Monthly Archives: December 2009

Resolutions? Probably not

Posted on December 30, 2009 by barbaraehardy

I have made no resolutions for the New Year.  The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.  ~Anaïs Nin    I like this quotation;  it’s just the way … Continue reading →

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Well, it’s good exercise at least

Posted on December 28, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     Shoveling, that is.  I shoveled out the entire driveway this morning, pulling jeans on over my pjs.  Nice and warm that way.   There were only about 3-4 inches accumulated, and it was wet snow, so it slid easily as … Continue reading →

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Holidays, winter, life

Posted on December 26, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     I’ve been sitting on the living room couch alternating reading and gazing out the window, the latter with dismay as my world is disappearing under thickening, swirling snowflakes.  Enough of that already; I came downstairs to whine on the … Continue reading →

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ICE!

Posted on December 24, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     I’m still shaking from my attempt to drive to the drugstore to pick up a prescription.  I made it, in 1rst gear, a couple of blocks;   very carefully turned around and headed back to my garage.   I slid all … Continue reading →

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Finished at last

Posted on December 22, 2009 by barbaraehardy

    I’ve been remembering the ‘good old days’ when my Xmas shopping was completed by August;  everything wrapped by October.   Now that I’m retired and have, allegedly, endless time,  that’s not going so well.   In fact, I just bought my … Continue reading →

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I had to drive in the snow today…yuck

Posted on December 19, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     If you have read this blog for any time at all, you are aware of my vow to avoid driving in snow, barring an emergency.  So what was the emergency?   A grandchild need transpo?  NOPE   Out of food?  NOPE    … Continue reading →

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I love New York

Posted on December 14, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     What a great trip! (not to mention a busy one)  I can’t remember the last time I crammed so many interesting activities into one week.  Last Tuesday, I flew out of Chicago just hours before the storms hit, for … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Noel

Posted on December 6, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     December is a busy birthday month for us:  Bertie and Dave on the 2nd;  Noel today, December 6.  My grandmother was also a December baby…back in 1885.  But today I am thinking about Noel, my first born.   She was … Continue reading →

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Oh, the weather outside is snowy…..bleah

Posted on December 4, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     Our first snow is actually a bit late this year.  Does that make it any more welcome.  HAH!    It’s all perspective, of course.  Austin, all ten years of him, will be ecstatic.   This is a boy who lives to … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Bertie, December 2

Posted on December 2, 2009 by barbaraehardy

   My ‘big’ sister Bertie was born in 1939….that sounds like eons ago, doesn’t it?   And yet, Bertie is the same dynamo she’s always been.  As to the ‘big’….she’s really just a tiny thing, kind of like a bullet whizzing by … Continue reading →

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