Month: March 2023

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The Winter that wouldn’t end.

Monday AfternoonThat’s what this is beginning to feel like. We were hit with another 2 feet of snow last night.

I’m over the snow, the shoveling, and all the annoying issues of living here during the winter.  I’ve got things to do, that do not involve being trapped in my home. Perhaps I’m a bit more sensitive about it than usual for a variety of reasons. 

COVID19? Paging COVID 19 Lockdowns…

Then there’s the annoyance of being left to our own devices by the county during the recent blizzard. I’ll grant you, a blizzard like that is only a once in ten year occurrence. I’m equally sure that some fact checker will read that line and say, “there’s never been a blizzard here,” 

IMG 2688Yeah, yeah, just because someone decided to call it a blizzard this time, doesn’t mean that we’ve never seen a storm like that before. It’s kind of like when they started naming big storms that happen over the midwest the same way hurricanes are named. The storms are nothing new, it’s just that we decided to start giving them names.

Storms like the recent blizzard have happened in the past and I’ve been living here long enough that I know that to be true because I shoveled snow then too. Like I said, about every ten years. These little smaller storms are a pain but not really much different either. I’m thinking this may be a year where we see snow flurries well into April.

I really hoped that I’d miss the next “big storm”. But alas, nope. 

These first two pictures give an idea. The top photo is Monday afternoon 3/20/2023. The bottom photo is today 3/22/2023.

Mother Nature is a tease!

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I really shouldn’t write when I’m angry!

Apologies for the post yesterday.

I was super pissed off on a number of levels. I’ve edited yesterday’s post for clarity. Even editing it I was still pissed off.

My frustration level is increased because I’ve discovered the most used key on a computer keyboard is the space bar.

I’ve discovered this due to my butterfly keyboard on my MacBook. You may have noticed random periods scattered throughout my posts. These have been increasing in frequency due to my space bar “Bouncing,” I’ll press it once, the computer sees twice and helpfully puts a period in for me. I’ve not yet found a way to turn off this “Helpful” feature, when /if I do I’ll probably turn it off forever!

This dubiously helpful feature has increased my frustration level when writing and decreased my desire to, and pleasure in, writing.

Don’t even get me started on filling out forms online. That’s the 7th level of hell with a properly working keyboard.

A new machine is in my future. I miss the good old days when an Apple machine would last for 6-7 years. This one is only 4 years old and apparently, I’ve don’e better with it’s inherently defective keyboard than most.