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Stop complaining about the weather, Jenny

Good morning and Happy Divine Mercy Sunday.  Today is April 16, 2023 and I am sitting at my desk in our still-new-to-us home in the quaint town of Robins, Iowa.  It's gonna be crap weather today, thank you fake Midwest spring. We had a week of teasing, "see this is how to be normal" spring weather, with a summer heat wave inserted. I broke out shorts, flip flops. We even started running the a/c.  And today, the high will be 38. Good grief Iowa, just when I think I can "accept" you, you turn on me.   Yesterday  was an entirely different deal. Sunny, warm, and also "Opening Day" for the lawn mower. That's like, a seriously big deal when you live in the Midwest. You get to put the snow blower in the most rear-location in the garage, and say "buh bye," for the season.  Then you hope the the lawn mower start, which is not an easy thing after sitting idle for a long winter.  My dear husband succeeded, however, in getting it started and he disap