In other news, I finally got the simulated elevator program that I'm working on for my class to run correctly! It probably doesn't sound all that exciting, but it's been a devil of a problem, and the code that finally works is elegantly simple compared to what's come before this. I feel like calling the instructor up to let him know.

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The snow turned to rain here about an hour ago.

I've done one batch of marmalade (okay, I prepped it last night) and one batch of black currant jelly thus far this morning. At some point, I will get dressed and go make fruitcake with my mother.

I turned into Martha Stewart at some point. Not sure how that happened. Eh, it's kind of a good thing?

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It snowed here, but thinly. Seabiscuit is ecstatic, both because he adores snow, but also because it rained for two solid days prior to that, and he was miserable cooped up in the apartment.

I do not have fruit to make into delicious jams or jellies. This is wrong and sadmaking.

However, there is football on and I overslept and missed church and bratwurst is on sale, so it's going to be a nice lazy at home day instead of a running around day. I call it a win.

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We finally got the switchover to rain here maybe 15 minutes ago.

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My neighborhood book group is doing a cookie exchange thing this month. I need to bring 3 dozen cookies. I haven't read the book yet either. We meet Thursday. I looked through a few of my recipe books and some on line, but I am not in a cookie mood and none look good. Perhaps focusing on finding the book would be a better plan for now. If the book mentions cookies anywhere I will make some of those cookies.

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I have lost my ATM card. I used it yesterday early afternoon, it has not been used by anyone since. I have looked through my house (where I KNOW it is) and cannot find it, so I just called and cancelled it. New one in 5-7 business days. DOOF!

Today I churched, then braved Macy's Herald Square fora return (waited only 10 minutes in a line and had a book to read - all in all not so bad), finished buying my angel tree gifts (our family each does this instead of stockings for the adults), found a stocking gift for mac, bought mac some new non-school winter clothes (school = uniform), bought a swim cap for mac (we joined the Y yesterday and they require one), directed my mom via phone to the good-guy transformers for a mac gift, and now need to change clothes and go out with the granny cart for groceries before mac gets home (he out with his uncle seeing Mary Poppins and going to a party).

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I got a couple house-y things done, but now I'm mostly knitting and watching TV.

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Last winter, I cleverly left my gloves in the pockets of my coat, so there they were when I needed them.

This is where mine live in the not cold times. Actually, it's where they live a lot of times because I can't figure out where to stuff them when I get home. So I put them in a pocket and hang the coat.

Oh, except right now. Because it's been cold enough I need my hat. So my scarf and gloves are stuffed in the hat which is artfully tossed next to my purse.

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So my scarf and gloves are stuffed in the hat which is artfully tossed next to my purse.

Near the ground or somewhere up high? For me, having pets in the house makes comfy scarf/glove/coat owning difficult. The cat's fur is super fine and sticks to everything. The dog's fur is course and weedles its way into all fabrics. Both pets gravitate toward any item that I really don't want their fur on.

Furry scarf wrapped around face in blowing snow + lip gloss = furry lips.

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Up high. On a small table that they can't really get up on. Because, yeah, cat hair...

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