Everybody's gearing up for the cold season, but we keep being baffled by the temperatures. It's warm folks. The winter coats, gloves, shoes, hats, mittens etc all patiently wait, brought down from storage, but still hidden away. There is a promise of colder times, but then, no, nothing.
I for one can't wait until they finally open the skate rinks again and we go playing hockey with our friends and all the kids. Although I will likely have to wait for quite some time yet...
Meanwhile i spend my time over at 43 things and learn a lot of new stuff.
It's not so bad.

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