Oh, I’m well aware of the hazards of shoveling when you shouldn’t. Last time I did, I’d shovel a bit (small scoops, not a full load) and then take a break, then come back and do some more. There was no rush so I could go at my own pace. Plus I had a recent stress test and the cardiologist said I was good. 
Daughter told me Roxy woke with a 102° fever, but tylenol had her feeling her old self in short order. I guess she got it from her brother, and I won’t be surprised if it hits me next.
I’ll add it to my watch list. We’re watching No Offence - it has moments of hilarity for all that it’s a serious show.
Just finished baking these - and I can recommend! I was out of cloves so I used nutmeg instead, and they’re still quite good. But I’ll add cloves to my shopping list.
Speaking of Death in Paradise, the Christmas Special 2023 was particularly stoopit, specifically because of the gasped-out-final-words trope, but also because of a few other stoopit things.
The show starts with the family patriarch found dying in a ravine under a balcony of their sumptuous home. His last words to the woman who found him were a very cryptic “It’s behind you.” Not “My son pushed me” (sorry, spoiler.) Then the woman who found him disappears (later found to have been knocked on the head, resulting in, you guessed it, amnesia.) And the cherry on top - those last words referred to the vase that is seen behind the woman who found him when they were on a business video chat (he in the Caribbean, she in London.) She was going to fly to the islands for Christmas to seal some kind of deal or something - I forgot the premise.
Anyway, apparently in a video chat on a laptop, he recognized the vase as a $6 million Ming Dynasty treasure (it’s always Ming Dynasty, isn’t it?) rather than, yanno, something she picked up at a thrift store. So instead of saying, maybe “Your vase is Ming” he chose to say “It’s behind you.” Got it so far?
OK, the daughter was an art student, so she knew the vase was a treasure. Her boyfriend was a thief, among other things, so the plan was to bring the woman to the island for the holidays while boyfriend broke into her house, stole the vase, replaced it with a replica (of course, they found an exact replica) and ship the vase back to the island. Because brother and sister were broke and they needed the $6 million. Got it so far?
So after seeing a still photo of the woman taken from the video chat, and having been told the last words of the victim, our hero Detective Inspector suddenly figures it all out, the siblings and the boyfriend are hauled off to jail, and the woman, now over her amnesia, is reunited with her fiance and tells him they have a priceless vase and they live happily ever after.
Am I right that it’s just a bit out there?? 
I still like the show - it’s fun to watch, if not even remotely realistic. And, after all, this show was the start of season 13 - I expect it gets hard to come up with fresh plots.
OK, I need to clean the kitchen after my cookie making spree. Quit distracting me!!!
I do applaud your attention to detail.
Schools are closed, and the tattoo removal place also closed today (they called this morning; I rescheduled my appointment to next month). When I shoveled I included the driveway behind my car to the street, but I didn’t clear the car off: tomorow there will be rain in the morning then gradual clearing with a forecasted high in the upper 40s, so I’m hoping Mother Nature will take care of the car for me by the time I have to head to my late afternoon optometrist appointment. Friday will be cooler again but sunny, so after I finish working (around noon) there should be no issues getting Bailey to the vet for boarding and getting myself to MD for the jazz festival weekend. 
I’ll keep trying for as long as I keep remembering to check 
