Today is March 12, 2010 and I just noticed that my forsythia has begun to bloom. Hooray,  Spring is only nine days away and did you know that today  is officially your “Middle Name Day.”

(Sidebar: Don’t forget to spring forward tomorrow when the time changes.)

Since my middle name is Emily I went to a website to find the background on this name which I never liked as a child – much preferring the more popular name of the 1950s – Linda.  Emily always reminded me of an old-maid cookie maker.

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I come from a long line of worriers – mostly from my mother’s side.

I worry that the world will end before I lose that last 10 pounds. I worry about the tires falling off my car, or my old house sliding off its conventional foundation.

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They ain’t the “Aint’s” no more. Pardon my grammar, but with last night’s huge Saints win over the Vikings, I’ve practically come undone!

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Well, let’s see … what does my life look like right now? The word bleak comes to mind.

A house badly in need of a good cleaning; an untidy garden desperately in need of tending; and a head of hair sorely in need of some color.  Two more months and I will no longer be a Jones – I’ll be a Whitehead.  Oh,  and two dozen tulips bulbs that never got planted.

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It’s amazing that many people become depressed during the holidays – the most wonderful time of the year.  So much to do, the  sagging economy, raging war,  regrets about not achieving your goals for the year, yada, yada, yada.

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