Dec 15
2009

Sidebar Note 12/15/09

It’s a busy day here, so I started my household chores early.

The blueberry muffins are in the oven. Dinner is planned. The house is tidied. The animals are attended to.

The sun has finally caught up with all my activities and I spent a few moments watching the birds at the feeders, including four male bluebirds engaged in an aerial sparring contest. I suppose they’ve decided to over-winter here, so I’ll be on the lookout for them and offer some meal worms on the platform feeder.

I love working from a home office. Having a 10-step commute means I have time for attending to the things that make our lives here a bit more comfortable.

And that’s a good thing.

Robin

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  1. Helen Yoest @ Gardening With Confidence Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 8:18 am

    Love this Robin! May your find comfort and joy this Holiday season. H.
    .-= Helen Yoest @ Gardening With Confidence´s last blog ..How to Decorate a Container for the Holidays =-.

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February 3rd, 2012

If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. We figure it’ll take until Sunday. Harry does most of the rolling—no small chore with high ceilings—and I do all the tedious detail work. You, of course, can pitch in wherever you like.

We’re painting it a dove grey. So if you see some grey in my hair in the next few days, it’s paint. Got it? The grey is paint.

Robin

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February 2nd, 2012

Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate?

We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pull out the photo album of past Groundhog Days and reminisce. We will toast Puxatawny Phil by opening the first bottle of my homemade apfelwein, which I hope is sparkly by now. If it’s any good, you’ll hear more about it.

Cheers!

Robin

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February 1st, 2012

Working from a home office is not always what it’s cracked up to be. I have a lousy IT department (me). Interruptions range from barking dogs to crowing roosters. I hear my business phone ring during non-business hours.

But there is a lot good about a 15 step commute. Such as today. It’s cloudy and a bit drizzly, but the temps will climb into the mid 60s for the second day in a row. I will turn off the heat, throw open the windows and give the house—and office—a good airing. Ahhh!

Robin

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January 22nd, 2012

It’s cold here with a bit of ice and snow on the ground. The hens hate it.

There was a huge, chicken-y traffic jam at their window/door this morning. As I opened it three hens bolted outside. But they beat a hasty retreat back into the coop while other hens were still trying to get out. There was an impasse and much chicken shoving. There were no injuries—unless you count my sore sides from laughing so hard.

Robin

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