Karen’s Opinion

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Questions:

1. Tomorrow I’m going to _________?
Do the end of the month of November’s book work for our business. I have put it off so long that it will soon be time to do December’s books.

2. Pudding or Jello? I love jello fixed with orange sherbert and mandarin oranges. Yummy!

3. What book are you currently reading? None at the moment. I just finished reading The Choice.

4. What is the first concert you went to see? Barry Manilow! Oh my gosh, does that date me!

5. What is your current weather? Brrr, it is 18 degrees outside. I have to wear my gloves or my hands will start to crack and bleed. I hate winter.

I don’t want to complain but we did not have a very nice spring. It was either raining, cold or muggy hot. There were no pretty days to sit outside and get ready for a hot summer. All that changed this past weekend. We had nice warm, but not too warm, days. Then this week turned out to be very nice, weather wise. I won’t go into how our business sign bit the dust, I stepped on my glasses, hubby broke his glasses and our store bell started to play Christmas music. Today was spent with employees excited about a Cosmetology Career and showed it as they made many women happy with hair color, trims and waxes. In other words, I got my roots colored and a trim. No waxing for me today.

Last night when I put the dogs out for a potty break, I saw lights exploding in the sky and trees. I didn’t know what was going on until my husband came out and told me they were fireflies! I have never seen fireflies like that. They were high in the sky and looked like firecrackers exploding. It was a beautiful sight. Do you have fireflies where you live?

I hope you all had a beautiful day.

This winter seems to have stretched out over a lifetime! I cannot remember reading as many books as I have this past winter. I suppose, I should look at that as a good thing. Janet Evanovich has kept me entertained with her books about Stephanie Plum, the crazy bounty hunter. I have also finished many quilts and purse projects this year.

If there is anything we have learned this winter, it is to be prepared. We were fortunate but others who lost power this winter found themselves going to a shelter to get warm. Our power never stayed off for long but if it does, we have a Genset generators as a backup to run our electricity. Generators are a Godsend! Some people use them all year round to run a heater or air conditioner in a cabin way back in the woods. Friends, that live south of us, have such a cabin. They can get away it all and are, actually, only 3 minutes from home. This year, their beautiful pond has attracted eagles. That would be my dream spot. I can see myself sitting beside the pond, feet up on a cooler and reading another Janet Evanovich book!

If you haven’t heard it already, the mid-west is in for a big snow storm. If you aren’t panicking yet, good for you. The newscasters will not let it be. They make people afraid. They even interrupted Dr. Oz as he was telling us what vitamins are best for us. Grrr.

I know that we are supposed to get so much snow that the poor mailman will be unable to see any address signs while he tries to deliver the mail. You’ve heard the saying;

It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a day’s journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed. (trans. A.D. Godley 1924)

The school kids will love getting a day off. They forget that they will have to go to school in June to make up the days.

I have loads of projects to work on. I am ready to hunker down, drink hot cocoa and watch the snow fall.

Does your brain seem more foggy when there is snow on the ground and the day is dreary? I am so sleepy and am finding it hard to get motivated today. I did finish a purse for a customer. I am going to have to buy more of this fabric because I barely had enough to make this bag. It is the fourth purse I have made out of this fabric so I think that others like it too!