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January is almost over

and February is almost here. Which means Spring is getting closer and closer (and it is now 26 days until DAYTONA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Time to start thinking garden. I want to get some very early greens going and I think I have a way to do it inside without the kitties deciding the greens are all theirs. Just need to gather up everything I need and set up on the top of the upright deep freeze and hang a grow light. I've got all the seeds I will need for spinach and salad greens and I should be good to go. Will have to start work on that this weekend. Really getting the hang of the gluten free thing, still haven't found a real good substitute for bread, so until then I've pretty much given up on my beloved grilled cheese sammmies. The breads I make are tasty, but just a bit too sweet and moist to make a decent grilled cheese. When the budget allows I will look at what Udi's and others offer for bread and see if anyone is close. Going to expand my culinary repertoir

The last week

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We had some snow: Monday: Wed morning: Wed nite (after a very fine freezing rain): Thursday morning (snow day!): Managed to get the van stuck Friday morning: But hubby got it out:

BLACK OUT!

Tomorrow is the big internet black out to protest SOPA/PIPA. If you don't know what they are (esp since the MSM has been pretty much ignoring it until the last day or two), type in SOPA protest into Google or other web search engine and educate yourself. All my sites and blogs will be going black tomorrow. If you want to join in, check out Strike Against SOPA and also drop a note to your Congress Critter for good measure. See ya all on Friday!!!!!

Coolness!

Been trying to put one of my photos on as a background for the blog, but couldn't get get them small enough to load and still look good. So decided to try one of my "watercolors" I did in MyPaint. So the background is my lastest "painting," This is the hillside up behind my house.

Happy New Year everyone (3 days late LOL!)

It was very nice to start the new year with a furnace that won't burn the house down. We did have to go with a down graded model, the code for the wiring has changed since the place was built and the wiring was no longer rated for a 15 watt model and we couldn't swing an extra grand to pay for upgrading the wiring. So we went with a 13 watt model. Does the job and we'd always supplemented the electric heat with the kerosene heaters anyways when it got super cold. We did pick up a small electric heater that will fill in any gaps if need be. Took the tree down on Monday, the living room is no longer sparkly :( Will have to see about some new decor ideas to spruce the place up. New window treatments to start I think. Just have to figure out what. I will finish ripping out the living room carpeting this summer and then see what I can come up with for a floor treatment. Still playing with MyPaint . Having fun with it and starting to get the hang of it. Need to see if there a