The Best Laid Frags of Mice and Men

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Friday is once again just around the proverbial corner which means we get to unload our minds and hearts of the various and sundry fragments that have been collecting like veritable dust bunnies in the corners.
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I do hope none of these FRAGS go astray, however as with the best laid plans of mice and men, best laid jokes often do go astray.

Last Friday I told you about bringing home this runner and throwing it at the foot of our bed as a JOKE on Fisherhubby who says I have WAY TOO MANY throw rugs.

This one makes 24, unless you count the 10 down in the basement which are "softening" the harsh realities of a concrete floor - in which case this makes 34.

Well, I never intended to LIKE this rug, much less KEEP it - - - -

As the week wore on, so did my feelings of endearment for this runner. Fisherhubby said he didn't mind one more rug - - - so the joke is now on ME, for I have decided to keep what I never intended to bring in here in the first place.

Sigh.
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I am no tablescaper, but I do know about the proper placement of plates, silver, glassware, and napkins.

This is the table I set to have company over last week - - -
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We were just having pizza, so I dispensed with knives and spoons, which we did not need.

This was the "maiden voyage" for my antique Mildred china.  I'm sure it has seen MANY a dinner before - - - just not at OUR table.

I wonder how Mildred is enjoying coming out of retirement in a packing crate, (formerly in our GARAGE in Indiana) to the china cabinet, and from thence to the dining room table!?!

I think she's holding up quite well for an OLD gal.

And Boopie (the glass) was happy to come out and play as well.
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Our friends Shawn and Stephanie came to enjoy the pizza, cheese cake (which Stephanie brought) and three rounds of Catch Phrase.

A lovely time was had by all.

Well - - - I guess I should really just speak for myself - - - I had a fabulous time!
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I'm pretty sure all of y'all have experienced the joy of battery operated votives,  but I had NOT until this Christmas season.
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Since then I believe I've gone a little wild and crazy with them - - - placing them in various and sundry cups, plates, and other vesicles around my home.

I think I LIKE them.
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I am NOT a happy camper about the conditions my snow gauges have been revealing during the month of January.  After nearly a week of days with 40ish degree highs, (F of course) this is all the snow we have left.

It's despicable.  It's enough to make me cry.

I am NOT in favor of January thaws.
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The other morning our sky was a bit red - - - "red sky at morn, sailors forewarn."

Yes PLEASE, sailors, cried I - - - do be forewarned!!!

Well, all we got out of it was a powder sugaring - - - not enough, but better than nuttin' honey!
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Fisherhubby has conscripted THIS area of our bedroom as his recharging station, much to my sorrow.
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But when I came in one day to find his ICE FISHING POLE leaning up against the chest of drawers, I tried to draw a line in the sand carpet.

"Can't that thing go in the garage?" queried I? 

"I need to put new line on it" he replied, "and it's too cold to do it outside or in the garage."

It is true, we had a couple of days when the high hovered around 0.

Just imagine my JOY when the "re-lining" process took place right on the coffee table in the living room.

Eye-yi-yi-yi!
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The other day, one last birthday present arrived for me from FH's mom.

How fun to stretch out my celebrations for nearly a month!!!

And is that not the CUTEST packaging?

Can you read it?  It says "Junk in the Trunk" which is a shop in Florida that repurposes all kinds of cute things.

I opened the package with great care and found this necklace:
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I really like these "new fangled" ribbon necklaces, don't you?
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And here, I UNDERLINED part of the card that came with it so you could notice it.

Now WHAT reason could there ever be for this little Bucky to make her think of me?????

ON WISCONSIN!
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This is a side view our our friends' (Vernon and Sharon) home.

It was a "balmy" 9 degrees today and I didn't feel like trudging all the way to the FRONT over the unevenly frozen ground to get a picture.

Don't judge me.

Anyway - - - it's a lovely home and quite spacious with a full basement.
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Another really cool thing about it is - - - it is heated by this outdoor wood burner.

I'm not ENTIRELY positive how it works, but I BELIEVE it heats water which is then pumped through the house.

I do know this for sure and for certain - - - it HEATS the house.  Many is the time I've been too warm in there even when the temperatures outdoors were very arctic.
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Specimen "A"

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Specimen "B"

Specimen "A" and "B" are clues to my upcoming Sunday post.  Anyone care to hazard a guess as to either's identity?

You may place your guesses in the comments.

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That's all I've got for today.

Please hurry over to Mrs. 4444's place 

To see everyone else's Best Laid Frags

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