tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post6271546795324133188..comments2024-03-22T15:51:18.453-04:00Comments on 8th Day: Full of Grace8thdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-76111726095865815442014-03-28T14:04:35.048-04:002014-03-28T14:04:35.048-04:00These are lovely. (And around here, lots of people...These are lovely. (And around here, lots of people still use buckets for maple syrup collection.)<br /><br />Glad the Beaner is home safe and sound. <br /><br />Glad you didn't like the Ben & Jerry's flavor. Now I feel less pushed to try it.35jupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645119202127311140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-89950824473943227732014-03-26T13:11:21.371-04:002014-03-26T13:11:21.371-04:00Nothing in the PNW : ( It would be great to have ...Nothing in the PNW : ( It would be great to have an excuse to be on your coast every now and then. <br /><br />The top school for the strange combination of studies she wants is actually right in our backyard. I don't think she relishes the idea of living home for a couple of years, but now that she has to pay, I think she is seeing the logic of not having housing costs. Funny how when I8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-2542804940215825692014-03-26T13:08:04.372-04:002014-03-26T13:08:04.372-04:00No, it's really a thing - when you get thunde...No, it's really a thing - when you get thunder while it's snowing. Unusual, but extremely awesome.<br /><br />Although I'm sure many people have come up with a lot of unprintable terms for this year's winter : ) 8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-68514484839092415112014-03-26T12:48:06.761-04:002014-03-26T12:48:06.761-04:001. Thank goodness you don't like it! The nute...1. Thank goodness you don't like it! The nutella is enough...<br />2. Yoga props... me too, on the rare occasion that I actually go to a class.<br />3. Some spring break destinations are scary for the parents. Glad she was safe.<br />4. Any schools in the PNW on her list? That could be great!!!<br />5. I'm not much of a pancake fan but maple syrup? Double Yum! And, just so cool that ehttp://plufrompdx.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-89980251498750197332014-03-26T12:42:55.745-04:002014-03-26T12:42:55.745-04:00Thunder snow? Are they making up new terms for th...Thunder snow? Are they making up new terms for this interminable winter weather?ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477806052578880686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-3564982743573127362014-03-25T19:31:10.006-04:002014-03-25T19:31:10.006-04:00Boston IS one of her choices, but so damned expens...Boston IS one of her choices, but so damned expensive to live there. I wouldn't mind going there to visit though - great Italian bakeries : )8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-52123259450553072452014-03-25T19:29:17.464-04:002014-03-25T19:29:17.464-04:00There are a lot of places where the sun shines tha...There are a lot of places where the sun shines that I can see grass. But still lots and lots of snow hanging on. The forecast is for warmer weather by Thursday. Fingers crossed.<br /><br />Yes, I hear Asheville is nice - like our Woodstock or Ithaca. But unfortunately that would not be the school and really, the rest of that state scares me. Still, I am staying out of it. She is paying 8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-50403816842582137662014-03-25T19:21:45.883-04:002014-03-25T19:21:45.883-04:00I'm sure Beaner would be freaking out if she h...I'm sure Beaner would be freaking out if she had to get a job, too. Grad school will postpone the anxiety for a couple of years. <br /><br /> I know - those warm teasers days are a killer when it gets cold again.8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-21432676846470816902014-03-25T19:15:18.986-04:002014-03-25T19:15:18.986-04:00Yes, but just because they say it's all you ca...Yes, but just because they say it's all you can eat, doesn't mean you should eat all you can eat.<br /><br />Ask me how I know this : )8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-90524442377101080992014-03-25T15:11:22.045-04:002014-03-25T15:11:22.045-04:00Beanie going to grad school? It seems impossible ...Beanie going to grad school? It seems impossible that so many years have past. I hope Boston is on her list. Great schools and no rednecks. <br /><br />Pancakes and snow go great together . . . in winter. I'm with you - c'mon Spring. Mattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-44348273376823330192014-03-25T13:40:52.897-04:002014-03-25T13:40:52.897-04:00oh god, 8, you have more snow than i do. i hope it...oh god, 8, you have more snow than i do. i hope it all melts. after tomorrow's storm, which should miss both of us, things are looking up. <br /><br />congratulations to your beaner. asheville is in north carolina, yes? that would be one exception to the state.<br /><br />good for you and yoga. i just joined the y. i am hopeful i am motivated. :^)<br /><br />love<br />kj<br /><br />kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-63980726923333586142014-03-25T08:37:43.041-04:002014-03-25T08:37:43.041-04:00I am the most unbendable person so I would need SO...I am the most unbendable person so I would need SO many props... Congrats on grad school! Ours is freaking out while looking for jobs - rejection is not an easy pill to swallow. I was okay with the cold until it was warm for a few days - now I am over it... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-91663236324242983792014-03-25T07:58:45.681-04:002014-03-25T07:58:45.681-04:00Which, by the way, beats the snow on the ground. L...Which, by the way, beats the snow on the ground. Last night's forecast for today: thunder snow. And yes, there is snow on the ground now. Spring, a distant memory? Middle Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334580430376973159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-5194057563763461322014-03-25T07:56:20.879-04:002014-03-25T07:56:20.879-04:00Congratulations to Beaner. And beyond that I'm...Congratulations to Beaner. And beyond that I'm lost in the all the pancakes you can eat . . . Middle Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334580430376973159noreply@blogger.com