There is another powdered-sugar-fine snow falling outside my window right now. I’m wondering, on this 20th-or-so day of Oh My Scarves and Mittens conditions, just how do you residents of the frosty Northern climes do this every winter? You must be bred of hardier stock than I. My nose is runny, my toes are cold, and I am so hoping that tomorrow’s forecasted 45-degree high makes an appearance.
Updated to add: And now I have a cold, which means I will be even grumpier. Dagnabbit.
I’ve spent a good bit of this week trying to go deeply into denial over the van, which we have learned is quite messed up and in need of expensive repairs.* So far I’ve been rearranging our bedroom furniture and making giant sandwiches for Rockford and reorganizing what was once the Closet of Doom and is now the Closet of Slight Chaos That Will/Might Be Lovely Once I Have It Completely Unloaded and Reloaded Again For The Third Time.
And now, while “Sesame Street” is still occupying the children, I will try to cobble together my list of Favorite Things, because some of you seem interested. And everything I do, I do it for you.**
OK then.
Back when I was scrapbooking, I decided it would be fun to take a favorites survey of the family members at the end of each year. Even though I’m on an unplanned scrapbooking hiatus, I went forward with the survey today. And I’m glad I did, because I’ll have it recorded here at the very least. I don’t think I published last year’s survey results, so I’ll share them here.
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