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Week 24: 1/5 YTD: 50/120 (42%) with 6* Only Monday (scarlet fever) for me. Since we got snow last night, I'll bring some snow candy from the Little House Books website. https://littlehousebooks.com/recipes/snow-candy

February 21: 77% / 50% / 63% In J I ran AP History and Hobbies, missed one in Idioms, and two in Bible Book, Astrology, and Country Music. In DJ I missed one in Prologues, two in Moving Words, Old Stuff, and Oscar Winning Role, three in Flowers, and failed "G"eography. Did not get FJ, unless they'll accept "the guy who wrote Pomp and Circumstance" (which I have hated ever since they made us hear it a million times during 8th grade graduation practice). Roger Craig and Julia Collins married! Aww! TSes: (J had 4; DJ had 6) I got tarred with the same brush, gemini, Hartford Courant, and daisies.

"The 18th century was very difficult for white male landowners." "I died once; it wasn't great..." Lotta bears in Flower's life...

February 20: 57% / 60% / 57% I remember 2/3 again…I like Jackie well enough but I had to root for Troy. Oh, well. In J I missed one each in Baby & Toddler Products, Political Lingo, and Dual Meeting, two in Old Times, three in Movies with Champions, and five in Asian Geography. In DJ I missed one in Health & Medicine and Charity, two in 10-Letter Words, Sister, and Shakespeare, and four in Posters. Did not get FJ. TSes: (J had 3; DJ had 0) I only got stoop. I thought of Amarillo, too. I didn't think it was right because I was pretty sure it's lifted straight from the source and doesn't have an extra R in Spanish. But I also couldn't think of anything else.

Well, that was mostly disappointing. But Shantal at least seems to be back on the right track. Wish we'd seen more of Carlton after the last hospital visit but he just disappeared. I suspect he's gained even more.

I have an online acquaintance who works for a company in Colorado that makes looms! Sometimes she shares pictures of her weaving projects.

Good night, everyone! Gotta go warm up my chocolate, which is no longer hot.

Wish we'd gotten more of Carlton. Next up: Holly and Lashanta. Lashanta is making fried chicken in her bed. I don't remember her but her room looks familiar. Lashanta talks like a little girl. I can't.

That baby is cute. The older kids look like they're headed the same direction as mom and dad.

Damn, and I just renewed the book I'm reading for the third time and I'm not even a quarter of the way through it. I'm reading Kindred : Neanderthal life, love, death and art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes. I've read that (long time ago)! I also have How to behave badly in Elizabethan England : a guide for knaves, fools, harlots, cuckolds, drunkards, liars, thieves, and braggarts by Ruth Goodman checked out, but I wasn't really getting into it. I don't know if it's the book or just my scattered brain. If I manage to finish the Neanderthal book this week I might try it again; they're due back on March 4th and I can't renew again.

I need to get eggs soon. I have four left, but they're a bit past the sell-by date. I had a couple the other day and tested them all in a bowl of water. Two of them floated but the rest didn't, so I ate two and drew an X on the floaters so I remember not to crack them open (will leave them in the fridge until I take the trash out...we'll see if I manage better than Carlton did). Last week I was at Wegmans and looked to see if they even had eggs (the week before they didn't have much stock) and they had plenty but I forgot to check the price.

Did he say, "You're doing great, pregnant-wise"? Yes, she's apparently very good at that. At least she told the doctor this time.

Carlton engaged? I guess Monica didn't get eaten after all..

Blue hair, blue dress, blue eyeshadow (nurse Rose would be jealous), and blue lipstick. Oy.

It's not even that noticeable. It's one of the bottom drawers, so I don't really see it. (The drawer placement only matters because there are gold lines that when put the right way make a big rectangle across all four drawers on each side.) Whenever I do something with it I might just sand it smooth and otherwise leave it alone. Wait, is she pregnant again?