More Groundhoggy goodness

Did the local vermin in your area see their shadows?

I sure as heck wish ours did, because despite all the whining I've done about winter before, there's something unsettling about a winter as warm and dry as ours has been. It just t'ain't natchurll.

It's partly the cognitive dissonance of the warm temperature combined with short daylength, and partly the feeling of being ripped off from the coziness of being bundled up inside your own house, safe from the snow outside.

We were very cheered and excited by Rosa's Groundhog day card! Thank you Rosa, and also for the great picture! Your printing is great.

And because Tita Gina was asking about Tassie, I took a picture of her and the kids this evening. They look the same as in the last picture, except Theo has taken to wearing as lilttle as possible around the house. Just one more reason it would be better if we had colder weather. His lips look funny because of the moisture stripping winds, which, while not bitterly cold, still take their toll

In other news, I had my first exam this morning! Do you remember how, in the 20 years I have *not* been at school, I still have nightmares every December and April about sleeping through exams? Or the nightmare where you suddenly realize you have to write an exam for a course you never went to? And you don't even know anybody in the class to get notes from?

I am glad to report that at least this morning, I did not live that dream. I was jolted awake by Leonard Cohen on my iPod alarm as well as the inane babble of the CBC sportjocks deconstructing the Superbowl, which, while neither pleasant nor cheering, rocketed me out of bed with great efficacy.

I still have to write the webct portion of the exam, which is all-new technology to me. Maybe for old times sake, I'll wait till the last minute.

Last but not least, let me shill some stuff! My friends from the joint yoga blog yogalila  put together some stuff from Cafe Press. Check out the cool cap sleeve T, which, I guarantee, will add another apparant cup size to your boobs whether you want them to or not.:

also, the tote bag, which you can put any matter of shi....., I mean, stuff, in:

Please ignore Pose Cheese. Honestly, some days the camera is just not your friend.

Oh, and even if you don't buy any yogalila cow face stuff? At least check out this SNL skit, just to see why we all need more cow pose. I mean, more cow bell.