“I’m pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart and I believe in family. I also have a basic belief that God takes care of me.”

Cheers to a cavity-free smile!

Badger’s dentist appointment went well.
A quick cleaning, a quick check, and she was out the door, good until August.

Time was short, but we got enough groceries to see us through, plus chicken feed. 
We made it home at ten minutes to one, which was pretty good timing.

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”

The temperature continues to stay at or below freezing, and the wind howled all day today.
There isn’t anything to write about when you’re stuck indoors.

I don’t need coffee—I choose it… every single morning… forever

Another Keurig bit the dust, although that wasn’t unexpected. 
We knew there was some reason we stopped using the red Keurig.

Our morning started with a bleary-eyed Heron desperately shaking the Keurig, begging it for just one cup of coffee, just one please. 
Badger said she didn’t realize just how addicted to coffee we actually were. 
Heron had to stumble off to work without any caffeine. 
He works at a bar and pizzeria. 
Hopefully they sell coffee.

“When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles but in showers.”

Badger had her appointment in Jefferson City today. 
I’d planned to go into the bank afterward because a store double‑charged me, but by the time we got to the doctor’s office, I decided I wasn’t in the mood to deal with a live human.
I called customer service instead.
It took the whole appointment, a full hour, to get it sorted out, but I think we’re good now.

He’s the Reason His Guardian Angel Drinks

 We didn’t have as early a start today. 
We were able to wake up at our usual time.
Traffic was still heavy. 
I rode all the way down with my hand cupped on my forehead and my nose stuck in the phone.
Badger said Cowboy nearly rear‑ended an old lady, but I pretty much had a blindfold on and tried not to see anything.

I'm on my second guardian angel. The first one quit and is in therapy

Our morning started out entirely too early. 
I think Badger was up around 6:30 a.m., and I got up around 7.
We were on the road at 8.
We got to the underpass and a deer poked its head out. 
Luckily Cowboy saw it and slowed down, and the deer didn’t try to leap out.
He saw our car and headed back up the railroad tracks.
It was a small bright spot in a morning that started too soon.

January state of mind

There wasn’t much to say about the day.
 It was another long stay‑inside winter day. 
The temperature never climbed out of the low forties, and the wind blew almost nonstop.
 It feels like we get more windy days now than calm days.

Remembering MLK JR

 

Some days just surviving is my greatest achievement

This was one of our rougher weekends with Raven’s kids. 
To tell you how bad it got, Cowboy even snapped this morning, and he usually just ignores the chaos. 
I won’t go into it, but it wasn’t a good morning, and I spent a large part of it out in my she‑shed.

January: the month of hibernation and Netflix marathons

I had a very restless night. 
Lately, that’s not uncommon. 
My nose was all stuffy, and I couldn’t breathe. 
Then I started coughing.

“January is like the monday of months.”

It’s Wednesday, and really, what more is there to say?
 Cowboy went for his lab work this morning. 
It was safety‑meeting day at work, so he headed in early.

Laundry is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get

Badger and I have the routine down pat for the exterminator. 
It helps that the house was already clean, and all we had to do was clear off the kitchen countertops.
He was in and out quickly.

Currently accepting good vibes and jumper cables

Badger was awake before me this morning, which never happens.
It was her first appointment with the new practice, so she was up early.

Raven got home early too, but he sat in his car for nearly an hour.
He probably fell asleep.
I could never do third shift.
I don’t know how he manages it.

It's too early for this... but here we are!

I heard footsteps around seven, though I’d been half-aware of movement long before that.
I usually wake up early because I want to, but there’s a difference between choosing to wake up and being woken up.
It’s not pleasant to be pulled out of a sound sleep.

Don't call me a couch potato, I'm an armchair expert!

KUB pulled into my driveway at 8:12 a.m., and the work was finished by 11 a.m.
The technician was polite and looked around Badger’s age, maybe even Heron’s.
I had a brief moment of panic when he mentioned installing everything in either a basement or an attic.
We explained that my attic requires crawling in on your stomach, but I did have a crawl space.

O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song!

We’ll just call this a placeholder post because nothing happened today. 
Badger and I spent most of the day watching TV.

Basking in the glow of the winter sun

It felt like spring today, warm enough to hit the high sixties.
Badger and I walked down to the yappy dachshund house, and I didn’t even bother with a jacket.
It’s January, so I know it won’t stick around, but I’m soaking it up while I can.

Wishing you peace, love, and laughter in the new year

I hope everyone had a happy New Year. 
I watched the ball drop in silence because my computer has no sound.
I finished the episode of the TV show we’re watching and was in bed by 12:30 a.m.

Ring out the old, Ring in the new!!