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Lessons Not Learned

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  When I was in high school (more years ago than I care to admit), I had some wonderful teachers.  Some of which I have talked about and rightfully thanked.  Some of which I have not. One of those was Mrs. R who taught history. I had two classes with her my senior year, US History II and Foreign Policy.  I didn't really want to take the latter, but am glad I did as I learned so much from Mrs. R; more than I thought was possible.  She was quick on her feet; she was set to debate a fellow student on the Vietnam war and at the last minute the student decided he would be a Dove instead of a Hawk (I think he always intended to do that, he wanted to rattle her) and she effortlessly switched her focus and became a fierce hawk.  (A side I know she would have opposed.) It was impressive. Mrs. R was a small woman, but was larger than life when it came to history and justice. One of the things I (we?) learned about from her was the plight of the Native Americans....
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January is OVER!

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It's February 1st!  Can I get a Hallelujah?  Surely I am not the only one who thought that January lasted an eternity, am I?  While I know February is the shortest month of the year, usually it feels like it is the longest.  I hope that is not the case this year because January was just KILLER.  There was snow.  Snow that won't melt because it's been (and continues to be) too darned COLD.  If we are lucky here in the Poconos we may reach a temperature above freezing (by one degree) two weeks from today!  And things are not much better in my home of NJ where it may reach above freezing (again by one degree) in 13 days.  Just for reference, today in Greenland it will be WARMER than it is in many places in the United States (including NJ and PA). (Maybe Greenland is trying to send us a message?  If it were up to me, I'd leave Greenland the heck [okay, I'd rather use a stronger word than that, but...] alone!  Let them keep their land an...
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Bfth's Bus Adventure...

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  So, as you may know (because I wrote about it:   https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/snow-and-ice.html ), we've had some snow this month.  It doesn't matter where you live, we've gotten SNOW (and ICE).  You also may know that I split my time between PA and NJ and while the mountains in PA got more snow than NJ, there was still a LOT of snow (and ICE). As you might also know, I commute from my home in NJ to an office in Newark, NJ several days a week.  This particular week because of the snow and ICE (temperatures preventing both from melting), I only needed to go in one day. Here's how it went... I took an "extended lunch" so that I could drive from PA to NJ during the "heat of the day".  (Which of course wasn't very warm at all.)  That way I could clearly see the roads and do some snow clean up in NJ during daylight hours.  (We are blessed to have neighbors who helped us out by clearing out our walkway and driveway.) Yesterday, I ...
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SNOW (and ICE!)

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  While panic wasn't needed ( https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/bfth-panics-about-weather.html)  we did have a heck of a snow storm, which started on Sunday morning. (I'm thinking around 4:30 because when I got up to go to the bathroom I could see a slight dusting over the small patches of driveway that had actually been dry.)  It continued into Monday morning.  So it should come as no surprise that we got a LOT of snow.  (We have so much that the outdoor lights are buried.  When the sun goes down, I have patches of snow that glow!  And will I EVER be able to get the holiday lights off of the bushes?  Will I ever see the bushes again?) (They're under there somewhere!)   I'm not sure of how much because there was already snow on the ground in many places.  I already big mounds of it piled up at the ends of the driveway.  (And my two road signs that warned drivers that our drive was not a through street have disappeared....
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Let's Talk Bras...

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  Yes, this is a (sort of) follow up to my post on  old lady boobs .  And my continued search for a bra that fits, lifts and is comfortable.  Does such a thing exist? The number one suggestion I got was to get professionally fitted.  And I probably should do that.  I did do that many years ago at a Macy's nearby in NJ.  I bought an expensive bra ( https://www.wacoal-america.com/ ) and I was happy with it.  But that was a long time ago. I bought more of that brand at a pop up outlet at the company had when I worked in the Meadowlands area.  (I have no idea if they still have offices there.)  Again, that was a long time ago!  Plus I've aged, my weight has gone up and down (and up again).  So I probably do need to get a professional fitting.  However, I'm in the Poconos now and there isn't a place close by.  Which means it's something I need to do when I'm in NJ.  From what I can tell the Macy's that I went to way...
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Bfth Panics About the Weather

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  It's been a long, cold, snowy winter.  A winter that began before it officially began.  We've had consist snow since the beginning of December. (Which is why my little solar powered Christmas lights are still up because I can't get to them to pull them off the bushes.  I ALMOST got to them a little over a week ago, but there was still a pile of snow that I would have had to deal with in order to get to them and I wasn't willing to stand in it and freeze, so there we are.)  The company (person) that plows out our driveway in the Poconos came 5 times in December, then got a bit of a break before coming back last Saturday AND Sunday.  (Truth be told, he came a little too early on Sunday because we got another half inch to an inch which is still lingering because it's so darned cold.)  Meanwhile, whenever it snowed in NJ over the past month and a half, my son would have to deal with it.  He did a great job, but now he's gone back to school, which le...
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The Empty Jar

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 For at least 10 years (and that's a guess-timate), I've been keeping a gratitude/memories jar.  It's a jar full of strips of paper on which I (or anyone in my family, but you know that's mostly me), writes down something that we are grateful for or something that really made us happy.  So over the years it's been full of notes like:  Son wins art prize, husband's birthday bash, first flower blooms outside, etc.  (I think you get it.)  It gets filled every year and on the first day of the New Year, I empty it out and we read the strips of paper out loud to remind us of all the good stuff that has happened over the year.  Even in the difficult years (like the years when my parents died), the jar was still pretty full. We are more than halfway through the first month of 2026 and the jar is empty. That's not to say that there aren't things in my life (our lives) that we aren't grateful for.  We are all (relatively) healthy.  I still have a ...
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