noxcat

We had a cold front blow in yesterday morning. It only put us down into the low 50s, but the wind - omg that damn North wind! - clocked in at a sustained 12-29 mph, so it actually feels almost 20 degrees colder.

But the first 2 days of winter are predicted to be back up in the 70s. *sigh&

Staying in the 50s would really be nice, as long as someone turns off that damned wind machine.

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The past several months have seen me doing a bit more downsizing than usual. Along with the deep fabric stash dive I did during NoNEWSew, I've made a noticeable dent in my books. This is a bigger deal than it looks simply typed out on a screen. For me, anyway. I have books I've never read, but bought when the opportunity presented itself in hopes of one day reading them, and seeing them again reminds me of that. So I stop and go looking to see if there's an ebook version on Kindle or Overdrive (the library's ebook service), and if there is, it goes on a wislist and the print version goes. Bit a few aren't currently available, or maybe I haven't dug deep enough yet, so they stay.

Himself does NOT "get it". He does not see the appeal of books. To him, they're boring and should all just Go Away.

But he doesn't bring it up - probably because there are interests he has that I could bring up in "retaliation" that I feel the exact same way abou - guns and ammo being top of the list. Yeah, I just don't see the appeal there.

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I finally upgraded my Holiday wreath! Years ago, back in the dark days of marriage, my then husband and I bought an undecorated wreath at spme craft store in the hopes we'd decorate it together. Well, we put one thing on it, and then he was traveling so much for work that he never had time, and I didn't want to do it myself. Mainly because I knew he's whine about how I did it without him, and that was "mean".

He didn't take it with him when he left, and for a few years I would come across it, remember the "story" that went with it, and toss it asid. But then, at some point, the topic came up with Himself. I was thinking of getting rid of it and getting a completely different one, but he encouraged me to keep it and do what *I* wanted with it.

This past weekend, I finally took some gold tinsel garland and wrapped it several times around it. Still thinking it could use something more, but I no longer look at it and think "that's a pathetic excuse for a wreath". So YAY MW!

I finally moved my laptop off my sewing table yesterday night, so now I'm trying to figure out if I like it here. I dunno - it's foing to take some getting used to. Still not happy with the light shining DIRECTLY on the keyboard - but lighting is an easy fix.

We saw Tomb Raider on Saturday. My how the times have changed since Angelina Jolie's version - no undercurrent of sexual tension between Lara and every single man she met! Yeah, I know Tomb Raider was originally a Computer Game, and had a large following of Gamer Boiz with their inadequate social skills who'd probably never interacted with a real woman anywhere close to Jolie's 'charms', but still...nice to see a movie with a woman in the lead where it isn't constantly reminding you she's a potential bed mate. She's competent, capable, and definitely more than eye candy, and the men know it and behave accordingly.

(Sitting on this side of the room really makes it obvious to me just how much work I still need to do to turn this room into a real WORK room instead of just my 'jink' room. Seriously overwhelming.GAH!)