To eat pumpkin pie, that is. It’s my very favorite pie in the world, but strangely enough I only bake/eat it during the holidays. But guess what I found out? Did you know that pumpkin (technically a fruit) is loaded with vitamin A, which aids vision, enhances your immune system and gives you pretty skin? I know, how cool is that? So now you can chow down on your pumpkin pie tomorrow and actually feel good about it! But wait, don’t get carried away now, OK? I mean, everything in moderation, right? Oh what am I saying?! Hell no, people, eat that pie! Eat insane amounts of that pie! Eat it all year ’round! Yummmmmm!

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May is finally here! Yaaay! I don’t like April at all, for a plethora of reasons, so I am always very happy when May arrives.

It’s Springtime, right? Even some flowers are blooming, so it must be! Except here in Colorado we’re still in the middle of winter — at least for today. Yep, believe it or not, we’ve been under a blizzard warning all day! Luckily we haven’t received any measurable snow, but my son said it is most definitely a blizzard where he lives (30 minutes from here). He said you can hardly even see to drive and there’s snow everywhere! Jeepers!

Even though we didn’t get any snow, we’ve had hellacious winds all day. It snapped one of our trees in half! It was about 18 feet tall and 4 or 5 inches in diameter. Even bigger trees have fallen in town — great big ones! One poor guy had his Suburban crunched by one. Gnarly! Oh, and did I mention that it is FUH-REEZING outside?!

Fortunately this big ol’ storm system will be gone by tomorrow when my daughter and I are taking our first road trip in the new car! Fun! Hope you have fun Saturday, too!

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Oh man, it sucks so bad having to keep working and writing stuff when all I can think about is Daisy. I can’t even express how much I am missing her. My emotions bubble over several times a day and the tears begin to flow. I can’t help it. I just want her back so much.

*sigh*

I guess it’s supposed to get cold this weekend. That figures. Oh well, I guess it’s that time of year for the cold to come. I wish it wasn’t though. I don’t do cold well at all. The warm part of the year always goes so fast! Bummer.

I really should be sleeping, seeing as it’s almost 4:00AM. Oh, I did another 3 mile walk tonight (I guess that would technically be last night). It felt good. Hopefully the really cold weather is a very long way off so I can keep walking. I need to get a treadmill or something so I can do it inside during winter.

I’m just rambling. Sorry. I think I’ll put my tired brain to bed now. Have a fab Friday.

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Guess what? I can hardly believe it myself, but … we’re under a WINTER STORM WATCH beginning tomorrow night until Friday afternoon! According to the National Weather Service:

SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FRONT RANGE LATE THURSDAYNIGHT.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL OCCUR IN THE FRONT RANGE AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE FOOTHILLS. LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTHEAST OF DENVER…BUT GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE PLAINS.

Oh joy. Don’t you agree, given the time of year it is, they should modify their warning systems a bit and call these types of watches a SPRING SNOW STORM WATCH or something? I mean, a winter storm watch in the middle of April? That’s just not right.

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Well, I finally got some sleep. Yay! But when I woke up the stupid sore throat, congestion and cough were back. Damn! I’m going to ignore it, because we’ve had plans all week to go out of town tomorrow (I guess that’s technically today), and we’re gonna go no matter what! So, shopping and fine food at Red Lobster here we come! It will be so good to get out of town for even one day!

Saw a few things online tonight that were either shocking, unbelievable or just plain mean and stupid. First of all, SHAME on Donald Trump for making light of Rosie O’Donnell’s struggle with clinical depression. I read the other day that he said “She gets depressed when she looks in the mirror”. That is just SO WRONG in SO MANY ways! What an ass he is!!

Secondly, I was completely shocked to read that there was an alleged hate crime right here where I live. I know I probably view life in my small town with slightly rose-tinted glasses, but I really never expected a hate crime like that here. I suppose I still want to believe my town is as innocent as it used to be. I’m smart enough to know better. I just wish it were the former.

Lastly, when I read the story about stray cats entering a home in North Platte, Nebraska, and actually attacking the residents, you could have knocked me over with a feather! Attack cats?? Scary! We found a stray once - or I guess I should say it found US - and of course my daughter fell in love. I’ve never liked cats. She doesn’t anymore. That stupid cat attacked her leg when she was walking by! She had just fed the damn thing, too! Ungrateful feline. I had to take her to the ER and everything. Needless to say, I called animal control as soon as we got home. They had a helluva time trapping that cat, too. It was hiding under our deck. I guess it knew the jig was up! lol

Well, time to go attempt some relaxation so I can fall asleep later. Oh crap, I’ve got clothes in the washer. Guess I’ll relax after I visit the clothes dryer. ;)

Have a great Thursday!

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