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Well in West TN it wasn’t totality but about 98-99%. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take the day off to head back to Arkansas where I used to live to be in totality. Near totality was pretty cool though. It got dusky and eerie at the same time and the temperature definitely dropped. Hope I’m still alive in 20 years when the next total solar will cut through Arkansas.

Happy April! Anyone having an Eclipse party Monday? Wear having one at my work. Moonpies, Starbursts, Milky Way bars and Sun Chips. lol.

Finally got some actual spring temps down here. Winter and summer have been fighting the last few weeks with cold days then not days then back to cold. Apparently it’s too much to ask for nice mild spring temps anymore. LOL. Tulips are at their peak and my azaleas have a few blooms on them. My knockout roses are growing back after being trimmed back to the ground earlier. All this to say the pollen is making me cranky and miserable.

Happy March everyone! For the first time in a bit it came in like a lamb here instead of a lion, although it’s too warm for me to be early March. As per usual we skip right over highs in the 60’s and go straight to the upper 70’s and even an 80 scattered here and there. You would think I would be used to it by now but dang it I’m not. LOL

Oh goodness. I am so very sorry to hear this!

Is Happy February! Two weeks ago we had record breaking brutal cold and tomorrow it will be 70. lol. Weather in the south is something else.

Day 5 of snow and now ice on the ground. Day 4 of not leaving the house. I’m trying my best not to go stir crazy but this cold weather can go so the snow and ice will melt. The South isn’t built for this for sure!

I have a snow day today! We got hit hard (for the South) with snow Sunday and Monday. Ended up with 5 inches of snow and it is brutally cold. Single digit temps at night and not above 20 for a high the last 2 days. Crazy for Memphis and way too cold for me. We might get some ice Thursday on top of the snow. Ugh.

Happy New Year everyone! @stationchief I hope your surgeries fixes all your issues and that rehab goes well! Keep us updated when you are able! @Reinholt1 I’m so sorry to hear that our resident mom was so ill! Many prayers for you both while she continues to recover!!!

Stay safe out there tonight! Me, I’ll be in bed when the ball drops. I can’t stay up that late anymore.

As always a HUGE thank you to @Bopeep for hosting our Secret Santa fun. It is always one of the best highlights of the holiday season for me.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday yesterday.

I blow right by that minimum for our Secret Santa gift too! It makes me so happy to participate.

Well Happy Birthday to me! I love waiting until my birthday to open my SS gift! Thank you so much to my Secret Santa for everything!!! I absolutely love everything but my nerdy scientist self freakin adores the science socks! I went to the periodontist yesterday for my post-op visit and he cleared me to eat as normal so Hershey Hugs and Reese’s Pieces here I come!

That’s awesome!

I did that one year when I had to work a 12-hour shift on Christmas Day.

I can usually wait until my birthday (15th) to open mine since I almost always have mine by then but no way I could wait til Christmas either.

Secret Santa shipped.

That’s fantastic!

Sorry for the late post but I did receive my Secret Santa gift! I am going to wait to open if on my birthday in two weeks!!!!!!

Happy December! Had some heavy duty oral surgery Thursday so I’ve been down for the count all weekend, existing on jello, pudding and mashed potatoes. Through the haze of Rx pain meds I think I have finished shopping for gifts thanks to Amazon. Now to wait on it all to arrive and go through it…….said haze may have caused some interesting choices to be made. LOL.

I decided today to go to the local Walmart here where I am for the weekend to check things out. It appeared to be quite the lackluster Black Friday for them this year. Lots of things left including a pallet full of Rubbermaid containers and the Gourmia air fryers. They even had lots of the towels left. I picked up a copy of Pioneer Woman cookbook and was able to still order her fry pan for pickup today at a store in TN. I will pick it up tomorrow.

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!

Target pickup absolutely beats Walmart all to h**l. I do it all the time.

Most of my purchases were made before today and the only stores I’ve been in today were Dollar General and Dollar Tree. Walmart first sale: Apple Watch Series 9 in pink. Used points on my Walmart Capital One card and only spent $100 for it. Yay me. Kohl’s: one throw, couple pairs of pajamas and a coupe of shirts for work JCP: one pair of jeans and a necklace for a gift Best Buy: Belkin 2-port USB-C 40W charging brick Target: one Air Tag …… extra 5% off with RedCard and used some gift card rewards earned from previous shopping trips Amazon: Golden Corral gift card from a lightening deal, golf club gadget and wind guards for Blackstone griddle for my Dad, a pair of shoes for me and a box of kitchen trash bags. Clinique: stocked up on moisturizer Crocs online: one pair for me and one for a gift……. Yes, we are a crocs family and proud of it. I still need some gifts so I’ve got to come up with something soon!