So 17 degrees below freezing? (I’m working in the Fahrenheit world here, you Swedish lurkers – Hej!) That just doesn’t happen in my world.

Which is probably why I found this short video of “17 Below and 1 Cup of Boiling Water” entirely too entertaining.

Entertaining enough to still be cool after three or four views, at least.

Stay warm!

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
~George Carlin

One more week of school, then the kids will be out for the summer. Much of May has been the usual end-of-year round of awards, parties, recitals, “I need a dress shirt by 7pm and I’ve grown three sizes since Easter”.

There’s only one day (and a few hours) left until my son’s birthday. Which means… what? That he is one year closer to being legal to drive, to vote, to enlist, to get married, to drink. We’re buying him a pc for a combination bday / middle school graduation gift. That should keep all thoughts of driving, girls, and drinking out of his head for a few more years. Ok, maybe not girls. But at last I’m pretty sure thoughts of enlisting are quickly followed by “wth would I do that for”. And politics, well, we encourage that kind of thinking.

Kittens are a wonderful thing. The dog is madly in love with him. They don’t sleep together – Tiger, as the kitten has now been named, is a bit too playful and quick with the claws to allow our middle aged dog willing to close his eyes around him. But when they’re awake, they’re usually together. And nothing is cuter than seeing the palm sized ball of fluff walk up to the knee height dog and give him a head butt, as if to say “hey ya big lazy goof, come on and play with me”. The head butt is usually followed by Tiger getting licked across the floor on his back, purring the whole way.

Family is also a wonderful thing. My brother brought my two youngest nephews for a visit over Memorial Day. We did the usual mix of tourist (St. Augustine this year), beach time, pool time, and game time. And pc time – he’s now laptop enabled, so we did that thing that drives my non-techie husband nuts and spent time just sitting in the same room and doing our own thing. Family – the people who love you even when you are sitting six feet apart and put two plasma screens between them and you.

My sister-in-law will be making me an aunt again, probably tomorrow. Her doctor decided to go on and induce at 7am. We’re all excited to finally meet baby Ava at last.

Baby sis has been on vacation for over a week, and out of the country for a large part of it. I’m missing her more than a little – can’t wait until she’s back home and just a keyboard away.

But the bytes have been moved, and the hostess paid, and all is right in my web world. I’ll try to return to regularly scheduled writing – just not today. It’s a kids-off-from-school day, but not a non-work day, which makes me twice as busy as my usual working from home mom self.

Hope you’re having a great President’s Day!

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

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Your Score: Fanny Price

62% romance, 48% sauciness, 40% etiquette, 55% intelligence

  Still waters run deep. You’ve got plenty of intelligence and more heart than you get credit for. But you never say a word when insulted, and this reticence sometimes allows others to assume you’re a pushover. You’re also a bit shy in mixed company, which leads those who don’t know you well to accuse you of snobbery. They couldn’t be more wrong! You just never seem to know what to say. Of course, the meek shall inherit the earth…eventually. But do you really want to wait that long for redemption?

Ideal matches: Edmund Bertram, Edward Ferrars, Captain Benwick, Colonel Brandon

Guaranteed heartbreak: Frank Churchill, John Thorpe

Not worthy of your affections: Henry Crawford, John Willoughby

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on romance

You scored higher than 99% on sauciness

You scored higher than 99% on etiquette

You scored higher than 99% on intelligence

Click here to order your own.

So I blogged about werecats over at Beyond The Veil.  Stop by if you’ve an interest.

It’s a paper pushing morning.  Much office type work, getting set up for the fabulous Storyboarding workshop at Passionate Ink next week, filing bills, emptying my inbox, and telling my hero if he doesn’t get busy talking to me soon I’m going to kill him off for his much more talkative younger brother.  Let’s see if scare tactics work where coffee and wine did not.