For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hi everyone! It’s another, well, winter day. And it’s time for part 2 of our adventure,
Looking for another Christmas tree…
I’ll scout around a bit, I said. It was quiet. No wind. Cloudy. At the base of a pine tree up pops a little brown head. He looked around a bit. Then jumped out of his little tunnel and up the tree he went. Looking for some lunch no doubt. Speaking of lunch, I was starting to get hungry. I got back to dad. Nothing good off that way, I said. Let’s go this other way, said dad. He still wanted me to go first. There was a lot of undergrowth in that direction making it a bit harder to walk. Poor dad, tripped over a little tree and down he went again.
Three times already, I said. Never mind, said dad, these snowshoes were a crazy idea from the start. A lot easier in this deep snow, I said. Dad didn’t believe me for some reason. It wasn’t easy getting him up again, dad was a rather big man. Poor dad, both boots were now full of snow, which was melting, giving him wet feet. Dad complained about that which unfortunately got me laughing again. Ha, ha, said dad. See, you think it’s funny too, I said.
Dad started laughing hysterically at that point and he wanted to rest again so I went on ahead to look. Found a real nice tree close to that spot. Hmm, Dad has the saw. Back I went. Dad let me have the saw. He didn’t want to go any further. Got the tree and returned to where Dad was waiting. Now it was snowing. Heavily. Amazing how quickly it started. I handed Dad the saw. You carry it, said Dad. I already have the tree, I said. Oh well.
Poor dad was having trouble with those snowshoes…
So he decided to take them off and walk instead. Not a good idea, that snow was deep. After a little ways trudging through the snow, which was waist deep, he fell backward. How did you manage to land on your back? Never mind, he said. He had snow all over his face. And down his neck. I tried to brush the snow off his face. Dad screamed again. I guess brushing his cold face with my rough mitts didn’t feel too good. When I stood up some snow got pushed on top of his face again. Dad was sputtering and waving his arms. By this time I was laughing so hard I could barely stand.
Why do you wave your arms so much?, I asked, when I could finally talk again. Why do you laugh so much?, he asked. You keep doing funny things, I said, and continued laughing. When did you take your glasses off?, I asked. Oh no! He lost them in the snow. I’ll help look, I offered. Stay back! Odd. He actually found them fairly quickly. And by now there was almost 2 inches of new snow. We did walk a long way. Finally back at the car poor Dad was huffing and could barely walk.
The snowshoes would have been easier, I said. Forget it, he said. Then it was off to our favorite coffee shop. Laughing all the way. I was at least. It stopped snowing by the time we arrived there. Nothing like a good cup of hot coffee after a refreshing walk like that, I said. Dad just looked at me. But he did enjoy his coffee, and late breakfast. I hope you all have an enjoyable day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
Was finding the “good” tree worth it all ? Apparently …you both do this year after year ! Loved the “hunt” ! Keep writing about your treks !
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Thanks for reading! Sometimes dad wasn’t so sure! Enjoy your evening!
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Like father like son, eh? Fun silly memories.
What have you named the buck? He is handsome.
Good day today at the remodel—I’m exhausted! Cross eyed tired…😵
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Thanks for reading this Nina! I have been trying to see if there was something different about this buck so I could pick the right name for him. However, no oddities about this critter so I think I will name him Barker, not positive yet though. He just doesn’t show up that often, mostly it’s the does.
That’s so interesting, never knew you did that kind of work. It can be very tiring all right, but it’s so nice seeing the progress being made.
Hope that other link worked for you. Enjoy your evening Nina!😁😸🌙
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So cool!
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Thanks!
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You’re welcome!
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😀😀😀😀😀I didn’t say thanks this time.
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Good job!
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Thanks.
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You’re welcome.
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😀😺😀😺⛄⛄☕☕🎄🎄
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I’m hitting the sack… good night!
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Don’t hit it hard, it might hit back! Good night Lydia!
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Ha good morning!
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Good morning Lydia, taking a break from school?😀😀😀😀
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It’s Christmas break!
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Are you baking any cookies?😋😋
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I did this morning, yes.
I got home from work early.
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What kind of cookies??😀😀😀😀
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Chocolate chip silly!
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Naturally. I want to bake some cookies.
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Oh cool. Go do it.
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Not sure if I could stand long enough, not much room to put a chair in that kitchen.
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Oh. That stinks. Should I make you some?
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I wish you could. Sigh.
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I can! I really can!
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And send me a pic?
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No!
I was going to send you a pic of me with lots of palm trees!
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ooooooo, good idea.😀😀😀😀🌴🌴🌴🌴
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Yeah so you would believe me!
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I never said I didn’t believe you.
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Oh, let me see if I can find it.
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You have to look hard to find the palm trees?
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No the pic!
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Yay!!!!!!!!!!🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🌴🌴🌴🌴🤪🤪🤪🤪
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You’re excited! Now, I tried to get the fake snow, but I guess you don’t care about that.
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Forget the snow.😲😲😲😳😳😳😬😬😬
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Lol! I thought so!
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Naturally.
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Argh
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Practicing to be a pirate?
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My hand hurts!
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What happened?
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I smacked the table really hard when you asked if I was practicing to be a pirate. It’s hurts.
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I’m not laughing, really. Roaring with laughter perhaps.
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Stop it!!!!!!!!!! I gave up and didn’t know what else to do!
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Good thing you didn’t hit your head again.
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I just kicked the wall! You’d better stop!
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Better be careful, your dad might not like it if you start putting holes in the wall.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I know right. Good thing he’s outside right now.
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You could always try kicking your sister instead. Except she might scream. Hmm, scratch that idea.
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Oooooh dude! High 5 I love that idea! I’m going to do it now!
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You never heard it from me.
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I did. She just gave me the evil eye.
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Didn’t scream????????? Wow. Not bad.
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I have 4 sisters…. which one did you want me to kick?
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Never kick the youngest. The others are fair game, especially the oldest.
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The youngest is my favorite!
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Chicken. Scared of your older sister?
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Hehehehe No!
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I need to make something to eat. I’ll still be around but might be slow responding. Do you have your main Christmas meal on Christmas day or Christmas eve?
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Ok
C-mas day.
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My family did too. My landlord does hers Christmas eve, a Swedish tradition. She has all her family over, quite a bunch of them.
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Neat.
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With all those people it might be messy.
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True.
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Naturally.
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Not again.
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Had to do it.
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Sure.
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Thanks for agreeing.
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I didn’t.
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You said sure, that means you agreed.
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The sure when I roll my eyes!
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Then you should have used🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
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But I’m lazy.
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That’s hard to believe.😳😳😳
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It’s true.
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That’s hard to believe!😳😳😳😳
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Yeah!!!!!!!
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Good for you!
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I can’t remember what we were talking about.
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I’m good at remembering.
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Then what we were talking about?
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I don’t know.
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You just said you were good at remembering.
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I am, I remember to forget all the time.
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*groans* Ooooooohhhhhh
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I knew you would like that one.
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I didn’t. Am I the only person on earth you do this to?
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Naturally.
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That was suppose to be a “yes” or “no” answer!
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Naturally.
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I’m going to do 100 push ups if you say that again.
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“that”
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Huh? Whew! What a relief!
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Naturally.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Okay.
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I did one and then collapsed… you should be proud of me.
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I clapped wildly.
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Don’t do that…. you’ll scare Muffin.
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Yeah, I woke her up from her evening nap.😾😾
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Did you really!?
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Yep.
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Is she growling?
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Nope, she just stood up, looked at me, then curled up and went back to sleep.
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Awww well isn’t that sweet! I need to meet Muffin in person. Any cat that nice is a favorite of mine.
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Muffin would probably like you.😻
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Really? She wouldn’t bite me?
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Bite you? Not likely.
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Isn’t her birthday coming up?
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Yep, on Jan 10. Time for cake, games, confetti.
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No way! You know what else is on Jan 10?
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Your sister’s birthday.
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No, sooo close! Her’s is Jan 12.
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Cool. I’ll tell Muffin when she wakes up, which will likely be when I go to bed, like last night. Sigh.
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Lol what did you do? Lay on her?
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No, that would not be healthy. For me. Wouldn’t even want to think of that. 18 claws. Wouldn’t be pretty.
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Uhhh ok then.
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Hey, did I tell you about something new happening on my blog? Starting Jan 1.
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No what?
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I’ll be writing a fictional story about a not so world famous private investigator (Steve) and his trusty sidekick (Muffin). They will travel all over solving mysteries. I have already started writing it.
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Wow! Cool I can’t wait.
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It’s my first attempt at writing fiction. It will have some comedy to it also.
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Awesome! You’ll be great at that! Comedy is cool.
You mean that romance poem isn’t fiction?
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Thanks, I’m looking forward to it myself.😀😀
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There! You did it again…. skimmed over the best part!
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What? What? Did I miss something?
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Yes the romance!
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Romance is so romantic.
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Yeah… it is!
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Getting late, time for me to sign off. Muffin just woke up. I knew it would happen. Good night, talk tomorrow!😀😺🌙😴😴
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Me too good night.
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I just sent the pic of me and the fake snow to my big bro that didn’t go yesterday, and he said “Wow… it snowed!?”
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Naturally.
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Hey! He was sooo happy to see it!
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I was going to ask, why isn’t your little sister wearing 7 coats?
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My little sister?
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Isn’t that your little sister standing behind you?
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Yeah, but she’s interesting because she doesn’t look like anybody else in the family and she’s the only one with brown eyes!
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See? I was right.
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Yeah I just went back to look. She’s wearing a sweat shirt and a hoodie that use to me mine!!!!
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Not 7 coats.😂😂😂
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Yeah she likes the cold.
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I sent the fake snow pic.
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Talk about mean. Interesting though. But mean.
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What’s so mean about it????
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It’s snow, kind of.
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Yeah. Don’t you like snow?
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Does a chicken like a fox? Does a turkey like thanksgiving? Does a fish like a fisherman?
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I guess not!
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Naturally.
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*hits face* Not again!
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Why do you keep hitting yourself? Doesn’t it hurt?🤔🤔🙄
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Yes it hurts, so please stop!
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I don’t hit myself. Not intentionally at least.
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Ha! Sure yeah right. Blah whatever!
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What kind of sentence is that?
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It’s 6 little words that means I’m sick of this!
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But I didn’t say “naturally” that time.
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Uh yeah you did.
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Really?
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Yes naturally, you did.
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See, now your doing it. It’s something that just comes naturally.
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I think I’m going to die. I’m still waiting for your answer to my question.
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Um, what question was that?
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Am I the only person on earth you drive crazy?
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No, not at all, I drive everyone crazy. Maybe that’s why so few people talk to me.🤔🤔🤪😜🙄
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Oh really?
When was the last time you talked to Dusty?
If anybody should be fed up with you, it would be me!
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Dusty hasn’t talked to me in 3 days. Sigh.
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Really? Why?
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No idea. He does that sometimes though.
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Nothing in-between you guys… I hope.
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Nope not that I know of.
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Good just checking. I have to keep you guys straight.
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Good thinking. I think.🤔🤯
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Yep. It comes naturally!
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Naturally.
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Haha that’s a sure laugh to read both of your atrocities 😂😂 poor him got his feet wet, covered himself with snow late food 😉🙄 he must’ve had that big sigh that time. Tell me this, does it hurt tripping or falling on snow? 🤔 I don’t have such experience or a snow walk or a fall in snow😛🤪 Have a beautiful Friday ✨💐
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Glad you enjoyed it Simon! He actually didn’t sigh that time, I think he was too tired out walking in that deep snow!😂 The snow where we were was soft, so it doesn’t hurt, but it is hard getting back up in soft snow.🙄 There is hard packed snow in windy areas that can be hard as ground so then it can hurt.😬 The snow was deep too so when you fall then you get buried in the snow!😲😳 It can actually be dangerous if you’re by yourself. Never a good idea to be out alone in the winter here. I have some adventures coming up showing the dangers.🤪🤪🙄
Thanks Simon, have a great evening!😃😺⛄🎄
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Hi Steve, Well thank you for this update, i thought the winter time is as equal as summer time, and winter is all fun. But I’m definitely wrong about it. And it’s dangerous too. I know why you like warm place that much. I invite you to my place to get tanned 😁 you are always welcome ✨😉Have a great Friday ✨🤗💐
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Winter can be fun at times. If you like to ski,😃 great way to break all your legs.😬 Sledding is fun,😃 as long as you don’t hit a tree.🤕😱 Snowshoeing is great,😃 but not by yourself,🙄 especially if you fall down and can’t get back up so you freeze to death.😲🥶 Cross country skiing is fun on the lake,😃 unless you break through the ice and drown, does happen.😳 So you see, winter can be fun too.🤪🤪😜😜⛄⛄🙄
Get the spare palm tree ready,🌴🌴 here I come!😂😹🙄
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My god, these many games exist, wow, i should start watching some sport news channel. 🙄 🤔 Wonder why I’m never interested to read news,😋 Come on Steve Palm trees are always ready ✨🤗 Waiting for you ☺️
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Then there is snowmobiles too, they go racing on the lake at 120kph, but sometimes fall through the ice and people drown. Lots of fun winter games here. Then there’s plain old walking at -35C with the wind blowing so that exposed skin freezes in less than 5 minutes. Lots of fun here.😂😂😹😹🙄
Muffin locked the door and won’t let me out.😼😼😭🌴😳
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Are these sports game 🥺 very dangerous. Why people love such dangerous games 🤔 have you ever played these? How was your experience 😉 it’s-35 out there, why on earth you would like to go out, 🤪 muffin must have thought like that 😂. Have a good night Steve ✨🤗💐
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Have never been on a snowmobile, too dangerous for me and too cold!🥶🥶 I have tried all the others, lots of fun.🤪😜🙄Wait until you read some of the crazy things I did in winter. That will start in January.😲😲😲😬⛄⛄Have a great Saturday Simon!😁😸🎄
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Really 🥺you are awesome Steve 😍 Would Love to read your snow adventures, eagerly waiting for that part ✨🤗
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You’ll love them, they are scary. And maybe a bit stupid. But that’s me.😂😂😹😹
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No that’s going to be only fun to remember, what memories would we create without doing stupid things 🤪 Waiting for your post 😁
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It’s late, I’m signing off, good night Simon, enjoy your day!😀😺😴😴
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Too late to chat Steve, you better off to bed. Have a peaceful night ✨🤗
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Oops, how did I miss this one? There will be new things happening at Steve’s Country starting in the New Year! Did I tell you about my new series?😃😺🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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New things? New series? Wow!! looks like we got tons of surprises already. ✨🤗 Can’t wait to unpack your surprises ✨😍🥰
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Yep, you’ll get to meet the not so world famous private investigator Steve and his trusty companion Muffin as they solve mysteries all over. Oops, I don’t want to say too much. Have a great night Simon! Get lots of sleep now while you can before you start traveling!😴😴😴😁😸⛄🎄
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The trailer is exciting ✨🥰😍 Thanks for the trailer Steve.✨ yes, i need a lot of good sleep before i lose a month of sleep 😂😋. Have a good day Steve 💐
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What? 😲A whole month?!😳 (Steve faints) Yes, get a lot of sleep now!😴😴😴😴
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Yes Steve, new place is always a health trouble for me. I must get back to home soon.😉 Hope my works get complete before the timeline 😁
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Yes, I hope you get done sooner too!😀😺
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I love your stories! Keep sharing them and give Muffin a hug! 😺🧦 🧤 🧣☕️☕️
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Thank you so much Eugenia for the encouragement! More will be coming for sure. Muffin is sleeping but will give her a hug when she wakes up. Have a wonderful day!😁😺⛄🎄☕☕
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