Oklahoma saw its first snow of the 2025 season, and it wasn't too bad. It wasn't the amount of snow that fell just above us into Kansas and over to our east. It was weird when I looked at the weather map; it was as if God drew a line around Oklahoma's borders and sent the white stuff on its merry way but only gave us a little dusting. I think officially we ended up with 1.2 inches or something like that, where my friends in Kentucky received 10 inches of snow! Crazy!
We have four dogs, and only one of them, Ginger, had seen snow before. Kiah and Rose were born in February and March, but no doubt they spent their first several weeks indoors. Kiba was born in July, and this was his first time experiencing it. Let me say, for a six-pound (mostly) Chihuahua, he was not that brave. The snow engulfed his belly and all the parts attached to it. He is not a fan.
Other than that, we're all just sort of sitting around waiting for January 20th to roll around so we can have our president back in office. That last statement may offend, but it's my opinion, and this is my blog. I'm not here to be polite or even cordial; I am here to express myself, and I do it from my heart in a very genuine manner. I am a Trumper! He would probably not be my friend, but he's a good leader; I can't say otherwise.
Another fun fact about the last ten days or so is that I've been sugar-free, or virtually sugar-free, for 10 solid days and now 11 if you count today. I've been able to steer clear of anything that has added sugar or is simply made with sugar, to begin with. The only "cheat" I think I had was when I ate a canned biscuit because I had them in the fridge and didn't want to waste them. There are 2 grams of sugar, and 1 of those is added during the process. So, if that's my only drawback, I should be OK.
It's not hard to do a sugar-free lifestyle once you determine that sugar is a drug, and like any other abusive substance, it's not worth putting into your body. How many of us would say oh, there's only X amount of cocaine in that biscuit, so I'll be OK...right? I know the two chemicals are different, of course, but you see my point. I won't allow my body to fall back into the addiction. I feel so much better already, and it really has only been 10 days.
One of the things that I found that I can do now is move my shoulders better; my arms stretch and move better. I'm still feeling stiffness in my knees and my right upper hip, but I'm hoping that the inflammation will leave soon, and those will also be better; it could also be the weather. I'm happy to report that Laura is taking care of any extra candy, ice cream, cake, cookies, or chocolate we have in the house, but she stated to me that once it's gone, she'll likely not replace it. She seems to think that starting this lifestyle earlier than I did is a good thing -- she's right.
Today is a reading day. I'm reading through "Stratford" to see if I can find mistakes. I'll read it all through today and tomorrow and send it up for actual publication. It will be available on January 22 (Amazon), and they're charging $18, but I'll also add the EPUB, and it will be ready (Kindle Edition) in about 3 weeks. It should be $3.99. Such a deal. The only other thing I can talk about today is my experience at Sam's Club.
I am a member of Sam's Club rather than Costco because Sam's is 1 mile from my house. I buy my dog food, my dog and cat treats, toilet paper, water, and breakfast sandwiches there. Today, I also picked up 10 days/nights worth of chicken, ham, burger meat, lasagna, and such...and eggs. Kroger's delivery service said they were out of eggs! Crazy enough. I paid $7 for 18 eggs, which is a little high, but I'll be fine. The toilet paper was the champion buy of the day. It's normally $22.97 for 45 rolls, but today they had it for $21.97 -- what? True. That makes each roll just at .50 a roll or so. (I'm not doing the math) CRAZY.
The dog treats caught me off guard as well. They packed them in two-packs, and for $16, I got 4 pounds of Beggin' strips. That is amazing! My dogs weren't complaining, either. I think I can bring my dog to Sam's if I want to. She would like that, but she's not fully trained to behave herself in public. Maybe someday...I can always bring the "big boy" Kiba, the full 6-pounder!! He fits nicely in the little sling bag thing I bought Laura so she can carry him about.
OK, well, that's about it for me -- I really didn't have too much to say, but thought I'll put it all into one blog. Did I tell you I have a new grandson? I'll have to go back and see if I blogged about him or not. I hope I did. He's amazing. He's nearly 2 months old now; Gramma needs to hug him and his sister. I would love to see all four of my grandkids together; that would be wonderful. Maybe this year, that can happen!!
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