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the one where i’m not complaining about the weather

looking at the calendar, i guess you could say we are smack-dab, right in the middle of winter.  so i suppose it makes sense that it should be cold….

but i doesn’t mean that i have to like it.

i am going to try very hard not to complain though, because really…what good does it do? so this blog post is me not complaining.

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this is me not complaining that we haven’t seen the sunshine in a week and that the forecast for the next doesn’t look much better.

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this is me not complaining about the treadmill {or as my good friend laura says…the dreadmill}.

this is me not complaining about the fact that it snowed today.  again.

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sigh…..

so instead of complaining, i am going to be grateful for my warm home. my sweet red tea kettle (#thankssanta) and hot tea.

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this is me taking matters into my hands. making my own sunshine and bringing a little color into my life via grocery store tulips.

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wishing you all warm and happy thoughts my friends.  xoxoxo

love, kelly

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  1. Cathy says

    February 6, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    Your calligraphy is lovely. Makes me not want to complain about our weather. It is trying to snow and bitter cold.

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  2. Pam says

    February 6, 2014 at 5:15 pm

    I am danged proud of you for not complaining. Is that a lovely pond I see in that shot? Do fish live in there?

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  3. Katie says

    February 6, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    a friend of mine (actually, cathy sly) sent me a time lapse video of a sunrise in the bahamas that her son made. i’ve watched it five times already this afternoon.

    but i’m not complaining! ; )

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  4. Cathy H says

    February 6, 2014 at 8:16 pm

    It looks like you’re making the best of things! I love your sentence writing! I remember having to do that a couple of times!

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  5. Dotti says

    February 7, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    You have taken ‘not complaining’ to a new level! Stay warm … and enjoy that tea!

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  6. Ida P. Krause says

    February 7, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    Well done! I am trying not to complain myself. It’s hard.

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