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it's been raining here today, yesterday was snow and shovelling it so it wouldn't be a mess. this week it will be warm (aka above freezing) until this weekend. i don't like this constant changing back and forth because it brings chances of ice on the roads and everywhere else...

you may want to mention to him that it is really better to use the vacation time instead of taking it as a lump sum because all the time he puts in on the job he would get benefits that otherwise are lost. i made that mistake when i left a previous job and it would have been worth quite a bit...

some people are over-achievers...

a few egg rolls from yesterday's outing running errands and stopping at our favorite chinese food place for lunch. just what i needed. :)

i was so excited about taking out the trash this morning that i woke up almost four hours early. eventually it did get taken out, the snow was shovelled and then a nap happened. when i woke up from that nap i realized i did not have to take recycling out so i went out and brought it all back...

no new mice tracks in the snow for the past several days. hopefully they've been discouraged enough and i can get out this week in the warmer break we'll have to get the gravel stirred up and piled up enough to also discourage any new ones from starting up in the same spot.

our friend (that made the christmas box pictured above) passed away on NYE. :( RIP dear friend. i'm glad we were able to visit her when we did. she didn't seem like she was doing that poorly when we visited her so i was surprised to hear she'd gone.

kudoes! :) i'm decluttering more and can send you a participation trophy? :)

i am definitely simplifying and getting rid of clutter and more to do for sure but making no promises or resolutions. :)

those are a lot more efficient than the type of propane fireplace we have (which has the ceramic fake firewood that doesn't actually burn but does collect soot) and what i would have liked to put in instead when we had the fireplace converted to use propane. plus the version you have at least...

after recent warm spell that melted all the snow off we went back to some snow again and so the first night there was not any tracks in the snow but the 2nd morning there were all sorts of mice tracks going towards the cover to the crawlspace entrance cover. i figured they'd started another...

use spray foam and put some wax paper over it and close it... if you want to build a little edge to hold in the shape and use a lot less foam or try it a few times it is probably not too expensive of an experiment to do. sharp blade would remove it if you make a mistake and want to do...

Mom has been cranking the heat up, it is too warm for me at times, i like to adapt to whatever season it is. i don't like to be either cold or hot but i also like to sweat off some of this extra weight when it does get hot enough outside. as for the cold and killing off some of the bugs out...

interesting because for us i've only had a few jars that don't match well with most of the rings we have and i've discarded those or used them as a decoration someplace or something so i don't reuse them again. they were older jars with very thick glass and rims. also when it comes down to...

yes, and also i remember when grandparents talked about how they would get train cars of grapes for making wine sent from out west.