In and safely back.

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With time to spare. It has not started to snow yet, which is fine by me. I do not mind driving in the snow or while it is snowing. If I were the only one on the road, I would mind it not at all. I do not trust most drivers. Too many of them have their phone out and are talking or texting, even here. That madness really needs to end somehow, and I would support devices being put in automobiles so that phones could not be used while the engine is turned over. Simply put, driving is a privilege, driving while impaired for whatever reason is an abuse of that privilege. Well, that is it for barking.

I picked up my friend and we went shopping first. Wal-Mart had the siphon I wanted, and I bought another for the water tanks. No, I will not recycle gas for water, or the reverse. I also bought some large candles for backup heat and perhaps minor cooking, an oven thermometer, and some gas stabilizer and engine cleaning stuff. Then I went to the chef store and purchased a gravy device (measuring cup with a spout to separate fat from fluid), a gravy boat, and an apple slicing device. Yes, yes, but they have been on my list for some time and... so that is that.

So many bloggers are being so quiet, I am wondering. Then again, as the holidays hit, those with families or places to go are busy and those like myself often pipe down as they turn to reflection, and sometimes it is a painful time. The weather is moving in as well, the sun is not smiling so often or so halefully, and I suppose even if this was not a season of holiday meant to be shared with the stresses that produces, the season itself can swallow one whole. Not me, not this year, not now. If I am doing poorly in some ways, I am quite pleased, very thankful, grateful to many and to God, and, really, a bit annoyingly chipper. That whole Doom thing sometimes slips my grasp. *gasp* Bah, I will be back, more bitter and gruesome than ever. Give me a break, even Christ had a couple of down days. (Though, knowing Him as I feel I do, He was whistling while He worked, even there. Brothers and Lords sometimes!)

Well, uhrm, later. I will let you know if God has set things in motion such that a heavenly deluge of white stuff is loosed or not. Hmmm, snow angels? Yeah. Oh, and just maybe... cat and kitteh snow angels! *evil grins* Here kitteh, kitteh, kitteh!