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Archive for December, 2008

To market

Posted in Boston, Holiday, Winter, tagged , , , on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Bro-in-law forgot to mention (until this morning) that we are to bring potatoes and squash to tonight’s Christmas dinner. Hmmm. We searched high and low and finally found a Russian market that is open on Christmas day. It’s a Christmas MIRACLE!

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Blog type analyzer

Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

According to the “Blog Type Analyzer”, my blog personality type is “ESFP – The Performers.” I would agree, except I’m too exhausted and have to go rest my head on some soft, brightly colored, sweet smelling pillows. Unless I’m your manager, in which case I’ll hit you in the head with said pillows if you don’t let me have my fun! What’s your blog personality type?

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White (almost) Christmas

Posted in Boston, Holiday, Weather, Winter on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, the final tally is about 13″ of snow. It made it up to the bottom of the stone wall…woo hoo! Then last night the temperature rose just enough to melt a bit of the snow and then plunged below zero again so now everything has a nice, slippery crust of solid ice. I *LOVE* winter! Argh! Here’s the final view, and a couple of shots of the boys plowing the driveway.

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Happy first day of winter! Is it spring yet?

Posted in Boston, Holiday, Weather, Winter, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ayup. Still snowing. *Sigh!* So this morning I thought I would venture out a little bit and give you a slightly broader view. I also threw in a couple of pics from other seasons to show the contrast.

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Snow update

Posted in Boston, MA, Weather, Winter, tagged , , , on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Dudes, it is *STILL* snowing out there! Took a few pics to track the progress. If this keeps up I won’t be able to open my freakin’ door! Snow shovel? What? I want a flamethrower!

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What to wear?

Posted in Internet, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s still snowing and I’ve got a bit of cabin fever, so I’m web surfing. Which inevitably led me to the mutilated Barbie® jewelry website. Right? Gotta love the internet!

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OMG, it’s SNOW! We’re all gonna DIE!

Posted in Boston, Holiday, MA, Weather, Winter, tagged , , , , , , on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So the local news here in Boston has been hyping the HELL out of this snowstorm, the first of the season. What is this? Snow? In New England? In WINTER? OH. EM. GEE!!!

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Becoming an expert – Perseverance is job #1!

Posted in Career Change, Health and Fitness, Personal Journey, tagged , , , , , on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m the kind of person who is generally unafraid to try new things and I like to jump in with guns a’blazing. But on the other hand, I like to be really, really good at what I do. I know I can’t start out as an expert on everything, so I recall finding comfort in this “How To Be An Expert” graphic.

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