Snow day

We finally are having some weather that looks a lot more like the season.  Snow, and plenty of it, is still falling.  They are promising freezing rain, sleet and ice for tonight.  I hope the powers-that-be at least call a delayed opening for tomorrow… I don’t want another trip to work like the last ice [...]

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Summer is over

It really is.  The practical end of the summer came too fast, and back to work we went.  I am grateful in these crazy times to have a job.  It will be a new challenge and different for me this year, but I am looking forward to it. Hurricane Irene hit us much more gently [...]

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Summer catch-up

I have fallen into the summer slump!  After the frenzy of the end of the school year, it’s a huge relief, but also a huge let-down to have time.  Not having to get up at 4:30 in the morning has its definite pluses :*)  But now I seem to be going to bed at all [...]

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Peepers and vacation

The peepers really are here.  I know I noticed them earlier in the week, and as usual, they are giving me a big thrill.  It means a lot to hear them in the spring, as hopefully that indicates a warming trend!  Tonight and tomorrow night it’s supposed to go down below the 20F mark, so [...]

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Update on oven-dyed yarn

The yarn that I dyed on Sunday is dry and as such, is much easier on the camera. Wet in the sink it made a definite reflection on the camera!  I am ready to do a test swatch on it tonight if I can stay awake long enough.  It’s been a really busy week at [...]

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More blizzardy days

This one wasn’t a surprise, but even so, yesterday at work we were wondering aloud at lunch what the result would be.  I don’t know why snow days are so special, but they are!  It’s found time, when you really can’t go gadding about.  Staying home is enjoyable.  So today we are playing with Thomas [...]

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It’s a white one!

We did get 3 or 4 inches of snow on Wednesday.  I got to work (my farthest school, 26 miles), began to enjoy the staff holiday breakfast, just to get the word that we were going home.  It was an adventure, but not too bad.  The snow really began to add up late in the [...]

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Every dog in place

Having 3 dogs is always an adventure.  We, of course, dote on them like crazy.  Tesser-the-4lb-Chihuahua, the boss of everyone; Josie the Jack Russell, the 12-lb. nudge; and last but not least, our gentle giant, Bear the Lab.  They are quite a crew.  After a summer off without a tight working schedule, I find it [...]

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