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Cold, cold, cold

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

The weather, I mean. Dear God, should it REALLY be snowing on Opening Day??? I mean, REALLY?? Oh, well. The Mariners won their opening day game, thanks to some late hitting and JJ Putz slamming the door on any 9th inning comebacks by the Rangers. And for my money, Erik Bedard better start living up […]



The chill in the air

Monday, March 31st, 2008

And no, it wasn’t just the snow that we got this weekend. Yes, snow. In March, after Easter! On Friday afternoon, we actually had 2 very wet inches of the white stuff at our house. It all melted off pretty quick, but it kept snowing on and off through the weekend. The chill in our […]



Hodgepodge

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

I’ve got a variety of things to write about today, but I promise to make it brief. First off, I bought myself a new purse! It is not the purse to end all purses, and was not purchased at “the purse store” or any of its outlets, but it is a much needed stopgap measure. […]



Summed up in a sentence

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

The weather has been strangely, fantastically good this week. We keep hearing on the weather reports that “once this front of high pressure off the coast disappears, the rain will be back.” The high pressure has hung around, and we’ve had mostly clear skies and no rain all week. To take advantage of all of […]