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Or not.
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At our house love looks like this on Valentine’s Day..
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Flowers, cards and because my husband apparently wants a whole lot more of me to love?
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Happy cupcakes and dark chocolate truffles.
Cheers!
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For my single readers not feeling the tradition hearts and flowers…. here’s a little something that might make you smile today.
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Sorry I was late in posting this option…
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But there still might be time for something fitting…
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We’ve been having a number of small snow storms lately, 2-3 inches at a time, and thanks to some cold temperatures…
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It finally looks like winter in ye old state of Maine.
I enjoy the change of seasons and while winter can be challenging, it can be beautiful as well.
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Especially when our backyard visitors show up for a nosh.
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We usually see them in the evening, but the other morning these two showed up for breakfast.
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My husband was out front shoveling the driveway…
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And the minute they spotted him?
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Nothing but fluffy white butts.
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My husband’s dream may be coming true.
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Bring an avid collector, one of my guy’s favorite programs is Antiques Roadshow. He watches it religiously, envious of all the people who clean out their attics and find priceless treasure.
While I watch the show and see hundreds of people standing in endless lines in the hot sun, clutching and dragging cumbersome objects, inching forward in slow motion for a mind boggling number of tedious hours, just to spend two minutes with an appraiser who tells them grandma’s objet d’art is a fake…
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My husband sees the lucky 6 out of 6,000 people who have something worthy and simply knows that could be him.
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So when I saw this article in a local paper…
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I decided to give him the chance to be lucky.
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After a bit of research I discovered you don’t pay for tickets, they’re free. The catch is… the only way to get them is to enter a sweepstakes. You sign up, submit your name (one per household) and hope they pick you.
So that’s what I did.
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And since my husband’s birthday is right around the bend, I printed that announcement out and put it in a wrapped gift box.
My fingers are crossed they pick our name… not because I want to stand in line for all those bunion busting hours, but because I love my guy and it would make him happy.
And hey, the blog fodder factor could be off the charts.
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I was going to include this article in my weekly useless news series, but this little fellow is so awful I figured he deserved his own post .
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Look at that face.
He doesn’t even care.
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Damn Ollie.
You’re one twisted little dude.
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There’s frustrated…
And then there’s Ollie level frustrated.
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve never done that to my teddy bear.
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And really, why would you want to?
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This begs the question why.
But on second thought, I don’t think I want to know.
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The remedy for overly salted Spam should be the same for everyday, run of the mill Spam.
Throw it out!
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I’ve been reading a lot about extraordinary fungus lately.
I also watch The Last of Us…. so this troubles me mightily.
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I don’t care for chimps. This can just be another reason why.
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Great. Like we don’t have enough to worry about already.
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Are there people too dorky to season their food? This seems like an awfully low bar for AI applications..
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As one does.
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Our farming neighbor across the street has a sense of humor.
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Winter can be long in Maine.
It helps to laugh.
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What is it they say…
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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A squirrel, on a squirrel statue.
It’s not often you find that kind of symmetry in life.
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Anyone else old enough to remember these little torture chamber boxes?
Research was time consuming when I was young.
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I love animals and enjoy learning quirky facts about their remarkable lives.
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Not exactly subtle, but it sure beats yo yo dieting and spending hours getting ready for that first date.
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This doesn’t surprise me at all. AI has a long way to go when it comes to simple tasks.
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Brainless? Seems like there’s a whole lotta of seawater being pumped through Washington these days.
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Owls rock.
We rescued an injured barn owl years ago and took him to an avian shelter for treatment. I rode in a car for an hour with an owl on my lap! It was a once in a lifetime experience.
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You know the drill.
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My predictive text is always giving me weird suggestions when I don’t want them. Let’s see what it has to say when I do…
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I don’t, but okay.
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Do I?
I have a lot of it, but I’m going to say no.. I probably don’t need more pictures of it.
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Third time’s a charm.
I’ll go with that.
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What does your predictive text think you really need?
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When you’ve been happily married for 41 years, Valentine’s Day passes quietly. A few cards, some flowers and a kiss usually suffice. We tend to avoid the overcrowded restaurants offering kitschy two for one meals and definitely bypass heart themed gifts.
Like these made for men.
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Laser engraved meat.
How romantic.
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Because nothing says I love you like highly salted and over processed meat petals.
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Yeah..,
No.
I won’t be giving my guy any of these items, but please make sure to blog about it if you do.
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