# A spot of good news in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 26, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spot-of-good-news-in-the-mmp/1034165 "2026-10-26T08:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spot-of-good-news-in-the-mmp/1034165/4 "2026-10-26T12:12:55Z")
A chilly 40 Ferrets to start today, topping at 70, or so it is predicted. That should make for some pleasant yard work. My little bit of happies - I found a couple of packets of hot chocolate mix in the pantry - they were sealed and still yummy and made for a loverly warm drink. I’m thinking when I do my Food Lion trek today, I shall look for more. Yum. Once again, I forgot to refill the pellet stove hopper, so it was chilly inside when I woke. But not so chilly that the furnace kicked on - I have it set to keep us from getting frosty overnight. I have since gotten the stove up and running, and warmth is beginning to spread. After discovering a tick (ick ick ick) snacking on my person last night, I did a bit of searching for info about ticks and lyme. Supposedly the disease risk is minimal if the critter has been feasting less than 24 hours, so here’s hoping. Plus it was so small, I can’t be sure if it was a deer tick or not. So fingers crossed. Then, of course, I was itchy all night, suspecting all sorts of critters climbing over me. I did eventually fall asleep, so there’s that. From the last MMP: > [@A Chilly (Well, To Me) MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/279): > > Daughter’s bestie and hubs–have you ever met them before? I’ve known her bestie since the girls were in kindergarten and I met her husband shortly after they married. Bestie house-sat for us when we did our Arctic cruise, but she’s got a teaching assignment as part of her PhD studies, so she can’t stay when we do the canal, alas. And so the day and week begins. Guess I should enjoy what little evening light we have before it goes away. Dammit. Will we ever stop this clock-change silliness?? Happy Moanday anyway! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spot-of-good-news-in-the-mmp/1034165)._