M - I know we were scheduled to talk with Dr. Oz Friday morning, but mother nature took us to the land of Oz instead! I think I spotted Elvira Gulch pedaling her bicycle above the women’s rest room where the storm ripped off the roof! Other than Hurricanes Bob and Gloria, I don’t recall seeing such destruction around Manchester following the big blow! I know many of you had worse conditions during the Dec. ‘08 ice storm…but this was nuts! Poor Tracy. Don’t tell her you heard it here…but the poor girl came to work without make up for the first time EVAH! She still looked like a queen…however one of the flying monkeys from Oz was so shocked at the sight, he crashed into the dumpster next to Milly’s Tavern.

M - You gotta love Yankee ingenuity. Wednesday it snowed like crazy in the Monadnocks and we heard from callers who measured snow depths with their pets! Since they knew how tall their dogs and cats are, folks phoned in estimates based on how high the snow came up on them. Owners stayed in enjoying coffee in their jammies while pets froclicked and measured the snow. Now if we could just get our kids to go out and do the same. Instead, they sit on the couch making a wii snowman. Go figure.

M - Boiling down the secret of a successful marriage to one word is not that difficult as we found out this morning. Based on the front page Union Leader story of a NH couple who celebrate 70 years together, we heard from many married listeners offering their one word secrets. Tenacity, romance, communication, even silliness and humor rang true for a few callers who’ve been married over 40 years! Great calls. Maybe we’ll go with Tracy’s suggestion to flip the tables and get one word reasons why some couples get divorced. Hmmm, that includes you and me, Tracy. Who wants to start the ball rolling?

T -  I can’t believe it’s time again for the WZID Women’s Expo. This year has really flown by! First of all Mike,  I haven’t decided what to wear. That decision will likely be made around 9 a.m. Saturday.  Anyway, tons of great things for women to see at the Expo including Loretta LaRoche and Karen Morgan. They are both VERY funny ladies.  It’s always a pleasure to meet our NH in the Morning listeners, so please make sure you stop by and say, “hello”.  

After the Expo, I’m heading out to celebrate a belated Valentine’s Day!!

M - Tracy and I love any chance we get to meet our morning show listeners. Saturday is a great opportunity to share some face time with everybody. Tracy will handle stage duties in the morning then I’ll arrive around Noon for the rest of the introductions. We’ve had so much fun in past years with celebrity guests like Joan Rivers, Richard Simmons and of course Delilah. I’ll always cherish the year I got to cook with PBS star Marianne Esposito of “Ciao Italia.” We got to waving knives at each other but no blood was drawn. Sorry ladies, I will not be peeling away my suit like last year when I did a surprise belly dance for everyone. Tracy looked pretty good with her pole dance demo, too. No matter what happens Saturday, we’ll all have fun with Loretta Laroche, Karen Morgan and our 20 Outstanding Women You Should Know. So, ya coming? Tracy…have you decided what you’re wearing yet?

M - For all my baking friends out there, I share a recent episode of a messed-up Maple spice birthday cake. I’m still new at baking, but my King Arthur Flour classes have taught me some amazing artisan breads which have been stunning…then, came the collapsing cake. Details in my Nashua Telegraph column: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/living/lifestyles/617545-224/two-out-of-three-aint-bad.html

M - Tracy, I feel your pain. I have never been in a relationship with a woman who didn’t anguish over what outfit to wear for an event. Yes, yes, yes. We guys like our partners to look good…and we owe them the same. I think Barb starts picking out New Year’s Eve outfits around mid-February. I can’t climb into bed some nights because several sets of clothes are spread out on the comforter as if to audition for Ms. Barbara. Back to Women’s Expo. What will I wear? I will select the suit that has few or no wrinkles, that also doesn’t have toothpaste crud on the lapels. Simple enough. It’s good to be a guy.

T- Hey Mike, thanks for the roses!!!  They were from you weren’t they?  Just kidding, they weren’t from a Secret Admirer, either!   Anyway,  I have a dilemma.  We’ve got the Women’s Expo coming this Saturday afternoon and I have no idea what I’m going to wear!  Mike, do you try on several outfits before deciding on the perfect one before a WZID event?

M - Boy, did we get an education this morning. After announcing that 15% of women have sent flowers to themselves, we began hearing from florist employees and others, confirming that this is fairly common. Some ladies send posies to themselves at home with the message reading “from your secret admirer.” Yes, those are bought to get the attention of an inattentive partner. Or sent to the workplace to make co-workers jealous. One 25-year floral worker said she uses the “Don’t ask-don’t tell” approach when women order flowers for themselves. Tracy speculated she know lots of secrets about the people in her town. Tracy had no need to buy her own Valentine’s Day flowers. A lovely spray of roses and baby’s breath showed up in the studios Tuesday morning, compliments of…a secret admirer maybe? Anyone out there spotted Ms. Tracy in a local florist shop recently? Drop a dime, please!

M - Also referred to as SPS. Tracy, I KNOW about being short! As a late bloomer (I hit puberty at 35), my frirst Michigan driver’s license read: 5-feet 2-inches, 85-pounds! You can imagine how often I got pulled over because all the cops could see in my ‘62 Chevy was 2 hands on the steering wheel.  I, too, was once diagnosed with SPS. Today, I’m 5-10, but as I get older, I expect my driver’s license to someday read: Age 85, 5-2, 85-pounds. Again. Then I’ll be afflicted with SSPS (Shriveled Small Package Syndrome). Celebrate diminutiveness, Maxine!