gone crazy. Anne: it is…

Okay! We are on the home stretch...Christmas Day in view! Gifts bought and wrapped. Decor up and colorful and fun. Food is planned and some of it is already purchased. Our son is coming from Portland. Our daughter lives right down the road and I will deliver their gifts on Christmas Eve. Katie will be wearing her new…

Here it is Sunday and it is dark, cold and wet out. I am really feeling that light depravation thing today. I took a vitamin D and turned on my happy light. So far things are still sort of yucky. Must dive into a project! I read The Velateen Rabbit at school. It was requested by the teacher, so I didn't have to hunt for a…

Hello dear sneakers! It is a cold overcast day here. Not my favorite! I loved reading about neat organized homes. It is incombant on those dwellers to keep clutter to a minimum. That is my bugaboo. Not only do I have tons of little sentimental doodads, dear ones keep adding to my collections. Our son always brings me back…

Foggy and damp today! Great day for a decorative fire in the fireplace and Christmas lights. I don't bake anymore, but if I did...this would be a great cookie baking day. My dungeon is a jumble of wrapping paper, ribbon, boxes, gifts and paper. Looks like Santa had a. Bad accident in there. There really is no hope for that…

A cherry hello! I am madly wrapping gifts and playing with ribbons. I love doing that. I have also been mentally making my annual new years resolutions. I enter them into my computer and print up copies to pin up on the frig and in my dungeon. I am never going say I am successful in achieving any of these resolutions but…

Anne! Once you've tried shopping on line...you will never look back! We order the most amazing things. John loves a certain kind of mustard, he loves a certain brand of Italian panatone, he orders his Keen shoes and slippers from Ugg etc. etc. all on Amazon, free shipping if you bunch your orders. I order nice face cream,…

Snow? Oh I hope everyone is careful and that it doesn't stick around all winter. When we lived in Anchorage the parking lots at the malls and the college were an all winter nightmare. We don't have snow here, just liquid sunshine. Our daughter dropped by and stayed for lunch. We enjoyed visiting but a strange thing is…