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I Guess It’s Our Turn

Posted on24. Feb, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I was shocked to hear of a huge storm coming tomorrow. I guess I have been too busy to listen to the news and weather much. WHOA! It’s been a while. Now THIS is a storm– we’re expected to get clobbered with a foot or two of snow. It may disrupt things for half a [...]

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Cabin Fever Big Time

Posted on16. Feb, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

*****sighhhhh****
Pardon me as I recollect…

Can’t you just smell them?

I wonder how my new bed in my Secret Garden will turn out this year. I’m so desperate I don’t even care about how ugly that sump pump pipe looks.

Ah, to see green again….

It’s been so gloomy this winter. I haven’t had cabin fever like this in [...]

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Frosty the Grease Monkey

Posted on18. Nov, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Brrrr. Got up at 6am to help the husband fix the car brakes. FUN. It was, what, 25 degrees outside!!

He’s a part-time rural carrier for the post office, and rural carriers use their own vehicles to deliver mail. I wonder if people have any idea the work that goes into such a job, especially if [...]

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How a Hurricane is Born

Posted on25. Aug, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

The United States is in the midst of another hurricane season. New York State was completely drenched by Hurricane Bill (THREE inches of rain in two hours!) and my yard looked like a lake again…. I can’t complain, really- other areas suffered flash flooding and there were multiple car accidents from it. And [...]

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Find the Kitty #8

Posted on14. Aug, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

My Tabby-Point Siamese, Livvy, has been working overtime with the game she plays with us: Find the Kitty. Maybe it’s the heat? It’s been very humid this week (with no relief in the near future for us). :-p Who needs weight loss pills when you drop 10 pounds, sweating buckets?! Gah!
Well, whatever the reason, Livvy [...]

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