a "PREVIEW" of My "FUTURE"..?

"ICICLE"

PATONS "Classic Wool"
- 100% New WOOL
- [made in TURKEY]
- Colour: 00202-Aran


LOOPS & THREADS "WOOL to WASH"
- 100%WOOL
- [made in CHINA]
- Colour: 5-Blue Moon




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HAPPY - [I did NO] - LABOUR - [To] - DAY!

UNLESS, OF COURSE, FINISHING ONE HAT AND STARTING ANOTHER ONE, "COUNTS"..?

oh, and DRYING a Bunch of LAUNDRY..? - In HOT-HUMID TEMPS!

"SNOW-CHERRY"

PATONS "Classic Wool"
- 100% New WOOL
- [made in TURKEY]
- Colour: 00202-Aran
- Colour: 00230-Bright Red





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ugh. - I need to get some *STUFF* DONE around here...

THE-ELDERLY-PARENTAL-UNITS ARE *OUT* OF THE HOUSE

 -- FOR A "LITTLE" WHILE...

yay!

So. IT's just a tad WARMER Today. And, with NO need to SHOVEL! -- woohoo!

Although... There *might* be some WET SNOW. *Later*. Maybe..? -- We'll see...

HOWEVER, in the Meantime, there's LAUNDRY to be done. And, THESE WASHCLOTHS to Add to THE PILE!

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So. How come I got a **BLIZZARD**...

...ON *MY* B-DAY, BUT PRINCESS-TALL-TEEN GETS **SUNSHINE** ON *HERS*??!!

-- WELL, at least I *didn't* have to SHOVEL! - Although, I wouldn't have minded SCOOPING up a bit of...

"MOUSSE-MINT"

LION BRAND YARNS
"MARTHA STEWART Crafts"
- 100% Roving WOOL
- [made in the U.S.A.]
- Colour: 5200-526 - FENCE POST
- Colour: 5200-556 - JORDAN ALMOND





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I'm still *MISSING* several Days of POSTS, but I wanted to get
THIS ONE *OUT*! - The REST will filter in, *EVENTUALLY*!
-- MEANWHILE, I *have* been hard at work Making MORE *STUFF*
- [Check out My PINTEREST Boards for the odd "PRE-Views"!] -
between *REAL LIFE*!!

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..and here I Thought that I Needed a "DEGREE" in *GENEALOGY*...

...JUST TO WATCH MOTHER'S "SOAP OPERAS"!

So, *THANK YOU* very USEFUL "FAMILY-TREE"-CHART-INSERT that was included *with* My ARRIVED-TODAY Online-Purchased "THE WHITE QUEEN" DVDs!! - FINALLY!!

I Ordered THEM *LAST* TUESDAY!!

I'm still only HALF-WAY through THEM... Anyhoo, VERY *ENTERTAINING*! -- My Knowledge of "The WAR of the ROSES" has until Tonight, been *somewhat* Lacking..? - Although, some of the "HER-story" in THIS SERIES is more than likely *FICTION*, I do, however, "understand" IT ALL much better Now! -- That CHART *really* DID Help!

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a SUNNY, *NO*-SNOW, NO-SHOVELLING Saturday..?!!

SCAR-Y!!

So, of course, that means "SHOP-FARI"! -- At least, THAT was MOTHER's "PLAN-DU-JOUR"..? - Personally, I would've *preferred* to have STAYED "HOME"... And to perhaps, actually GET a Few Things DONE..?!

yeah... A couple of NEURONS were WASTED on *that* THOUGHT!

whatever...

SOON, We were OFF to CANADIAN TIRE to "acquire" some *FREE* CANADIAN-TIRE-"OLYMPIC"-STICKPINS. -- HER Idea, not Mine! -- I was more CONCERNED about the POTHOLES that are the NORM along the Road to *get* There!

We didn't STAY for long, as MICHAEL'S was Our NEXT STOP - where, MOTHER likes to "Take-Her-Sweet-TIME"!

I just picked up MORE "STUFF" for SISTER's upcoming PARTIES that She's Hosting. -- She likes doing up little "GIFT BAGS" for Her GUESTS. And, Her Local-MICHAEL'S doesn't always carry the SAME-STUFF as THIS ONE. -- So, whenever I can get THINGS "ON-SALE" for Her, I do...

MEANWHILE, I just used My COUPONS on some Balls of WHITE-ish YARN - as, I have "Something" in Mind to use IT on, so I "Stocked-Up" - a little...

Anyhoo, EVENTUALLY, I dragged MOTHER *out* in order to get some *actual* GROCERY-GETTING DONE before the Stores "CLOSED"!

And, the Remainder of My Evening was spent on doing up *more* WASHCLOTHS for SISTER, as well as for My "INVENTORY"...

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argh! I. am. soooooooooo. *BEHIND*!

AGAIN! -- I DIDN'T GET *ANYTHING* DONE!!

Or, that STOCK I wanted to Buy...

...the Appointment that needs to be Made...

not to mention, getting around to FILLING-*UP*

those New STORAGE BOXES...

Even The SQUIRRELS will be hard-pressed to have the BACKYARD *LUGE* Completed BEFORE the "OPENING CEREMONIES"!!

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FATHER beat Me to IT...

THE SHOVELLING THAT IS...

- [And such a FINE-JOB He DID!] -

 "WHAT" there was of IT anyway...

huh... I really thought that there would be MORE..?! - LUCKILY though, *ALL* We got YESTERDAY was just a "DUSTING" of FINE-FLAKES...

ANYHOO, whilst FATHER was getting in a bit of "EXERCISE", I ventured OUT & ABOUT - had to go DOWNTOWN... So, I *acquired* THE CAR to get over to THE-BIG-MALL, in order to REDUCE My BUS-ROUTING *and* FARE!

As well as, have Time enough afterward for a QUICKIE-PERUSE of the Stores upon My Return... Along with, just the Odd-Bit of GROCERY-GETTING.

Overall, pretty much a NON-Eventful Day *despite* being OUT-IN-THE-WORLD...

...yeah...okay... So "maybe" I might have ALSO managed to *squeeze-in* a $7. LOTTERY **WIN**..?!

-- But, THAT's just between YOU and Me!

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Honest! - I REALLY *was* going to SHOVEL!

HOWEVER, SINCE IT DIDN'T *START* SNOWING UNTIL "LATE", I DIDN'T BOTHER...

Besides, I had OTHER "STUFF" to DO! -- That - [in the END] - turned out to not especially LOOK like much... NOT, that IT ever DOES! -- really...

ALTHOUGH... "LATER" in the Evening, I was *struck* by some *CHROMO*-CRUNCHY-INSPIRATION!

Actually, to be Honest, I have Contemplated *THIS* "COLOUR-COMBO" Before. BUT, had never gotten around to APPLYING IT! -- Until, TONIGHT...

Recently, on a GROCERY-GETTING Trip to FARM-BOY, We had come across some "HEIRLOOM"-CARROTS...

THEY looked almost EDIBLE-ish - [*AFTER* a GOOD Scraping!] - And, Their Textured-PIGMENTATIONS were INTRIGUING... They ended up TASTING surprisingly *GOOD*, too!

-- hmm... DON'T I also just HAPPEN to have *YARN* in "THOSE" HUES..??!

BTW, speaking of "ANCESTRAL-WEAVING"...

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUSIN-B!!**

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I'm going to have to CUT-BACK on the "VAMPIRE"-HOURS...

AS, I'M WASTING WAY TOO MUCH "DAYLIGHT"!


I "did" Stuff... But, IT just doesn't "Look" like IT... And, I'm gonna HAVE TO get a WHOLE LOT *MORE* done Tomorrow!!

ugh!

IT's a *MYSTERY* to even "know" WHERE-TO-*START*!?! -- *BETWEEN* the PROBABLE-SHOVELLING!!

There are THREE THINGS that I could *really* DO-with right Now!

• "SPACE"!
• a "KILL-SWITCH" for that frakking GEO-SYNCHRONOUS-ORBITING-*SNOW*-SHAKER over Us!!
• *TIME*!

oh. And, a MASSIVELY-MEGA-"LOTTERY"-WIN would be *WELCOMED*, too! - BUT, I've already WON $30. over This Past WEEKEND, so My "Chances" are pretty much quite likely *screwed* at the Moment. -- IT's probably "best" that I *FOCUS* My "MOJO" ELSEwhere!

SUCH AS, "CELEBRATING" **POST 1300** by sticking TWO More TOQUES onto the FANGS NEEDLES!!

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hmm... A new "STRATEGY" to INcrease Store-"Sales"..??

IF SO, IT "WORKS" FOR ME!! - [drool...] - But, MORE on *THAT* Later...

MEANWHILE, "TODAY" was *SUNNY* and did NOT involve ANY *SHOVELLING*!!
- [yay!] - Just, EVERYTHING *ELSE* that I had wanted to GET DONE on FRIDAY!

IN particularly, that little CROSS-TOWN-"BUSINESS"-BUS-TRIP... Which, I also wanted to do on "ONE"-FARE!

Sooooo, I *acquired* THE CAR and whipped on over to THE-BIG-MALL in order to PARK There. THEN, hopped onto a BUS to "Where" I had to GET TO for My 15-Minute-ERRAND. -- Between walking to the RETURN-BUS-STOP and the Beginning of RUSH-HOUR-TRAFFIC, I managed to get *back* in just over an Hour...

NEXT, after a Quickie TOUR-de-MALL, I headed out for TRAINYARDS...

Had to make a Brief-Stop at FARM-BOY first, for a Few GROCERY-SPECIALS, before popping on over to MICHAEL'S. Seeing as I DIDN'T get to go THERE *ON* SATURDAY!
- [SEE 01FEB2014 POST]

ANYHOO, as IT *turns out*, I never did BUY Anything, ALTHOUGH, I *did* make ONE *WORTH*-"The-Trip"-DISCOVERY..?!

Apparently, there's a NEW *GUY* Working There!?! - A TALL-CUTE-STRAPPING-YOUNG-LAD-"NEW-GUY"!! - [Except for MANAGER-DAVE, and the Occasional-Manager-TRAINEE, The-STAFF is All-FEMALE]

However, I've since "Learned", that He's only a "TEMP"-Replacement for One of the FRAMING-GIRLS Who has just gone on Maternity-Leave... Which "MEANS", that He'll pretty much be HIDDEN-AWAY in the "WORKSHOP"! - [pooh!]

hmm... I *need* some WALLS, so that I can get some ARTWORK "FRAMED"...

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Hey! EVIL-SNOWPLOW-GUY! - I think You just CRUSHED THE-GROUNDHOG with that *GLACIER*!

FOR *FOUR* HOURS, I WAS OUT THERE, TRYING TO FIND THE FURRY LITTLE MYOPIC METEOROLOGICAL-PROGNOSTICATOR...

With well over *HALF* of that Time being spent on BLASTING AWAY at the 15-Feet-WIDE-3-Feet-HIGH-6-Feet-"INTO"-the-Laneway-3-Feet-OUT-GLACIAL-*SLAB*-of-ICE-PLOW-POOP-CRYOGENIC-PAPARAZZI-Remains-SAND-ICE-HEAVY-SNOW-ICE!!!

Once "CLEARED", there was still a 4-Feet HIGH *LAYER* over the SEWER-GRATE - That's about 8-Feet "IN"... I only managed to CHISEL out a "niche" about 2-Feet towards IT before GIVING-UP!

You know, the LAST Time I had any way *near* as much BLOCKAGE and over NINE-Inches of HEAVY-WET-SNOW, NEWER-NEIGHBOUR-ACROSS-THE-STREET came "over" with Her Shiny-New-SNOWBLOWER! - [SEE 22DEC2013 POST] - *However*, She was "AWAY" THIS WEEKEND and didn't RETURN until LATER This Evening!! - [crap!]

Anyhoo, I'm certainly GLAD that I took the Time LAST Night to SHOVEL that 4-Inch-Layer of FLAKES, *WHILE* IT was *still* "LIGHT & FLUFFY"!! Otherwise, I'd probably *would* STILL be OUT THERE!! - [Instead of being INside *WINNING* $25. on the LOTTERY! *Again*!! - WOOHOO!]

At any rate, WHEN IT SNOWS *THIS* MUCH on "GROUNDHOG's DAY", it's a pretty SAFE BET that it *DOESN'T* take a GIANT-"PSYCHIC"-RODENT to *PRE*dict that WINTER is going to be "around" for a *LONG* WHILE!!

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hmm...maybe that BLIZZARD was a *GOOD-THING* after all..?!!

[..say, WHAT..??!!]

yeah. I know. IT "sounds" CRAZY! - BUT, I'm serious!

okay. So, perhaps the SEVERAL Hours of CONTINUOUS Blowing-Falling SNOW, 15-Minutes of Brushing OFF THE CAR *TWICE*, the Treacherous UNplowed Roads, and 20-Minutes of SHOVELLING *before* I could UNLOAD THE CAR, were just a bit of OVERKILL..?!?

HOWEVER, *had* the WEATHER been "NICE", I would NEVER have ended up in that PARTICULAR Section of WALMART to "DISCOVER" - [sitting on a couple of Shelves at the End of the Aisle in plain sight] - My Fab **BIRTHDAY-PRESENT**!!

oh. right! -- Did I mention that TODAY was My "BIRTHDAY"..? -- And, pretty much THE *only* REASON as to "WHY" I would RISK Driving in THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS?!

My Quickie-2-Minute-CYBER-CARD from SISTER [right]
- I think IT's from My 4th-Birthday..? Or, the 5th..?
-- IT's been a WHILE!!

ANYHOO... I began the "FESTIVITIES" by *not* getting TO Bed *until* 8am!! -- Not that I was really DOING ANYthing of "NOTE", I just wasn't "Sleepy"... Until, I *had* to get UP around 1pm.

oh. Look. IT's been SQUALLING since 11am... So much for ANY Notions of heading over to TRAINYARDS. -- But, I'm sure that I can Find *enough* to keep Me "ENTERTAINED" over at THE-MALL..? *Besides*, IT's within WALKING-Distance - IN the EVENT of any "CAR-TROUBLES"...

Soooo... I managed to minimally SKID on over THERE...

WALMART was My First-Stop. And, for once, I was going to more *thoroughly* PERUSE the Place! -- As in, a Check of Their rather pitifully *SPARSE* "SEWING"-CRAFTS-Section...

[NOTE -- Before leaving, MOTHER *Gifted* Me

with a *Certain*-Amount of "FINANCES" toward

WHATEVER I wished to GET for Myself]

I was in NEED of some of that "TAN" Colour, too...

Oooo...

*HAPPY-HAPPY*. BIRTHDAY. *TO*. ME!!

And, *THANK YOU!*, "KARMIC"-SHOPPING-FAIRY!!

hmm... I've NEVER seen THAT BLUE in the BIG-BALLS of COTTON YARN before!? And, it's been YEARS since I've seen ANY in GREY! -- Needless to Say, I *grabbed* ALL that was there!!

Although, I'm also left to *Wonder*, "for-how-long" has THIS STUFF been *sitting* Here??! - AND, had there been MORE?! -- Whatever, I will HAVE to Keep an Eye out for ANY "Future" RE-Stocking!!

well... Let's see What ELSE is in the Store... ah! Finally. The "Particular"-FLAVOUR of CANNED-BEANS that FATHER likes are ON-SHELF. - Time to Use that "RAIN-CHEQUE"...

With a FULL-Cart, I headed back to THE CAR to Dump My HOARD-of-HAPPINESS... As well as, to REMOVE the *FIRST* FOUR-INCHES of FLUFFY-FLAKES *cocooning* My VEHICLE! - [I would be glad of My Foresight later on!]

The BULK BARN was Next... seriously. What *IS* a BIRTHDAY-IN-A-SNOWSTORM without *Copious* AMOUNTS of "JUNK-FOOD", huh?!

...and, on to LOBLAWS... Where, I *needed* to Buy "Certain"-ITEMS in order to get "X"-MANY-Store-POINTS, so that, I could "CASH"-Them-IN for a GIFT-CARD that I'm going to NEED on TUESDAY!

However, because I spent *too* much Time doing THAT in the JOE FRESH Clothing-Section, I ended up MISSING-OUT on MOST of the FOOD-SAMPLINGS! - [pooh!] - LUCKILY, I managed to snag the LAST Portion of some really TASTY RICE & PORK from the SWEET-OLD-GERMAN-GUY! - Including, getting to "use" what barely remains of My considerably *Limited*-MANY-Decades-Old-"High-School"-GERMAN-Linguistic-"Knowledge"...

NUTS! -- The "POINTS" for the Clothing DIDN'T "show-up"!?! - [ggrrrr...] - Some CYBERness will be in order Later to Rectify THAT!

ahh... ANOTHER-4-INCHES-to-*SPEED*-BRUSH-*OFF*-of-THE-CAR so that I can SEE to *Slide* HOME!!

[...ONE More REASON "WHY" being a "WINTER-BABY" totally SUCKS!!

- BTW, the afore-mentioned SHOVELLING afterward didn't "help", either!]

[Although, the $5. LOTTERY *WIN* DID!!]

hmm... I think the PAPARAZZI are going to need a GPS-LOCATOR-BEACON to *FIND* The GROUNDHOG, Tomorrow!

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