Mrs.J

Dance bills here and the 13 year old is an Equestrian with 2 ponies.

Thank you. I am told I do not give myself enough credit so going to take this one. I also have to thank my husband for working with me to raise our daughters this way. His support of allowing them to grow into well informed young women really is key.

As the mom of 16 and 13 year old daughters we have always had an open door policy in our house. I do not put up with drama and we have open lines of communication. I am sure we make other parents gasp as we use fowl language from time to time and let them learn from their mistakes. My girls were watching animals mating on Nature from a very early age so talking to them has been very easy. We did not watch the game or the halftime but I heard about it. Sounds like a clear case of double standard of how women present themselves vs. men. And quite frankly it is a crock of crap. The 16 year old has very strong feelings on the double standard of girls vs. boys when it comes to dress. She finds it laughable that shoulders are found to be sexy. My daughters will have to look for just that right partner later in life, because they will probably piss a lot of them off with their views.

My daughters ponies took care of him.

Ok so here is some quality information to lighten everything up. Car conversation on the way home from riding. 13 yr old- mom did you know that if you find whale vomit on the beach it is worth a lot of money. Me- ...ah whale vomit? 13 yr old- yes. When a whale eats squid the barbs from the squid collect in its stomach. And it eventually passes through the anus... Me- so whale vomit is actually whale shit! 13 yr old- yea you could say that. 13 yr old- they crap it out and it gets rolled around in the sea for many years and gets hard. When it makes its way to a beach it weighs a ton. Me- 13 yr old- it is rare so it is worth a lot of money. Me- so we should look for whale shit? 13 yr old- they use it in perfume to make the scent last longer. Me- Me- so wearing perfume means you are wearing whale shit? 13 yr old- yes. Where does this kid get this from? And yes Josh actually looked this up and she is correct! It is called ambergris.

Big hair! The resurgence of Aqua Net. That stuff was .89 cents a can. I used to use it for a cheep version of fixative on my graphite and charcoal drawings in college. The Book store even started to stock it next to the $7 a can actual fixative.

Need to find a reason to bake something yummy. Any rain on Sat?

I over the past year after dealing with daily migraines and anxiety/depression have decided to live day by day. I have taken a new look at weather and have stopped looking at anything past 3 days. Some may say I am sticking my head in the sand with all the information we have out there 10-12 days out, but it along with finally having my migraines under control and understanding that there are things I do not have control over has made this year so much better. I have learned to be happy with surprises. So the lack of snow this year has not bothered me at all.

Had to do some barn chores over in Lovettsville this morning. Just got home. Rain and Graupel all the way. This photo of my car hood is all ice.

Nothing going on up here in Frederick. Going to be heading over to Lovettesville to help clean up after the ponies had a party all over their paddock.

16 year old here too. Got to love them...

Loving this weather! Had the younger daughter do barn chores most of the morning than rode in a short sleeved shirt.

Line just blew through here. 4:33 am

66/86 with some decent winds hitting the back of the house.

I was in shorts and had windows open. Just put the ceiling fan on high so I can sleep. Insane!

Oldest daughter just went outside to go next door and babysit for a few hours. She was like why does it feel gross outside...

Told my kids today is taco night. Easy to put together dinner so mom can watch the severe weather going on in the South today.

Scared the crap out of my oldest this morning. Had a 2 hr. delay so that meant she would head to school at 9. Backed the car out of the garage and asked her to take the trash can out. Right as she came under the open door there is this huge !SPLAT! sound. Hit the top of the trash can and my windshield. The Solar panels had started melting and at just the right time a small avalanche occurred. She jumped back and I was like what the hell was that! I was glad she did not take a direct hit and we both busted into laughter. Way to get your morning going!

1” over here in Frederick.

32 here. Big fat flakes. Grass surfaces covered with about 1/2" with wet streets and some parts of the sidewalks starting to give up.

While driving to an appt. saw first flakes falling in Frederick. Tiny ones but saw them. Hitting right at early dismissal time. HS out at 12:15 MS 1:00.

Frederick conditions IMBY 35.9/25 cloudy

Thanks! Older child was stalking twitter in school and sent it also.

You need to check out a documentary on Netflix if you have not already. It is Figure 8 School Bus racing in Bithlo, FL. Not a demolition derby, but when school buses go around a track in a figure 8 there will be interactions in the middle. Absolutely fascinating Americana. You have to get past the "community" environment, but it is well worth it. One of those documentaries where you say to yourself why am I watch this and then 20 min later you are still watching it. Kind of like the Cat Show documentary also on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/80128688 https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/239

It would justify my reasoning for telling the husband to stay home today.