Thirty days hath November...
Which means that today is the final day of NaBloPoMo...
This month, was a roller coaster of emotion and soul-searching for me.
I think I've survived stronger, maybe not wiser, but richer in the knowledge that my friends care for me and that I will go on.
This month, I really got into Scrabulous on Facebook, and the group of Scrabble fans I started (which I thought would consist of me & Claire & CallieAnn) now has 24 members at t… Continue

Earlier in the week, Jazper mentioned his new heated bed.
What we have is a heated furniture insert for pet beds.
We
use it in the basement on a chair with blankets for Jaz's naps during
the day, then bring it upstairs at night to put on the desk chair so
Jaz & Isis can cuddle.
This heated insert is great - it's
designed to be used anywhere your kitty needs a heated spot. It can go
into an existing pet bed, under a blanket -- plus, it has elastic
straps on the back, so it can be… Continue

November 28th - where did the month go? And since we only get 30 Novemberdays, that means rent is due toooo soon. Sigh.
Ooooh - it's cold & windy today! The remaining leaves from the trees downtown are blowing horizontally past my windows.
Evelyn had the movers come this morning, upstairs above the shop. That means the apartment is available if I can afford it. It would mean me taking a stand and saying I'm NOT closing the shop, because I couldn't live there and not have the store, t… Continue

Oh the weather outside is <s>frightful</s> actually surprisingly not bad right now, considering yesterday. It warmed up last evening and overnight, so most of what fell from the sky yesterday melted.
Today's high temp was this morning, about 40&deg; while I was driving into work. Now it's 34&deg; and the sun is blotted out more and more by clouds encroaching. The winds are supposed to kick up this afternoon, whipping in off Lake Michigan, and we're to have Lake Effect sno… Continue

Brrrr.... this morning, we're having a "wintry mix" winter storm.
It was just icy drizzle at home, but by the time I got to Dowagiac, it was full-on ice storm, coating everything. Then, when I went to the bank to make my deposit, it had turned to snow - big, quarter-sized wet flakes sticking to the icy slickness. Now it's sleety-rain, with temps hovering right above freezing. Yuk.
How some people (Hello, Janna!) can like wintry weather is beyond me. Actually, I don't mind the snow so lon… Continue