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After watching way too many morning news shows that ALL touted that it’s time to EXERCISE, LOSE WEIGHT, EAT RIGHT!  I bought a fancy schmancy pedometer.  So I can make sure I’m getting my 10,000 steps in.  Which means Maggie’s getting more exercise, too.  With those little legs, Maggie’s probably getting about 20,000 steps.  Haven’t lost any weight but it’s fun looking at the stats on my wrist whenever I want!

I thought I was finished organizing closets until I read how Jenny Komenda of Little Green Notebook overhauled her “closet under the stairs”  OMG.  I have that same closet and also keep my cleaning supplies in it and thought mine was looking pretty good after I pulled all the framed art stored in there and hung it on the wall in my office.  But Jenny has painted, applied fabric, and made her closet somewhere I would love to take refuge in during a hurricane. Feeling very inadequate…..

And while I’m writing about website links, Michelle has officially published her very own website.  And it’s beautiful!  Which I would only expect from Michelle, my multi-talented niece! I’m only hoping that Michelle continues posting on Wednesday right here on Perfect!  Check it out:  Badzoot and bookmark it!

Lots of fun going on in Floral City and we are supposed to have good weather.  Yippee!  So we’ll be headed in that direction on Saturday.  There’s a Starving Artists Sale at the Florida Art Gallery, Chilson’s Garage 33rd Anniversary Car Show, and “Grandma’s Attic Sale”.  (Not sure about the attic thing but we are going!)  And I HAVE to get a strawberry milkshake at Ferris Grove after getting a comment on my Chronicle blog posting that she couldn’t believe that we took a friend from Texas to Floral City and we didn’t get her one!  Hey, we took her to Aunt Martha’s Produce Stand and she met Aunt Martha.  Love it!  See you there!

Did you know that Jan 17th was the official day that everyone gives up their resolutions?  Shoot, I’m just getting started!

Diet, schmiet.  Been working on the portion control.  Stopping at just one bowl of ice cream! And the Super Bowl feeding frenzy is just around the corner.  Thinking about making those sausages that Michelle posted on Wednesday.  Yum.

Got another closet cleaned out.  I had a lot of framed art in there and I decided to either hang it up or give it away.  And since most of it was my sister’s artwork, gifts or bought on our travels, I found a place to hang it all!  My office!

There was a time that all my frames had to match.  No more.  Eclectic gallery walls are cool now!

Next up for my New Years resolutions is to get my photographs under control.  But that’s some musings for another week!

It’s been cold here.  So cold that I pulled my North Dakota slippers out.  I love these babies. They are so warm plus  I always think they look like I’m back in the 80s.  Especially when I wear them with my running tights; they kind of look like scrunched up legwarmers. Just thinking of my big hair and big shoulders pads and it makes me want to dance. She’s a maniac, a maniac on the floor……

And a couple of things for the locals—when we went to the Manatee Festival last Sunday I spotted a little store called “Ann on the Avenue” on Citrus Avenue.  It was a little difficult to get to it because it was behind all the tents but I was on a mission!  I thought, this is just like my old favorite Crystal River store “Hearth and Home” that moved to Ocala. The owner was there, and yes, she was the very same person that had “Hearth and Home” and “Cafe on the Avenue”.  She said that she grew tired of driving to Ocala so opened a new “Hearth and Home” at the Crystal River Mall and is now opening this shop plus a little attached cafe with an outdoor patio.  Official opening is February 1st!

Upcoming events…..The Friends of Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge are having their annual meeting on Sunday at 2:00 at the First United Methodist Church in Homosassa.  We’ll be there!  Also, another open house at Three Sisters Springs will be on February 15th.  If you haven’t visited there yet, this is the last chance of the season.