Happy Birthday, Robbie!

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Celebrating, Part 1

More to come . . .

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Cookies Are Good Medicine

Because there's hardly anything to worry about these days for us worriers 😉, when you're husband crashes his bike on a Sunday afternoon bike ride, you are mostly relieved that he didn't suffer a head injury. When he later almost passes out from the pain and you insist he go to an Urgent Care, you are not surprised to learn he has broken his clavicle and might possibly need surgery.

But when you're next door neighbors hear about it and deliver a dozen chocolate chip cookies to your door two days later (packaged like this) along with a half gallon of milk, everybody feels better. 

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Groundhog Day

I have a friend who celebrates Groundhog Day every year.  She says it's her favorite holiday.  Me, not so much.


I have some good reasons for this:


1) This time of year, the weather is bleak and the landscape barren; 2) I have some sort of mental block about what the groundhog seeing his shadow is supposed to  predict.    Is it 6 more weeks of winter? A shorter winter?  Or perhaps, the Penguins will win the Stanley Cup?   3) A groundhog is not cute a rat on steroids (don't let the free clipart fool you).


Wikipedia, "the best thing ever" (according Michael Scott's character on The Office) and my go-to-source, says that Groundhog Day began as a custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, and has its origins in ancient European lore wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to a groundhog.


And while I'm not a fan of the actual holiday, I am a huge fan of Groundhog Day, the 1993 movie.  If you haven't seen it, you should.  It's Bill Murray at his best (only Lost in Translation may be better) and a totally unique concept for a movie.  Besides, who doesn't want the chance at a do-over?


If you haven't seen the movie in a while, here's a reminder of just how much fun it is: