Today’s spelling challenge was easier: benefitted. There was some question about whether or not it has two t’s. It does. Crisis averted.

I have been told that I need to pick out paint for my basement bedroom. So I have this great idea to do yellow and orange stripes. Shush. It will look cool. I promise. Brian is fighting this idea because the word "stripes" invokes waves of nausea as he pictures carefully taping off every single wall...several times.


Looks pretty cool, doesn’t it!!?? Wouldn't you LOVE to visit me and sleep there!!??

It is another one of those this-is-too-beautiful-for-February days. My window doesn’t have a screen on it. If I had a ladder I could slip out of here and no one would ever know I was missing. I could finally shop at that little store I can see through my window!

I really don't care, by the way, what that silly stupid groundhog says. I drycleaned our winter coats this week so it is most certainly NOT snowing again and winter IS over. Ha! This is nothing like when you wash your car and it rains the next day. That would be soooo depressing.