Miscellany 18 Jan 2007 08:38 am
So is the storm coming or not?
Yesterday “they”, the weather powers-who-be, predicted a major storm headed our way by Sunday/Monday with accumulations of snow and ice. Today it’s shifted to next friday. That’s pretty far into the forecast to count on. They also have snow in next Tuesday’s slot but light stuff. We’ll see.
The kids are all snuggled with the dog watching movies. Red Fox plays dead when he sees us coming, hoping against all that we won’t notice him and make him go outside. He’s pretty safe! He’s clean and loves love. I make him go out for potty breaks but other than that, his little nest in the bean bag is all his to enjoy.
Mt. Laundry has become a plateau. My poor washer and dryer are showing their age and fatigue. Without doing at least half the duty on the clothesline it getting harder for them to keep up. I wish appliances didn’t seem to have such short lives and I often wonder if there aren’t better (and more affordable) options that can have less environmental impact. We use lots of water and energy; the newer models do better with water but are bigger. And then when they die, even after a heavy duty household like mine, they go to an appliance graveyard where they rot and rust over how many (hundreds?) of years. There has to be a better way.
In following links today I went here, an excerpt and commentary on an interview with NPRÂ Rod Dreher gave, the author of Crunchy Cons. Interesting stuff; very cyclical.
Seeing fewer comments this week I went and checked out my blog stats. Wow!! I was in for a shocker. Last year I averaged right around 20k for hits per month, with the unique user tally somewhere around 1500. But now, (or yesterday rather), at the 17th of the month, it’s up over 33k for hits and 1772 unique users (just for Jan so far), with the average user coming an average of 3 times. So thanks guys!
on 18 Jan 2007 at 9:48 am 1.SmallWorld said …
Have you read Crunchy Cons yet? Absolutely excellent book. Oh–and have you seen any missing dog posters up your way? My nephew came home with a small, obviously spoiled house-dog that followed them around the Obed last weekend-out in the middle of nowhere.
on 18 Jan 2007 at 8:14 pm 2.Tia said …
You know I have NOT read the book through yet! Followed it before it was published and gave it a look-see in the library. But last year books weren’t in the budget and this year I just haven’t been out. Not sure I want to buy it; maybe just check it out.
Sorry, no dog posters.