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but back to cold, wind, and poss. snow again today.

not digging this wind we've had lately. norah ended up with windburn yesterday!

fill 'er up! i don't waste any space in my morning mug!

i am a worrier. about everything. mostly, nothing important or really things i can change. when i saw this mug, i HAD to buy it. i am a pretty positive person, definitely an optimist. but i can worry like nobody's business! i'm working on it! : )

(looks better if you push "L")

i am a big nerd, and i am not afraid to admit it. when we lived in virginia, i had to stop watching the local news. it was terrifying. it was always bad news, and it seemed like the horrible things happening were always right around the corner from us. with john gone so often, and being alone with little ones, it wasn't something i could bear to watch any more. but then i started to feel out of the loop. i didn't like having to get my news online, or not at all. john turned me on to public radio, and i fell for it, hard! now it is pretty much all i listen to. at home, in the car, and podcasts on my phone in the grocery store.

it is so nice not to have to listen to tons of crappy commercials and loud obnoxious radio talking heads. it is balanced news, with local and world stories, along with some fun shows as well. it is also our favorite place to donate. we even donated a car to our local public radio station last year!

our local station is CPR www.cpr.org/. but some great shows that can be heard public radio-wide (or on itunes podcasts) are:

this american life (ira glass - hubba hubba!) - www.thisamericanlife.org/
wait, wait, don't tell me - www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/
freakanomics - www.freakonomics.com/
fresh air (philly what!) - www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/
science friday - sciencefriday.com/

try it, and you'll like it!