2. Oatmeal marries well with golden raisins, walnuts, and a healthy measure of flax seed. Real maple syrup and a pat of butter finish it off.
3. God must have known when He created orange kitties that they would provide a pleasing visual contrast against a snowy backdrop for the eye and camera, as well as invoke pleasant recollections of Dreamsicle bars.
4. If you ask your son to throw a snowball at you in order to capture it through the lens of your new digital bells-n-whistles Canon, assume Murphy's Law per the final destination of said projectile!
5. If your mother calls and reminds you to make an appointment for her and you take the call while simultaneously perusing your iPhoto library and uploading your favorite pics to Facebook, DO write down a reminder ASAP.
6. When given the choice between work and play on that rare 'all the kids are home on account of the weather' day, remember the laundry, bedroom carpet, blog, and [yes, it's still UP!] Christmas tree will be around tomorrow.
7. It would be most advantageous to record the dreamed-up recipe for that butternut squash sauce served over whole wheat gnocchi at Bunco before the ingredients list exits memory stage left. Don't forget the guava jelly in the beginning and the chevre at the end. Oh, and sauteed walnuts on top.
8. Your children can still contract pinkeye long after the years of actual childhood have come and gone. It starts with noting the red swollen eye on your young adult's face and hearing the words, "My eye! It's itching really bad and it was stuck together this morning."
9. It is ingrained into the brain every person on the face of the planet who knows what frozen precipitation is to say these words whenever faced with seeing someone ingesting it, "Don't eat the yellow snow!"
10. There is nothing wrong with passing out the final round of belated Christmas cards with family photos to your Bunco pals on January 10th during the course of the evening's enjoyment. Further, calling them 'New Year' cards is also acceptable. Recommended, even.
11. At 11:30 PM when the movie ends and the friends of your high school senior disperse for parts hither and yon, the ongoing purr of her boyfriend's car engine does NOT signal that he is warming up the vehicle before heading out into the wintry night. Most likely, it signals he is warming something else up.12. Living in Tennessee is a bonus when your driveway begins to resemble a used car lot. The neighbors generally expect it or have had past experience with the phenomenon.
13. Because your husband heard your year-long grumblings and brilliantly executed a Christmas surprise whereby the requested hanging pot rack materialized instead as a versatile and researched Canon 14.1 Mega Pixel digital camera with the bonus mega-memory card, he should be adequately rewarded for his good behavior.
14. If loving Facebook and the iPhone is wrong, you don't wanna be right!
15. Just because you plunged into an icy outdoor pool in 20 degree weather this past Saturday does not mean you won't be cold emerging from the shower or when you remain outdoors in winter weather conditions too long with uninsulated cowgirl rainboots on.
16. Blogging in the AM is superior to midnight blogging. Far easier on the neck (the sudden sleep-jerk reaction brought on by utter exhaustion at the deep end of the day).
17. A mildly OCD individual with a 'thing' for numbers divisible by three will feel the compunction to round out this list at 18 because 6 x 3 = 18, as does 9 x 2.
18. Life as I know it . . . is rather good.
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