Friday, January 31, 2014

oh-kaay... so much for THAT "Plan"...

WHERE'S MY WHITEOUT..?

IT's been a "busy" Week, with THIS and THAT... A *RE*-Schedule HERE and a CHANGE of "Plans" THERE..?

And, with TODAY's *NICE*-WARM-SUNNY WEATHER, I had "hoped" to make a little BUS-TRIP across TOWN to take care of some "BUSINESS" that I had *Originally* PLANNED on doing this PAST MONDAY..? - But THEN, FATHER happened to "mention" that My "DESTINATION" often CLOSES *EARLY* on FRIDAYS!

really? -- He couldn't have "ENLIGHTENED" Me about THEIR "HOURS" Last NIGHT..?!
- [I wouldn't have slept-IN!]

I gave "THEM" a CALL... And, sure enough... yep! - THEY were Closing at 4:00, rather than at 6:00...

NUTS! -- *NOW*, I'll have to STAY *HOME* and DO-"Something"-USEFUL!

-- I suppose a bit of LAUNDRY could be in order, seeing as I'm likely to be OVERwhelmed with WEATHER This WEEKEND..?

...again...

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

ohh! *GOOD*! - IT's *still* THERE!!




REMEMBER THAT RED-STEEL-PLATED-PLATTER FROM TWO SATURDAYS AGO..?

- [SEE 18JAN2014 POST]




well... TODAY, was the First Chance I've had to get BACK over to HUDSON'S BAY to see *IF* that OTHER PLATTER was STILL "AVAILABLE"?! - And, perhaps a Couple of the "WHITE" STEEL CANDLE-STICKS as well..?

To be Honest, I was somewhat Surprised to See that about a Third of the CHRISTMAS-STUFF was actually *still* THERE after 2-Weeks! - Despite, being slightly "RE-Organized"...


ah-HA! -- *THERE* IT IS!!


...Buried under a Bunch of "SOFT" ORNAMENTS, behind that Weird-Tall-Thingy, on that Low-Shelf... Now, if I can just "Handle" IT *without* getting all of that *damn* GLITTER on Me, I'll be "Good"!

hmm... I don't See those WHITE CANDLE-STICKS... Did ALL of Them "Sell"? -- wait...


seriously?!
- I *knew* I should have gotten SOME the "LAST"-Time!
-- *WHEN*, They were "ON-SALE"!!


Just around the Corner of the CHRISTMAS-CLEARANCE Shelves, there was this *LOVELY* VALENTINE'S DAY "Vignette" DISPLAY going on... All done up in RED and *WHITE*... And, upon the Backdrop-Shelves, oh-LOOK-the-Remaining-WHITE-STEEL-CANDLE-STICKS-*back*-to-Their-REGULAR-PRICE!?!

ahh... MARKETING-"PRESENTATION", gotta Luv IT!


Needless to Say, I am SO Glad that I had Bought that LONE-*RED*-ONE *EARLIER*!!
-- Anyhoo, at least I managed to SNAG that Second PLATTER for SISTER after all!!

"SHOP-MISSION" Accomplished!

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

catching up... sorta...

ACTUALLY... There's PROBABLY *Tons* of "STUFF" that I *should* have "DONE"..? -- But, You know how IT goes...

  • Had BLOOG-"Catch-Up" to get at...
  • CYBER-STUFF -- [have to PAY for that YARN "somehow"!]
  • YAY! A NEW "Decor"-MAG Issue...
  • More DRIFT clean-up...
  • Whipping-up *another* MINI-MOA-SHAN-TOQUE!!


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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Except for the BLOOG-TWEAKING, I really *DIDN'T* get Much "DONE" Today...

...DID I..?!

oh! LOOK! -- THE SUN is "OUT", again!!

ow! *FEEL*! -- IT's FRAKKING-FREEZING, too!!


Needless to say, I stayed-IN! - Besides, I've got "STUFF" to DO... Although, NOT, that I "actually" DID *ANY* of IT! -- And, THIS "BLOOG"-STUFF DOES take *more* Time to do than I'd Like...

seriously.

"RECORDING" the *BOREDOM*-that-is-My-NON-"LIFE", is *not* as EASY as IT "Reads"!! -- Because, IF IT did, You'd be Skimming over THIS *on* the "29th" and NOT, on WHATEVER-*actual*-Date that I got around to "POSTING" IT!!

HOPEFULLY, the POSTING-"GAP" hasn't widened too much..?! -- But, HERE... Stare at THESE for a bit to make Your "VISIT" worthwhile! -- I'm trying to Build My INVENTORY back up WHENever I can!!



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Monday, January 27, 2014

ADRIFT...Across the WIND-Swept...

...LAWN...LANEWAY...WALKWAY...

hmm... I wonder Who that Sliding-Down-the-Road-Black-Trash-Can-Lid belongs to..?

Well, at least IT's **SUNNY** Out!! -- Although, the severe WINDCHILL and *WRONG* Wind-DIRECTION could've been done without!? - Shovelling INTO the Wind, NOT "easy"!

BUT, the SNOW *is* DRY and "LIGHT". Whether *THAT* is a "BLESSING" or not, remains a Subject for "Debate"! --Even though IT *DRIFTS* more readily, IT's still a potential HAZARD in this *SHIFTING*-WIND! - However, just not as WEIGHTY to Handle...

IF ONLY, IT would STAY PUT!

Then again, I suppose that in *some* Way, THESE CONDITIONS are "fitting" for the Day's rather SOMBER "MOOD" around HERE..?

EARLIER, We had received a CALL from ENGLAND regarding the - [inevitable] - Peaceful PASSING of a CLOSE-RELATIVE that We haven't seen in DECADES... But, WHO will *ALWAYS continue* to be greatly *MISSED*!

For once, spending a Couple of Hours SHOVELLING, actually "HELPED"!

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

SHOVEL-SHIVER-*KNIT*...

OH! AND, A BIT OF CROCHETING, TOO!

I didn't get OUT to SHOVEL until Late into the Afternoon... When the WINDCHILLS were just a tad on the NIPPY-side! - But, there was some TIDYING-Up to do *AFTER* Yesterday's "DUMP-FEST"!!

LATER, I had just enough "ENERGY" Left to Finish LITTLE-PRINCESS-BIG-RED's HAT! - [SEE 21JAN2014 POST] - REMEMBER, that I was gonna TRY "Something-*NEW*"..??

whaddaya think?

The FRINGES are CROCHETED... If I'd had the Time *and* "Patience", I probably could have KNITTED Them..? - HOWEVER, I didn't and *DON'T*! -- CROCHETING is sooo much FASTER and *EASIER* for Me! Besides, They turn-out THICKER "THIS" Way...



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Saturday, January 25, 2014

What-The---*WHITE*OUT..?!!

F.Y.I. - For Those of You Who Have NEVER Experienced the WHACKY-WICKED-WILES-of-WINTER-WEATHER:

IT can *CHANGE* - Literally -
"IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE"!!
And, be totally "DIFFERENT" just a Block away...


Anyhoo... There's suppose to be the ODD FLURRY Tonight. TEMPS will be DROPPING *AGAIN*, followed by another bounce-back UP so IT *can* SNOW some more later Tomorrow! - Likely, right AFTER I've CLEARED-UP *Tonight's* Allotment...


EARLIER... IT was "CLEAR" Out when We headed for MICHAEL'S... Although, I could SEE a BAND of SNOW-CLOUDS approaching... *QUICKLY*!

As USUAL, We had spent MORE Time in There than We "needed" to! -- I just picked-up These "TIN"-TILES... [They're actually more COPPERY...]




crap. -- FLAKES are FALLING! - The Roads are going to get *MESSY*! - SOON!

nuts! -- We still have to go over to WALMART for some GROCERY-"SPECIALS" *and*, I wanted to CHECK Their "SUPPLY" of Those STORAGE BOXES! - [SEE 16JAN2014 POST]

YAY! - Found ONE! - But, *ONLY* ONE! - No matter, there might still be some at the OTHER STORE..?

whatever... TIME to *GO*!!

The Roads were getting SLOPPY and the FLAKES, "Faster"... We Arrived at THE-MALL just ahead of another SQUALLY-bout!

In an effort to [haha] "TIME-MANAGE", I Let-Off MOTHER to go into the GROCERY-STORE to begin "THAT-Bit", whilst I would head over to WALMART. - However, by the Time I Parked, the "FLUFF-FEST" was *already* upon Me!!

THANKFULLY, there were a FEW BOXES Available! - I got TWO... Plus, some Additional-Stuff. THEN, had to "Sledge" BACK to THE CAR... And, fit the OTHER BOX into THESE BOXES as the WHIRLING SNOW tried to *FILL* THE VEHICLE...


seriously?! -- *WHAT* is IT with **SNOW-STORMS**
screwing-UP My "SATURDAY"-Shopping THIS Year..?!!


EVENTUALLY, We got the "GROCERIES" *done*! - "NOW", it was the RACE-to-CLEAR-*OFF*-THE-CAR-ENOUGH-to-*SAFELY*-DRIVE-AWAY-BEFORE-IT-GETS-*COVERED*-AGAIN!!

Fortunately, We only Live about a KILOMETER away. - YET, *SAFELY* NAVIGATING the UNPLOWED ROADWAY, in the BLOWING-SNOW, while HOPING to NOT *SLIDE* into Anyone and/or FALL "VICTIM" to *Their* Driving-PROWESS, just made the "DISTANCE" that more *LENGTHY*!

MEANWHILE, as We pulled into Our Laneway, the SQUALL *STOPPED*!?!
-- ohh-kaay...

Needless to say, with much HASTE, I proceeded to UNLOAD *STUFF* and get THE CAR into the GARAGE *while* I had the CHANCE! -- Surprisingly, I actually managed to squeeze in a QUICKIE-SHOVEL-MOP-UP of the FRONT-WALKWAY, so as *not* to Track-In any EXTRA SNOW into the HOUSE.

There was only a FAINT-Falling of FINE-Flakes as I put away the Shovel, just inside the Front of the GARAGE... But, in the scant "SECONDS" it took for Me to do so and TURN to go OUT, I was *SUDDENLY* facing a WALL-of-*WHITE* blowing across the THRESHOLD!!

really?!

It took Me about 10-seconds to CLOSE the GARAGE-DOOR, and FORGE My way *against* the SWEEPING-WIND, *into* the HOUSE!!


...gonna be a LOT of *DRIFT*-SNOW, Tomorrow...

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Friday, January 24, 2014

"..HEY! Turn-UP the "HEAT", so IT can SNOW!"

I *SUSPECT*, "THAT" WAS THE *THOUGHT* GOING THROUGH THE MINDS OF ALL OF THE "SKIERS" OUT THERE..?? - so as, to CONJURE up *more* METEOROLOGICAL MELEE...


BTW, have I mentioned My *profound* "DISLIKE"
 for OUTDOOR-WINTERY-"SPORTING"-PEOPLE..?
[needless to say, I *won't be consumed with "OLYMPIC-Fever"!]


So, the NEXT TIME when You're STUCK in that 4-Foot-SNOW-DRIFT or most probablySHOVELLING to Support that Next HEART-ATTACK, go ahead, *BLAME* Whatever-Current-BLIZZARD on THOSE "NUMB"-SKULLS!!

-- I *DO*!


ANYHOO... Although the TEMPS are Rising, the WINDCHILL is keeping Them in-check... And, as well perhaps, the FORECASTED-SNOW-FLURRIES..?? -- I'm *HOPING* that the BULK of the "LATEST"-STORM will just Brush PAST Us! - I haven't been "OUT" since Last Saturday!


MEANWHILE, I've Started on THIS....



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Thursday, January 23, 2014

well..There's a least ONE "Good Thing" about this Current "COLD SNAP"...

I'M *SAVING* A TON OF MONEY BY *NOT* GOING *OUT*!!

Not that I'm actually "MISSING" much! As, there really WASN'T Anything that I *WANTED* or was "ON SALE" any way! -- I'll SPLURGE *NEXT* WEEK!

Meanwhile... ANOTHER NON-Descript Day, "INDOORS"! -- Just taking care of some CYBER-STUFF - [whilst *certain* Things are BACK to "Working"!] - a bit of Laundry. And, finally getting around to fiddling with that DIGITAL-FRAME I bought ages AGO! - [SEE 26DEC2010 POST]

I managed to "RESCUE" IT from the STUFF-ALANCHE "Debris"... Actually, I had been Planning on making an "EXPLORATORY" Mission to Retrieve IT at some point, *SOON*-ish..? -- But, it looks like "DISASTER" *SAVED* Me the "Trouble"!

Anyhoo... I needed The DEVICE to Remedy a DIFFERENT "DILEMMA"...
As in, *MOTHER*!

SISTER keeps sending Me PICTURES to Show Her... However, having to DISCONNECT and LUG My LAPTOP Upstairs, and thenFIND a spot to PUT IT... And, SET IT UP so She can SEE IT properly... Let alone, FIND TIME to DO it all...??

I'm really "hoping" that THIS will *WORK*..?!

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

wow. quelle surprise! THAT's "working" now!

FINALLY! - IT's only been SCREWED-UP for a WEEK!

I speak of just ANOTHER ONE of those odd *annoying* NON-FUNCTIONAL CYBER-Thingies that ALWAYS "happen" when I *least* need Them to..!! -- THIS-TIME it's been My 3-PAGE "STOCK PORTFOLIO LIST" that's up on a "usually" STABLE Financial-Site.

I could ONLY access "PAGE ONE"! -- NOT "Helpful" when the Information I NEED is ON the OTHER PAGES...

...and, suddenly IT's "working" again... YAY!


MEANWHILE, IT's "DAY-Whatever" of DEEP-FREEZINESS... But, at least IT's *SUNNY*!!

So, of course, The-ELDERLY-PARENTAL-UNITS *had* to go "OUT"! -- Despite My "Concerns" for THEIR "General Health" in DOING so... Not that THEY ever "Listen" to Me any way!

whatever...

I *Enjoyed* the SOLITUDE with BLOOG-"Catch-Up" and STITCHINESS!! -- Right up UNTIL I had to CHANGE the Fading-Battery on an INTERRUPTIVE "Fire-Alarm"-Sensor!

[really?!!]

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

If ANYONE "Asks"... I will DENY *ever* of having Said "THIS"--

-- THAT IT'S JUST *TOO* COLD TO GO "SHOP-FARI-ING"!!


okay. GRANTED, I've been "OUT" in *much* NIPPIER TEMPS... HOWEVER, at Present, I'm in NO "need" of STUFF that would necessitate *any* VENTURES into the "Current" FRIGIDNESS!! - [-31C WINDCHILLS] -- Actually, I'm rather ENJOYING My "HIBERNATION"!

NOR, am I Feeling "TEMPTED" to *BUY* STUFF that I have NO ROOM *FOR*!

Besides, I'm still *trying* to "ORIGAMI" the STUFF-ALANCHE-"SURVIVORS" as it is... Not to mention, getting BACK to ALL of My STITCHY-PROJECTS that had to be put "ON HOLD"!

THIS - eventually - will be for LITTLE-PRINCESS-BIG-RED...




BTW, *SPOILER ALERT*, I'll be ADDING "SOMETHING-NEW" to the DESIGN!
-- BUT, You're gonna haveta WAIT until IT's DONE!! - [oh yeah, I'm *EVIL*!]

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