Ah, a day off! It's President's Day (which is the consolidation of Lincoln & Washington birthdays, plus adding the other "guys".

I'm off to buy a new hoodie. Black is my choice. I have red, blue and gray ones, but wanted a black one for some time now. I know, I'm sounding like a middle aged woman fantasizing. lol

I'll buy some groceries while I'm at it, then home to start on my meatloaf for dinner. That reminds me of a joke teenage guys used to say to each other instead of a goodbye: "Don't let your meatloaf!"

I just love it when I have a weekday off from work.

Tonight, homemade pizza.

Tomorrow night, since I have Presidents Day off from work, I'll be making a meatloaf.

I know that sounds ordinary to a lot of people, but since my Mother passed away almost 18 years ago I have only made meatloaf once before.

I have her old recipe now, so I'll be trying to do it right, even though I know I can never make one as good as Mom's.

These are the things you do to bring back good memories of loved one's no longer with us.

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"All in all it's just another brick in the wall."

Maybe we should build it all the way around the U.S. to keep the insanity going on here from spreading?

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There was an old song that stated:

"I want a girl, just like the girl, who married dear old Dad."

Is it just me, or is that kind of weird? It makes me think the songwriter had an Oedipus complex.

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In honor of Valentine's Day:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If their busy on Valentine's,
The side piece is you.

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Do you ever wake up in the morning and feel 19 again?

Yeah, me neither.

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How many times have you been called for jury duty?

I'm on my seventh time, twice in the last year.

You'd think the judicial system would be tired of me by now.

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Asphalt roads. Everywhere you go where there are temperature changes from cold to warm, those asphalt roads wind up needing repairs. Expanding and contracting temperatures are not good for asphalt. You wind up getting divots, or potholes (some call them chuckholes) in the road that can severely damage a car. I know from experience: two winters in a row, on the same stretch of road, I lost a hubcap from my car and dented the rim as well.

People will often complain more about the conditions of the roads than they will the weather. Whenever there's a good amount of snowfall, followed by a warm up, a whole new batch of holes are sure to follow.

Repaving is expensive, but is generally used in the form of patching because it's a quick fix.

I have lived in the same part of town for over twenty years. Before I lived here, I often came to this part of town as I was growing up for work, shopping and dining. The reason I bring this up is because there is still one stretch of road that has been unaltered in over 50 years. Why? Because it is concrete, not asphalt.

I believe it's obvious what should be done with our roads. Concrete lasts longer and needs fewer repairs than asphalt.

Originally, the roads were all brick in town. There are even a few roads in quaint residential neighborhoods that still have brick roads. The residents pitch a fit if utility companies do any type of work and don't restore the area the way it was before they began their work.

As I stated before, the one section of road on the way to my home is still concrete. Actually, the whole area was concrete roads, but when several of the main roads were expanded to two lanes each way, they decided to hold down costs by making them asphalt.

It's a vicious circle: pave, patch, repave. And costly. In the long run, the concrete road is worth the investment over the long term cost of asphalt.

There you have it. My rant is finished for now.

Carry on.

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I've been binge-watching the late Canadian cop show 'Rookie Blue'.

Good stuff!