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Friday Morning Herd Check-in: Greetings and Grazings of the Moosekin

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73 comments

  2. Khloe

    23 degrees out with an expected high of 38. Last cord of wood has been delivered for the winter. Cabin fever is setting in at work. Everyone is on edge. Serious button pushing going on. I’m lucky I work alone.

    photo cattuna.jpg

  3. blue jersey mom

    I hate snow. I have to go to the office. then I have to drive to Lancaster to pick up my kid for spring break. Did I mention how much I hate snow.

  4. nannyboz

    shining.  I fear two of our viburnum won’t bloom, they got zapped in bud two weeks ago.  Is it spring yet?

  6. Portlaw

    footed members of the herd. There’s a light snow in NY and the trees are gorgeous looking. Have a lot to do, like avoiding deadlines. Hope it’s a more productive day for all.

  7. Melanie in IA

    It’s 24 degrees here now and expected to push up to 37 today.

    Last evening in Facebook I asked:

    What’s the best thing someone has done for you in the last few days? What’s the best thing you’ve done for someone else?

    Not a lot of answers to that yet but some good ones.  

  8. Jk2003

    It is 17 degrees in Saint Charles this morning.  Going to be sunny and near 40 today.  Busy day today with just chores and such then dinner with friends and their kids tonite.  Have a great day today.

  10. wordsinthewind

    the high 70s today. Also overcast and damp feeling which won’t last long enough to produce rain. I brought back a bag of meyer lemons from our friends’ mother’s tree and so far have put up two jars of preserved lemons and one recipe of lemon curd. There’s another cup of juice frozen in tablespoon amounts too, didn’t waste any. Today I’m baking gingerbread from a recipe I found that does not call for molasses instead maple syrup. That probably will take care of the taste I don’t care for in gingerbread and I need something to put the lemon curd on.

  11. BlueStateRedhead

    the NYC snow turned FIERCE. All expectations turned upside down. But birthday party for BSRH jr. will be able to happen as Snow will not stick. Out we go to the glories of Upper West side shopping emporia as we are the caterers–and not a single one pf the stores will be called Whole Foods–yum yum and hurray for locavoria.

    The menu for this most important decade turning birthday is composed on Security questions–idea that can  easily be adapted by any parent or SO.  For the main dish, for example:

    What is the one dish BSRH jr. remembered her mother cooking beside frozen pizza—-

    If I run into PLF515,I’ll let you know!  

  12. dear occupant

    27 heading to a high of 36 and to be honest, i’m ready.

    photo crocusabdbees2012001.jpg

    i took this pic on this day last year,

    it was the earliest i’d ever seen bees

    in Chicago. would like to see some right now.

    ha! i called dibs on a new dog yesterday!

    he is a rescue and had been in shelters for over

    2 years. his name is EARS and they stand tall.

    he is an unusual Frenchie/Pitbull mix and a real

    sweetheart and for all the ‘snoutists’, he has

    one but it’s just…. slightly abbreviated.;-}

    i’ll take some pics today.

    have a great day everyone!

  13. anotherdemocrat

    Not enough, but any rain is good rain. If it would rain about this hard for a week or 2, we might get out of the drought. Of course, 2 weeks with no sun would drive us insane. And we have all the visitors in town for SXSW (film & interactive starts today — hoping for a Joss Whedon sighting — he is premiering Much Ado here), the Rodeo and state basketball tournament. All in town, right now.

    And I wrote a diary about the AIDS Ride.

  16. LeftOverFlowerChild

    Still trying to come to wake up here. I’m usually a morning person, but not today. Allergies are flat kickin’ my behind. Cedar is sky high, followed by elm and ash…and grasses. A little rain is all I need, just get the pollen out of the air so I can breathe and stop sneezing!

    Cloudy but on the warmish side today. Spring break starts as soon as the last bell rings at Tolar High School. My youngest son is chomping at the bit wanting to get it over with. He’s already sent a text saying he’s fairly sure he’s coming down with something, would I please send someone to pick him up? Umm..yeah right. He’s coming down with I don’t wanna be here-itis! Cough cough :o)

    Off to fill my tea cup, get a few items ready for posting– my husband has offered to go to the post office for me. Thankful for that…I don’t wanna go outside!

  17. DeniseVelez

    late – looking at icky wet snow that’s been coming down since last night – thankfully we aren’t going to have a ton of it, but roads up here will be very icy this evening when the temps drop.

    Back to the keyboard – sigh.

  18. slksfca

    It really did feel awesome to sleep in, BUT … I must confess that I now miss having a nurse wake me up every few hours with pain pills. Will I ever be satisfied? ;-p

  19. Pam from Calif

    Enjoy your day everybody.

    What is a good size for youtube videos?  I don’t want to break margins.

  20. slksfca

    No problems, except that it’s really windy outside and there were moments when I was a bit unsteady on the crutches. Only one or two seconds where I actually felt scared of tipping over, the rest was easy-peasy.

    Irritating note: the oxycontin cost me $95 because Medicare pursed its lips in disapproval. It must be categorized as “recreational” nowadays. Thanks a LOT, Limbaugh! I’m just glad I had enough in the savings account to pay for it.

    So, the surgeons gave me enough for three weeks, and then it’s off cold-turkey. But I have a deal with my regular doctor to ease me down more gently than that, which I’m going to need after nearly a year of opiate popping. Last thing I need is withdrawal pains & jitters just when I’m starting to feel okay for real…

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