Author: meisaj

Living in the Cleve

Family

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I’ve been reading some of my old entries.  Like 2008 entries.  Which is 17 freaking years ago. 

Most of them come across as depressing.  The first year and half in Cleveland was not the brightest time of my life.

I did come across one where I wrote about PJ, and family, and the hopes an older sibling can have for a younger sibling.  You never stop wanting the best for them.

It was an interesting read. 

Anyways, it’s been a good start to the day. I didn’t sleep too well, but got out of bed and ran 3 miles.  Finished the movie Troy – I was running on the treadmill watching a DVD.

Now I get to sit peacefully for a few minutes before anyone else wakes up.  I’m going to get back to my book (Wheel of Time Book 5 – The Guess of Heaven).

Do we need a snowblower…

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I shoveled 3-4 inches of snow in about 20 minutes.  Cleared off our cars, walkways, and mailbox in another 5 – 10 minutes.

Which isn’t bad and wasn’t stressful.  But if we got more than just a few inches, or we aren’t home when it snows and come back to snow – say after being at my parents for a week for Christmas, it’s a pain to shovel.

We were thinking about a cheaper plug in one.  They’re lightweight and easy to store.

The kid in me says no I’ve got this.  The adult in me say think it through. You’ll eventually want it.

Snow Day

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It snowed a few inches last night.  In Ohio that’s practically a snow emergency. 

Anyways, school is cancelled so the girls get to sleep in.  I got up and ran a few miles on the treadmill.  I’m watching Troy while I run.  It’s been almost a decade since I last saw it and it still holds up pretty well

A quiet morning with snow…. I’ll take that.

Less Coffee

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Sam has wanted to cut back on her coffee intake, so I am also.  Most mornings we would usually make two French presses.  That works out to nearly 4 cups each.

Now we make only one French press, and of that I usually only get one cup.  Sam drinks coffee faster than I do, so she downs the coffee fast while I savor.

So I’ve taken to making an Americano in the morning with our espresso maker. 

So I am down to 2 cups of coffee a day.  Which is pretty low in the history of coffee drinking AJ, and leaves me exhausted in the late afternoon/evening.

But it is good to cut back I suppose, and now I hit up tea when I’m tired in the afternoon.

Zippy

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This year’s Christmas Tree is named Zippy.

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Zippy coincedentally was the name of Aimee’s car – my mother-in-law, before she passed. Zippy still exists out there with a relative.

Zippy makes the 4th named tree we have gotten from Gale’s.

Previous years have included:

Perhaps the strangest thing about buying Christmas Trees based mostly on the name is that he price has stayed the same for 4 years straight. Go Gale’s!

Snowman

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We had our first real snowfall yesterday and today. Sam says it matches “Thanksgivings from her youth.” Really it was only a couple inches – along with some quite chilly gusts of winds and overall cold temperatures.

So today I went out to shovel the driveway and the girls came out with me. They made the first snowman of the season. A “bucket snowman” which is what Grampy taught them.

It is a 5 gallon bucket packed with snow dumped upside down and dressed up as a snowman. I think they did a pretty good job for having no help whatsoever.