tidbits and babblings...okay, mostly just babblings...

*Happy Spring! It seems as if nearly everyone is craving the arrival of spring. I guess I'm sort of lucky in that regard...I'm never as eager as most to say goodbye to winter. Lucky, because it continues to snow here a little bit most every day. Though at 70 inches, we're running well below normal totals.



And of course, it's not that I'll mind when spring begins acting like spring, as it definitely comes with its own set of joys. :)

*Oh Google...I still really want to kick you. I know, I know--violence is not the answer...but come on, pulling the rug out from under people like that is just plain MEAN. And it was supposed to be easy to switch to a different reader...well, I guess it was/is for lots of people. I mean, it sounded easy enough following the google takeout instructions, but my data just would NOT download. I have two ideas as to why not--1.) my operating system is too old to get updated versions of browsers, so seemingly daily for the last couple months I've been able to do less and less on the internet, and this is another one of those things, or 2.) it's simply due to my overwhelming lack of techno savvy. Who knows.

But whatever the reason, I gave up and simply added a blog roll back to my blog. I have extremely mixed feelings about it. It meant weeding down enormously the amount of blogs on my list--this is both good and bad. It also means that actually reading blogs takes more time, yet also that I'm more likely to comment now.

So yeah whatever. It is what it is, I guess.

*I really want to thank everyone who commented on my last post! It was interesting to hear your perspectives of the matter. :) Not that I was left feeling any less conflicted, but you know I think sometimes that's unavoidable, right?

*In the unlikely event that anyone noticed that I don't have last week's project life ready, ummmm...well...yeah. I haven't blown it off, I just haven't finished it yet. One of those uninspiring weeks where we didn't take many photos so I had to work hard to find enough to use. They're now printed but that's as far as I've gotten.

*And once again, HAPPY SPRING!

tidbits and babblings...

*I'm somewhat mystified by the fact that the first week of 2013 is nearly gone. Seriously, where the hell did it go? I've certainly accomplished very little thus far. This is usually a time of great reorganization for me...but it's just not happening at breakneck speed this year. But you know what's really freakin' awesome??? I don't really care! Yep, just sort of going with the flow here. I know, I know--who the bloody hell took over my brain?!!

*Winter is much more satisfying this year (at least thus far) than it was last. Haven't seen the ground in a couple weeks now, just the way winter ought to be. But we have had some major meltage going on today, and it looks like there is more to come in the next few days. *sigh*

*Though I suppose I shouldn't be so eager for our typical consistent winter snowfall. For it seems Gray has developed a severe sensitivity to the cold. I have never known anyone as sensitive as this child. Sensitive emotionally. And sensitive physically. His skin reacts to seemingly everything. Which now includes the cold...the poor kid has taken to breaking out in body-wide hives whenever he goes outside to play in the snow. And nothing seems to stop the itching for him. His legs particularly are a bloody, scabbed mess. :( And he has pink eye to boot.

*Miss Annie got a new haircut. And I honestly can't tell if it's a case of Mommy-Bias, but I think it looks fabulous on her! No frickin' way I ever could have pulled off hair that short, but it looks to me like she was made for it. :)

Okay, since it's honestly past my bedtime, I suppose I ought to just shut up now. Good night!