Seattle Has Short Term Memory Loss

by Claire on January 17, 2012

The only thing that anyone here has been talking about for the last couple days has been the snow in Western Washington. The news stations are talking longer and preempting other shows, people are on Facebook and Twitter more sharing pictures and anecdotes, and everyone is either loving the snow or hating it. And most everyone is acting like this is the first time Seattle has ever had this amount of snow. And every year it’s the same story.

Where I live we got about 8 to 10 inches of snow over the last 24-48 hours. A lot even for here, but we’re not unused to snow.  I only dug out pictures from the last couple of years, but my memory – unless mine is failing me, and that’s quite possible – is that we’ve had snow over the past decade or longer more often than we have not. We had a bad snow storm in 2008, another in 1995 or 1996. So, it’s not like we don’t know what to do or how to drive. Particularly how to drive in the snow.

It is what it is. C’mon peeps. Relax. Enjoy the snow. Play like a kid and throw some snowballs, build a snowman or a snow fort. The great thing about snow in Seattle is typically (except for the two-week Snowmageddon in 2008) it’s gone in three days, and doesn’t stick around for three months.

Me, I don’t mind it any more. I’m used to it. I actually like it and welcome the chance to stay home and stop running so damn fast everywhere. I can snuggle under my blankets and hibernate, just a little. I like cozy. I like snow. I also like when the snow goes away. But until it does, I enjoy the beauty and the stillness of it.

January 2012

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Snowy January Morning

by Claire on January 16, 2012

We got about four to six inches of snow yesterday where I live, and there is more snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow night. One thing I love about the snow is waking up to it. The moonlight still shining on the new snow. The sun rising through sherbet colored clouds. The silence and stillness before the world wakes up. It’s like a fresh start to life packed into a few brief moments.

Here are a few pictures I captured this morning. Nothing fancy, but pretty. (As in, unaltered, untouched photos.)

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Why I Love Shemar Moore

January 13, 2012

  What’s NOT to love? Shemar Moore is my adult man-crush. My dream guy. Not because of his ruggedly handsome good looks, his rippled abs, or his perfectly chiseled face. Nope. None of the above. Ok, well, maybe some of the above. It’s because of the ideal that he represents. Masculine strength, protector, confident, lover, [...]

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There’s No Place Like Home

January 7, 2012

Update 1/7/2012: I started this post before Christmas and then family illnesses shot it all to hell and I never finished it. Still, I wanted to share with you the home improvement updates I’ve been doing around the house, and why. Every year for the last several years my mother has hosted a Christmas Day [...]

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Who Takes Care of the Caretaker?

January 6, 2012

This is a question that has been running through my head for quite some time. It’s not a thought emanating from a feeling of self-pity. Well, okay, maybe once in a blue moon, although I’m not one prone to a lot of self-pity. It’s more a thought that somehow, some way, there should be caretakers [...]

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My Holiday Home

December 25, 2011

Doggie coats and Santa hats. Seahawks, of course. Cheap and easy decorating: Mason jar, glass pebbles, cranberries, and branches. Whimsy. Candy cane wrapping paper. And real ones. A welcoming entry. Christmas kitty. A mistletoe kissing ball. (One can wish, right?) Room for family and friends. And even more family and friends. That’s the idea anyway. [...]

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T.G.I.F.O.

December 25, 2011

Thank God It’s Finally Over! (Blatantly stolen from a friend on Facebook.) That sums up a lot for me. <<— Maybe Lily agrees? I’m glad the year is nearly over. I have much to be grateful for, but there is  much that I will not be sad to see the door hit it on the [...]

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Ready or Not.

December 19, 2011

Sigh. Every year it’s the same. I leave things until the last minute. I get melancholy (mildly depressed) when I read about all the lovely decorating and preparations people are doing for Christmas. I am an overachiever who fears underachieving. It’s less than a week until Christmas and I have no presents to wrap for [...]

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My Little Mancubs

November 14, 2011

Last Friday night my daughter – who was celebrating her birthday on 11/11/11 – had a party. That meant I got to be the babysitter for the two little mancubs. (My youngest daughter coined that term and I love it.) I was so excited to see them and spend some quality time with them. Apologies [...]

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It Goes Without Saying

November 13, 2011

For someone who is pretty opinionated (<<– me), I’ve been pretty quiet on my blog. I wanted to do a daily post of what I’m grateful for, but after a few days I realized that for anyone who might be reading, that could get boring pretty fast. Sort of like the teacher’s voice in the [...]

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