There's a winter storm going on, but I had to get to the bank for some time-critical things. Normally I'd bring my dog and my grown son with me (they both like the walk.) But today is not fit for man nor beast.

So I went alone.

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For a dozen years I used to walk my kid to school in the mornings. I'd fall out of bed and into clothes and get some exercise (and the dog a walk) before I came home to start my day. Now that the youngest is gone to college, I decided to start walking my husband to the bus, instead. My husband's bus is a bit farther away and a bit earlier, so ( Read more... )

I hate ice. I heartily and fairly loudly dislike leaving the house in the 7 am winter gloom to be dragged on icy slushy walks by the dog. The dog isn't that into it either - she has already gone out with B for a quick pee and poop while he does her morning ball romp before he leaves for the bus at 6:50. She really just gets this walk because her ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure I started this blog with an entry about walking Small Boy to school.  Oh, here it is, from 11 years ago ( Read more... )

It's what I would call either "sugaring season" or "the dog shit days of March" here.  A couple of nights ago we had a gully-washer of a thunderstorm. Vast amounts of water fell from the sky, the steeple at 2nd Congo was hit by lightening, and the road in the park turned to solid mud.  Yesterday it was in the 50's and I avoided the park because I ( Read more... )

The Department of Public Works has been redoing sidewalks in my neighborhood. It's made my normal walk to work more exciting as often the entire street has been blocked off while they pour concrete, or whatever. I've had a chance to chat with the workers as I stroll past with my dog. It's been going on a while so it is starting to be a bit of a ( Read more... )

On Wednesday I loaded the pickup truck up with empty buckets and trash cans and empty kitty litter containers and a shovel and drove to the town department of public works garage. I parked next to the sand pile and filled all my buckets with town sand ( Read more... )

Small Boy's bus now comes 20 minutes earlier, so we have to be out the door at 7 AM. It's hard going for my daily two mile walk in the park on gloomy days so soon after dawn.  This morning it was raining.  I don't really care if it's raining: I wear a raincoat and I can change my shoes when I get home, but it does make the air sort of clammy to ( Read more... )

The only thing in my head right now is a "to do" list ( Read more... )

I'm single parenting this week while B. is traveling.  I'm dealing with snow storms without a working snowblower, a boy who needs his own livery service, a dog who cannot find her tennis ball in the deep snow, and all the usual things associated with running a small business ( Read more... )