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DAMN! It is cold!!! With all my meteorological training, I have determined that this is the coldest day we've had.....maybe not on the little temperature gauge thing, but when that wind blows, fo-git-about-it!!! And of course, in anticipation of our upcoming move to the new house, we elected to have only 100 gallons of oil delivered last week so we're using it vary sparingly. Which is basically a nice way of saying that if I don't move around packing boxes, I'm sitting, freezing my ass off. I think it might be Dan's secret way of motivating me to get all the packing done before the last minute......as for the dog, even she doesn't want to go outside today, which poses yet another dilemma for me because I'm worried that at any given second, her bladder might explode. If you know anyone who works outside and didn't call in sick today, do something extra special for them tonite.....maybe cook them a warm meal and give them a bottle of moonshine to warm their blood back up.

Sweep the Leg

If you were once an admirer of The Karate Kid.......watch this; it's good for a chuckle on such a cold day. I am particularly fond of the last part.........

I'm just wondering

Why is it, that my dog only wants to stay outside when it is sub-freaking-zero? When it is so damn cold, that while dressed in long johns head to toe under jeans and sweater and fleece in addition to the traditional winter garb, the wind is still whipping through you and seemingly cracking your bones in half. WHY does my dog want to bounce around on ice-crusted snow like Tigger on crack? I just don't get it.....I suspect she revels in my misery and thinks it's great that I'm standing out there, swearing at her to "just go to the damn bathroom already" while my neighbors with the litter-trained pug sit in their cozy house laughing at me.....maybe that's why she's bouncing around....she's actually laughing at me......hhmmm......

Is the sickness everywhere?

Recently, Meg was saying how she feels like she has a sickly family; I too am beginning to think that we are living amongst some icky germs that just will not go away. I don't know what it is. Once upon a time, the pediatrician used to praise me for what a healthy child I had, now she furiously scribbles notes in the kid's chart and I'm sure the words "terrible parent" are in there somewhere......anyway, during the sickness today, I have managed to get sucked right in to myspace, which my friends reminded me was a "must-check on a daily basis" when we recently went to visit them in Boston for the weekend. I'm more of a "must-checker" of other blogs, flickr, and my bank balance to make sure that, while not necessarily employed, I haven't gone in the hole yet either.

On the plus side of the sickness, I have found my camera!! Thank heavens I can finally post pictures of all the progress I'm NOT making in the world of packing. Before I get to that though, I thought I would snag a shot of this:

The FOR RENT sign is innocent on its own, but if you take in to account that it is tacked to a Portland Public Works Caution sign, it gives it a whole new meaning. For those of you who are familiar with out landlord, you will know exactly what I mean. For those of you who are not, let me shed some light on it for you.

And the crafty fox award goes to.......

Jen. So cool, I cannot even hope to ever be so crafty!!

Beauty in an unlikely place

Many may find being unemployed a terrible state; I on the other hand, have embraced it. The beauty of unemployment is, it gives you tons of time to do other things that you've always wanted to do but just never had the time for. As an added bonus for me, this just happens to coincide with us moving to our new house, so I have plenty of time to pack us up.

Speaking of which, more beauty is to be found in the packing I am finding. For instance, I have located the missing piece to my sewing machine.....so I can now learn how to use it. I have found more yarn than I could ever dream for - it was still packed from the last time I moved and I have found oodles of crafting books - and we know what a crafty little fox I am - or at least try to be. All of these crafty discoveries have stirred up some very fab ideas that I can not wait to get started on.....my blog will finally start living up to its name!

There is a down side to all this goodness though.....I have misplaced my camera, so I can't take pictures of any of my progress OR my craftiness. Damn the boxes.

The MIS-communication of email

Have you ever gotten a response to an email where you end up sitting there, scratching your head, going "WTF just happened here?" I got one of those yesterday and as I was reading it, I was thinking "There is no way that what I said could have been taken that way." Hmm.....I don't know. And the response I got doesn't even merit a response in turn, however, I am one of those people who feel like my silence will mistakenly portray that there response is accuarate; what's a girl to do?