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"

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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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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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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!!

"ORCHID-ROYALE"

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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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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...

"NIGHT-BLOSSOM"

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well, at least I didn't have to Shovel...

- ONE OF THE *PERKS* OF THAT "POPSICAL"-SETTING ON THE *SEIS*-MOMETER!


TEMPS have been Dropping ALL Day! - "Mean"-TEMPS are in the MINUS-TEENS-[Celsius] with WINDCHILLS in the MINUS-UPPER-TWENTIES...

WAY too COLD Out to SNOW! - [THANK YOU!]

However, JUST the "Perfect"-Weather for INDOOR-"vegging"!

*AND*, FINISHING-UP some STITCHINESS!! - BTW, I Doubled-Up on the MERINO-Strands to make THIS *extra*-THICK in order to keep CADET-JUNIOR WARM!!

"WRANGLER"

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WOOHOO! The SNOW-**REMOVAL**-ELVES are HERE!!

AND, HERE I WAS THINKING THAT *NOTHING* "EXCITING" WOULD HAPPEN TODAY..?!

Actually, *NOTHING* "EXCITING" did happen DURING the Day. -- BTW, the FACT that neither The MAILMAN nor The-ELDERLY-PARENTAL-UNITS - [when They went OUT] - SLIPPED on the ICE, doesn't Count.

Although, perhaps getting ACCESS to BLOGGER again *maybe* should..? - I'll have to THINK on IT... HOWEVER, Watching the that GIANT-SNOWBLOWER-MACHINE, Tonight, sucking up the SNOWBANK across the Street is so MUCH *more* "ENTERTAINING"!!

Oooo... And, THEY're *also* using the SIDEWALK-PLOWS to *CLEAN* EVERYONE's DRIVEWAYS!?!

-- Excuse Me for a Moment while I try to wrap My BRAIN around

 THAT **RARE** OCCURRANCE!!

Whilst I do, why don't You just SCROLL-ON-DOWN and *ENJOY* the...

"ALPINE"

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YAY!! - I "think" I've FIXED IT!!

FOR NOW, ANYWAY..??

okay. So FIRST off, "ignore" the ABOVE DATE... As IT's really actually the wee hours of the "9th" right NOW!

IF You've been READING My SIDEBAR MESSAGES for the last few Days, You'd know that I've been having "ISSUES" with ACCESSING My BLOG in order to actually *BLOOG*!! -- I *finally* STUMBLED onto some USEFUL INFO - [It seems that I'm not the ONLY ONE having the "PROBLEM"!] - and sorta figured out "WHAT" was going on..? After some perusing of OTHER PEOPLE's *SOLUTIONS*, I thought I'd just give the "Simplest" One a TRY...

huh. Just ONE "DELETE" of a *Certain*-Thing and TWO-DAYS-OF-FRUSTRATION-AND-*CRAP* have **INSTANTLY** D.I.S.A.P.P.E.A.R.E.D!?!

HOWEVER. "BLOGGER" *IS* still to BLAME!! -- THEY did "something" with the BROWSER Compatibilities that *screwed*-UP stuff...

ANYHOO... THINGS *appear* to be OKAY for the "Moment"... But, NOW, I have to play "CATCH-UP"! - UGH!!

Soooooo.... HERE's *WHAT* I had WANTED to POST the OTHER Day for "TODAY"!!


And, in Keeping with the CURRENT TEMPS....

"GLACIER"

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"ZZ-TOP"

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yeah, so about that "DAYLIGHT"...

IT JUST WASN'T HAPPENING... Although, IT was WARM Out! -- The SOUNDS of "MELT-WATER" were EVERYWHERE... And THE SKIES, *OVERCAST*!

I really *should* have Spent the Day "Breaking-IN" My New ROOF-RAKE on the Softening SNOW..? BUT, We were nearly OUT of YOGURT - [for FATHER] - and a Few OTHER-ITEMS...

We also dropped by The SALLY-ANN to have a LookSee... The Place was pretty much PICKED-OVER. However, I did manage to FIND a Few Heavy GLASS CANISTERS that had Recently "come-IN". -- They could end-up being USEFUl...

MEANWHILE... HERE's that *FINISHED* HAT! -- The PINK-One just might get Done, *Tomorrow*..?

"DIAMOND-BLACK"

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