Land of Osbourne

​So, as you've no doubt surmised by this point, I live in Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes  (its actually closer to 14,000 lakes) , and 10,000 feet of snow every winter.  (slight exaggeration)  When I was young and stupid, I drove a Camaro, and the first year I owned it I made the not so bright decision to drive it during the winter. Its worth noting that my husband John has driven Camaro's in the winter as well.  Camaro's are rear wheel drive, and are NOT designed for winter travel in any way shape or form. ​Regardless if you put lots of weight in the rear end  (another winter time must)  it will simply not do well.   A few years down the road, I also owned a really nice Mustang. Having driven a Camaro in the winter, John and I knew it wouldn't do well, so we had no plans of driving it, however we did have to move it from one parking lot to another one winter day and we were shown how poorly Mustangs do. Worse than Camaros in fact....

  People who claim to be your friend do not do the following: Talk negatively about you to anyone Speculate about your actions to others without fact based information Do not support you in things they do not agree with Hard lesson to learn, painful.  However it was an important lesson for me to learn, for I learned through experience recently who my "friends" truly are.  Its lonely from time to time, but I am strong.  I have had to be strong for a long time, and I will continue to do so in the best way I know how.  I have learned now who I can trust and who I can not.  I will continue to be nice and polite to all, but sharing with people who simply do not care makes no sense.  Bottom line?  If you're my friend, thank you. I appreciate you.  If you are one of the ones who did the things I listed above?  Your actions are not what people who are "Friends" do.   Thank you for sh0wing me...

Hello Land of Osbourne Readers,  How was your spring and summer? Ready for Fall and Pumpkin Spice everything? Me too. Fall is my favorite time of year. The cooler weather, crunchy falling leaves, fall colors, all the good stuff.   John and I had a great summer. Maybe not quite as productive as I would have liked, but what the hell. We work Monday - Friday, 1 hour commute each way every day. I guess its okay if we didn't reach all of our home-owner chore goals for the summer of 2017.   Next comes Winter. In Minnesota, it can begin anytime from October - December. I don't mind the cold temps, but I HATE driving in snow and ice.​ My "winter" car, Freddy has new tires, and will soon have new brakes and rotors, then we'll be ready to tuck Frank into the garage for the winter and drive Freddy. Knock on wood, my little silver car makes one more winter. If not, we can always pull Frank out and drive him.  (Yes, I name my cars)  My sweet Boston Terri...