Splendiferousness...

You stink Last night before I went to bed I unplugged the kid's alarm clock because I was certain schools would be closed today.. or at least delayed. We got another 3 or 4 feet of snow overnight last night. Schools were delayed this morning 2 hours.. so the 4 year old did not have preschool. The snow hasn't stopped all day.. and it's supposed to get even worse through the night, getting at least 2 inches per hour if not more. School will probably be delayed again tomorrow even though it really should be closed in this kind of weather. I haven't left the house all day because I can see the main road from my window and the plows cannot keep up with the snow fall. I'm cold, I'm tired, and I'm getting cabin fever. Can I come live with you? LOL

I don't know how high the temps got today, but it was sunny and not too cold. There was still some snow on the roads from our last snowstorm that hit us Sunday. My oldest son and I went out shopping for a Wii for my youngest son and all went well. We ended up at the mall and had chick-fil-a for lunch, a real treat since most of the time I end up at the mall on Sundays when they are closed. Then came home and I have been working on the computer ever since..:)

Sounds awesome, Dawn! I love how you are all around nature and can describe it to us that we wanna be there with ya! We were actually HOT just a couple days ago - and now we're back to chilly rain . . . but I'm not complaining - it's just funny how it can change on a dime here. Let's see . . . my lunch . . . I was at home and felt bad that I had to get baby boy out of his nap to pick up my daughter from school as we're out early all week (parent-teacher conference). I loved walking through the wetness - the stroller wheels got cleaned - ha ha!!

Life isn't fair. Why do you get all the glorious weather and we get the crap all year round? I don't envy you though..just wish I was there away from all the gloom!

Lunch? Well, I missed it because I've been on the computer all day sending a reply to the Better Business Bureau about a complaint I filed in November. I did look outside a couple of times and it looked beautiful. The sun was out, the sky was blue and the mountains behind my house didn't have snow (and I like that, since I don't like the cold/snow). But in the last half hour, there seems to be a cloud overhead that's made it "dark". So dark in fact, I may have to go take a nap until the cloud blows over. Also, I didn't really want to go outside because I have pulling weeds/grass along my 200-foot driveway on my to-do list and I really didn't want to-do it today. Maybe tomorrow. I'm glad you enjoyed your walk/lunch. Sounds relaxing...

Here in TN the weather according to my weather reports is up in the 30's as well, but who is me I am still sick, feeling like garbage. Trying really hard to recuperate but for some reason I this darn bug won't go away. It is shifting from head to chest as it won't make up its mean where to land..Ugh

Well, I ate lunch for lunch. We are lucky if it gets up to 40 right now. Our weather is dry and we have no rain or snow.

SOunds so beautiful and peaceful. we were cloudy all day thought it would rain but didnt I took a nap around that time as I had been up since 2 am

It was so pretty on Weds. It was 75º and sunny, but over night it dropped into the upper 30's and only maybe made it to 60 with a nasty wind... Lunch? well yesterday I ate at work, as usual...

It was a nice day here today, wasn't it? I went to a job interview. Happy mylotting!

I baked peanut butter doggie treats... little tiny, heart-shaped ones that my girls can chew comfortably. I always make their treats because even the ones sold in stores, ones made for small dogs, aren't small enough and I've had to break them up for my tiny, hairy sweeties. (Maltese have hair, not fur.) Tomorrow, I'll probably bake gingerbread cookies. It's been friggin' FREEZING around here lately. Today, it only got up to 28 deg, low last night was 15 deg. It's supposed to snow tomorrow, not a lot but enough to be pretty for awhile so having the house smell like gingerbread should be awesome.

Well, despite the twenty below zero windchill here things are great. This morning I made eggs, pork chops, and naan for the family for breakfast. We enjoyed a wonderful hour together before the hubby had to get to bed as he works the over night shift. I just realized that I have not had lunch, and as it is almost dinner I suppose I shall just wait. I've spent the day working on writing, as well as cleaning. I finally got the kids room mostly done and will be having the hubby clear up the closet that needs to be organized in there. I'm off in a few to continue working on my Christmas gown. Then it will be time (once I've got it put together save the zipper) to get the daughter's pinned, cut, and sewn. I figure I'll save the zipper on both for last in case I need to do fitting work on mine. I don't want to risk not getting hers done. I also still need to make my son his cloak. He's getting a more "boy" cloak this year. He told me that his hooded cloak from last year is too "girlish". The boy is only four years old and already picking up our gender roles that get assigned in society. Not sure why he thinks a hood makes it "girlish" but eh, I'm a wiz on the sewing machine so I'm going to do a roman style cloak with fur trim for him. I also finished the hubby's new Ren Fest/Viking pants yesterday. And today I've been enjoying my new bustle skirt. It arrived in yesterday's UPS delivery and today I've been wearing it. It's simply gorgeous! Namaste-Anora

It's already the weekend when I got to this discussion, but I would still like to put in what we did for lunch. The kids wanted to do Japanese after service so we went to a cheap, local Japanese restaurant that served good food. I was craving for something fried, so I just had tempura and rice. The vegetable tempura was great!

Although I know it's not, hight 30's to low 40's sounds really warm to me! I remember +42 in Bangkok, that was really too much for me :-) As for Sierra Nevada with snow on, I'd love to see them one day. For the time being I can watch the mountains on the other side of the fjord though, not that high but also nice and snow-capped. When you can see them, as we're now down to 4.5 hours of daylight. Looking very much forward to solstice!

You describe that most enchantingly. Only color we see now is the color of the green pines. But none of the beauty you describe. And living up a holler..no beautiful sites often either except for the occasional rainbow..sometimes a double one. Umm, I did dishes..the highlight of my day..lol

I worked... I'm going out for supper right now... Caio...

Reading through your post, you have painted a beautiful picture of a place that I can only dream of. You are lucky to be where you are now to experience the beauty of nature and feel the cool breeze that is sweeping over your face while dreaming of tomorrow.

Here I am, better late than never! You posted this three days ago so it must have been Friday I imagine. It all sounds lovely. I didn’t do anything special for lunch just had it at home as usual. We’ve had very hot days here but now it has cooled down a little and it is just nice. It is now Sunday and I am sitting outside in the garden, it is a beautiful cool night and all is well in my world for now anyway...

I snuggled with my husband, and praised God for the roof over our heads, the food in our stomachs and the clothes on our backs. I thanked Him for allowing my husband to make progress in his struggle against the stroke that incapacitated him 18 months ago. The last time with his therapists, he walked seven 2-inch steps and with the speech therapist, he finally knew that you bat a ball. I thanked God for our daughter, who was born with Down's syndrome, but even more important, she was born with a heart the size of Texas and an ability to accept people as just people - no bias taints her life. She was our Christmas present almost thirty-two years ago and today, she exhibits more common horse sense than most people I know. I'm now making all sorts of good dishes for her birthday party in two days. The smile on her face lights up the house. Yes, we had a pretty good day so far, too.

Wow! Lucky you! The weather's beautiful at my side too but it can't be called breathtaking . Anyways your kids moods early morning can make or break your day so it was a beautiful day for me too.Wish I had the luxury of walking by a river or gaping at the mountains.....LOL