Today's Opinions

Exercise and video games are two things I’ve never really been able to get in to.

I know that exercising for the sake of exercising is something that everyone should do, but I’ve never been able to continuously, on some sort of schedule make myself exercise just because it’s good for me. Back in high school, I did plenty of exercise disguised in the form of cheerleading practice, but that was because it was exercise in disguise. I had to do it or be a bad cheerleader, and the latter just wasn’t going to happen.

The carpet on the stairs between my laundry room and living room looks like a dog tore it to shreds.

That’s because one did.

The screen on my back door looks as if cats have been climbing it.

That’s because they have.

The gaping hole in the drywall in my bathroom looks as if children took a hammer to it.

That’s because they did — to free their pet ferret from the wall.

If you sense a pattern here — a pattern that indicates my home is slowly being destroyed by small animals — you get a gold star.

Happy New Year! The new seed catalogues are here.

Those of us addicted to gardening were getting pretty antsy for a fix. I got a chance to read through three of my new catalogues and I’m thrilled with the selections.

Many of you may not start things from seed. Perhaps you don’t grow a big enough garden. Many of you grow just a few things in containers. Seeds are still a great way to start your garden when you want.

We all know that we have a lot of winter yet to go before we turn that first shovel. It’s hard to wait.