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Tuesday February 24, 2026

  It's almost March, which means the end of winter is in sight ! This makes me very happy ! Light snow is falling today and I don't mind that since I'm not planning on going anywhere. So let's catch up ! Sunday I road tripped with Rich & Barb. They picked me up about 9 am and we had breakfast at the diner here in Mexico. From there we headed to Aldi's in Carthage. From there we headed to Old Forge and visited a craft brewery/bar. It was a long way to go for a beer but we had a good time ! Then we headed to Lowville and had dinner at our favorite spot Jeb's. Chicken and biscuits were amazing ! I was back home about 5 pm and I haven't left the house since ! I did not exercise Sunday night as it had been a long day and I was tired. I also didn't exercise yesterday and I have NO excuse for that. I spent the day on the couch watching YouTube and playing online games. However, today will be different ! I was in bed before 9:30 last night but I didn't g...

Saturday February 21, 2026

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We're nearly 2 months into the new year and I've been stuck up to now. Today is a glimmer of hope. Before I get to that, what has been going on since I last wrote on January 18 ? Not much really. Went to bingo on Wednesday's until 2-4. Kim and Joe left for Florida on 2-5 and they'll be gone for 3-4 weeks. Since it's winter I'm not missing the anxiety of the weather and those outings. Did the usual Walmart runs. On 1-31 I spent the day out road tripping with Rich & Barb. Same on 2-15. We've had our fair share of snow this winter but the biggest concern has been the below normal temps. We had a couple weeks of single digit daytime highs and a couple nights where the low was beyond -10. One morning it was -17 per my phone ! The good news is my pipes didn't freeze because I've learned not to turn on the cold water in the kitchen when it's that cold. My heat did the best it could. Upstairs is set to 62 and that was a little bit of a struggle to ma...