🚰 Still without clean waer 🚰 UPDATE

 

We are still without clean water.   From the water main break of Sunday morning.   We still have to use bottled water, which one of our sons brought over, Sunday morning...  So that we don't have to boil water, to use it.

I am OC.  I probably wash my hands a *million* times a day, regularly.   During this water main break, we have to use Wet Wipes for any/all cleansing.  Yes, I'm glad I still have a stash of Wet Wipes, from my Covid-Stock-Up time.  But they are not the same as a good wash, with soap and water.   -sigh-  We can not shower, because don't want not-clean water to get in our eyes, nose, mouth, etc. 

 

  Let's face it.

We are a city of dirty people.

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Just texted a Grandson and he is in school!  I really  didn't think they would.

Please be conscious today, of every time you turn on a tap and clean water flows from it.  Give the faucet a little pat, and "tell it" that you will not take it for granted, any more.  😌

Think this experience will push me to keep some bottled water on hand.   Not a lot, but some..

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I read an Instagram/blog of a lady who does prepare.   Not with dry food and and that *preppy* sort of stuff.  But growing their own food...  Vegetables and meat.  Preserving it, various ways.  Keeping a back up supply of water.   Heating with wood stove and cooking with wood stove.   Etc., etc., etc.  Their  goal is to be able to survive, in 1800 conditions.   And that is a lofty goal.   Good for them!

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Few of us have the land area or even the *drive*  to attempt such.  We are the products of the age in which we live.  So we had better *keep good thoughts flowing,* for the good of our Water, Electricity, and etc. Systems.  😉 

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UPDATE

Boil Water Directive was removed about an hour after I posted this!!!!  Then we had to run all water taps, to clear any air buildup and any *crappy* water, left in pipes.

 

You have no idea how wonderful it is, to have clean running water again!!!!

 

Plus, the bottled spring water tasted awful!!!!  Our own water is so much more tasty.  😋😋😋😋

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😊Hibernating Mode😊

guess i should give up on having all of my post, centered.  i click on centered and they come out, to the left, like a regular book print.

there are bloggers who claim that this is the easiest to read anyway.

 this week between christmas and new years, is *supposed* to be quiet, with no *to do list*.  but it didn't work out this way, this year.  -sigh-  but i certainly plan on beginning january/february, *deep winter*, with as much hibernation mode as possible.

 nature is sleeping, at this time of year.  many animals are hibernating.  it is cold, with long nights and a general feeling of "going within" as much as possible.  🏡   of being snug in our homes.  and having soups and stews simmering on the stove.  hot chocolate if one can have it.   good books to read, snuggled in one's favorite comfy chair, with a warm 'throw' over your legs.   etc.  etc.  etc.

 i know, people still have to go out to work, and we all have work to do, around the home.  but if we can keep the hibernate attitude in our heads and hearts, even when out, or busy.....    and if we decline any invites which we really don't want to participate in, we can more easily slip back into a quiet mood, when work and home duties are done.

 i know some do this every year.  but if you haven't really tried this before, perhaps you would consider it?  it's a way to more enjoy this cold, dark season of the year.  if we look on it, as a time to bring ourselves quiet, time for ourselves, coziness and self nurturing....  wouldn't that go a long way, to banish the winter blahhhhhhhhhs?  😊 

if you have any resources on this topic of winter hibernation, would you please share them?  i can always use more!

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some of my paragraphs are centered and some are not, at least now, before i publish.  ???????????

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🎄So happy...🎄

 So happy that many Dear Readers also enjoy the Hibernation Feeling of deep Winter.

Again, I have made my print the largest I can, to make it more readable on my screen.  Perhaps a bit too large.   Do hope you can adjust the size, which shows on your screen.  It's very easy on my new Mac laptop.  Just click on "command" key and on "+" key.   And to make it look smaller, click on command and "minus" key.

Same for my illustrations from Pinterest.  I'm making them Very Large.  I always love big pics, on blogs.  😊

Going to be looking for reading, which is in the Deep Winter Hibernation theme.  If you know of any, please share.

And maybe blogs, which delve into this, at this time of year.  Guess slow living blogs would be a good place to look.  

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Btw, that click-able link yesterday, which *wasn't*....  It came to me later!!!  Duhhhh!!!!  You use a *little thingy* right up on top of where you compose your post!!!

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I simply need to calm down, when trying to post and etc.  😉

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🎄The Eve of Winter Solstice🎄

 

Happy Eve of Winter Solstice to you!!!

It is the celebration of The Return of Light.

Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year.  From now on, the sun will begin to shine longer and longer, day by day.   People who suffer from SAD, should love this celebration.

  For myself, I find longer evenings and nights, to be cozy.  In fact, I am happy that this time of year, also ushers in deep winter.  Because I love this time, when Nature is hibernating.  I like to adapt a form of hibernation for myself.  Keep warm.  Hunker down.  Take time for introspection.   Quiet reading and etc.

 https://thesmallestlight.co.uk/blog-posts/how-to-celebrate-winter-solstice/  is a link to lovely reading on this topic.   Sorry I can't do a click-able link yet.

Btw,  that link is also the source of my post illustrations today.

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Very cold last night....   Clear... so any daytime heat just wicked up into the sky...  The bird bath was frozen...

Don't you love these kinds of illustrations?  Snow on rooftops and golden light glowing in many windows?  😊

Made an "Impossible Pie" for dinner last night, and the rest will be dinner tonight.  I love meals in one dish, which make enough for 2 meals.  I really should look up a lot of recipes, for such.  If you have any suggestions for me, I would love to hear them!!!!!

Got something done and "off our plate," today!!!!  Yesssssssssssss!!!!  If we could drink, we would be having Champagne tonight, instead of non-alcoholic Eggnog.  🍷

Did you ever watch the movie "Michael"??? 

 

It's fun and I was so happy to find it, on one of our streaming channels.  The first part kind of drags, but it really picks up, after Jean Stapleton's character dies.  ~~~~  

It is *cheeky*, of course.  😉

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🎄🔔🎄And on the 1st day of Dec.🎄🔔🎄

Isn't that the sweetest illustration.....  💕  She is so lovely and happy, and he is so handsome and smitten...  💕

I actually found Lactaid Eggnog!!!!!  How about that???  I get regular non alcoholic Eggnog for him, and have a sip.  It's delicious, which I never realized for years!!!

  So now, I can enjoy a small glass of it myself, without the regular Lactose Intolerance worry.  Actually, I still take a Dairy Relief tablet, just in case, there isn't enough of it, in Lactaid products.

Was able to get a Balsam wreath with red bow, where I pick up my groceries.  So at least, the front door looks nice.  Hope next door sickness has subsided by the weekend, and one of the Grands can bring our tree down.  And I need to get the mantle decorations down.

We went for a late lunch, at the little West Side neighborhood Bar and Grill, recently.  We were surprised to have only 1 parking place left!!!  When we got in, we realized why it was packed!!!!  The Iran/USA soccer (football, outside the US) game was on!!!   They have tv sets (for sports) all along the walls, and the game was on the HUGE one.  

The Bar was full...  The Grill was full...   Watching the game, while eating and drinking...  Some were VERY enthusiastic!   Chants of "USA"  "USA"  "USA"   It was so much fun!!!

When the game was over, and won...  The place cleared out.  -grin-

It turned very cold and windy and we had snow showers earlier.  Perfect for the first day of December.

 

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Love....  Togetherness...  Perfection...

 

We love William and Catherine!!!!

Today's Royalty can carry their own umbrellas.

It's now official!!!!  Flare bottom pants are back in style!

Of course, not all women will look as gorgeous in them, as Princess Catherine.  😏 

Oh and look!!!!!  His sweater matches the color of her pants suit!!!!!!   💗

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🌲🌲🌲Just being **wise**🌲🌲🌲

  

Just being *smart*!!!

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But remember...

Those of us in the North...

Cold and snow will be coming...

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Will be...

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🐉 "At times like theses...."🐉

At times like these

a dragon would come in handy

to take care of the Bad Guys.

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Or maybe, finding "images" of the Bad Guy,

will help.   LOL

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Then again, in my still-snow-covered Land, 

perhaps the better idea is,

an illustration of the "Weather Feeling."

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Just!

Please!

Don't tell me to pray.

I don't.

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 Say what you want, on your own blog.

But this is mine.

Please and thank you.

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You can see I am upset....

I don't usually say this!

Most everyone in 'Pretty Blog Land,' talks about praying, openly and often.

But non-praying-people, keep quiet.  Probably for fear of losing Readers.

 Enough....

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 Now, even February is hitting me, with "stuff."   I know, that's life.   But it's really interfering with my Deep Winter Hibernation.   So even I, might be joining those, who are not-so-patiently waiting for spring. 

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(This painting was in the paper, and it led me to other Art, by Louis Abel-Truchet,  about whom I had never heard.  Interestingly, they are painted in mostly pale or muted colors...) 

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Not wishing for Spring-Spring.    Rather....   For the fact that it is so much easier to be out side.   One can walk safely.   Can socialize out side.    Can eat at an outdoor dining place.  Etc.

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I am getting really fed up with staying in home, because of covid!!!!!!!!!!   Wish I lived in those Nordic countries, where they are DONE with RESTRICTIONS.   Where people are free to follow their own brain's decision, about how to deal with living, with this thing.

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So yes, I am still GRUMPY!

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“Good moods’re as fragile as eggs...Bad moods’re as fragile as bricks.”  

~David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

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⛄ An old fashioned snow storm... ⛄

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We are having an old fashioned snow storm.   This little old 'mousey' lady above, is doing what to do, during it.   If you are an old 'mousey' lady, or an old retired lady, like me.  :-)

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Granted, people in the ice storm part of this, are not having an old fashioned snow storm.   I am very sorry for them.   ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄    But I was thinking.....    People in the North East have been living through snow storms forever.   We didn't used to get that upset over them, years ago.  Why do we panic now?

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Maybe because of all the Weather News available now?  All the "something terrible this way comes,"  from all the weather forecasters?  A couple of hundred years ago, the only weather forecasters were the old people, and their old bones, which ached when the weather was going to turn 'bad'.    And farmers, who could 'read the sky' and etc.

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And back then, they didn't have to rush to the store for needed food.     They always kept a 'deep pantry,' as a way of life.   And they had enough fire wood on hand.    It was just a matter of riding out the storm, no matter what it turned out to be. 

Yes?

No?

Maybe?

OR....

Am I just being a Grumpy Old Lady, today...???????????????

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⛄ Halfway between... 🌺

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February 1st is the Eve of Imbolc,   a Gaelic traditional festival.   Imbolc symbolizes the halfway point between the winter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara).

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So, for those of us, tired of cold...   And for those of us, tired of snow storms...  I guess it should be  a nice reminder, that this Cold and these Snow Storms, will not last forever.  :-)

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An Instagram I like, said it this way....   "I wake for Imbolc..."   This sounds to me, like the perfect way to greet Imbolc.    She has been enjoying hibernation.   As I would love to be doing, but *stuff,* keeps getting in the way. 

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Anyway, it sounds wonderful, to "wake," to notice the movement of the year.    And then, to go back into the quiet and introspection, of hibernation, for the rest of Deep Winter.  -happy sigh-

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