Super Cold...for us

Ice pellets. That is what they are calling it.

Ben dropped in at noon, so I took him to see the chiropractor, and we shopped for a heavy coat---poor guy has a most practical mom for Christmas. He has lived on his own for almost two years now. He has an apartment about five miles west of us, and has a roommate, and two rescued kitties. But, this is a lean time in the solar panel business. And I'd rather buy stuff he needs or picks out so that he will wear it.

Bob had a much too exciting morning--but I will let him blog about that. I don't want to steal his thunder. But, when he prays about it over supper---it makes me giggle, and when I get started giggling, and trying to suppress the giggling, well, it turns into hysterical giggling. Very disrespectful during prayer. I hope God understands.

I did beat Bob at Scrabble. again. 282 to 279. It was close.

I just turned on the electric blanket, so our bed will be toasty.

I am thankful I do not live in Montana. They have the low temps for the whole nation. Minus 27

Isn't that colder than in Alaska?

Spoke Too Soon--windy again

Wow. The wind bloweth. It bloweth from the south. Cold front acoming, but it may be awhile yet, don't ya know.

And looking at the weather websites---whoa, that looks like a big cold front.

Mystery---why was there a huge limo two doors down last night after 10pm?? I heard them shout, "Goodnight Shirley" and then they drove slowly by. I will have to ask them about their celebrity visit. I bet that limo had fun making the turn onto our street.

Random thought: I sure wish we lost weight through exercise in our dreams---I'd be as thin as a rail. My dreams are SO busy. And I don't dream about eating. Too busy talking, cleaning and doing stuff. My dreams wear me out.

Talk at ya later...

Okay, its later. 9pm is how much later. We went to church. Bob's Sunday School lesson was excellent. Then we went to lunch. Mexican food. Then we went by the Botanical Gardens. Roses were a little past prime, but some still blooming. It got hot, and we got sweaty walking around there. I am sure the temps were close to eighty degrees in the sun. We drove back home, took naps in the chairs after I whooped Bob at Scrabble. Bob has been chuckling and chuckling over his blog post on Christmas lights.

I had Bob heft the huge box of calendars down, and found the ones that will work again next year. Found the 1987 and 1998. Its a walk down memory lane with the 1987 one as I had marked it up about the babies. James started waling at 15 months December 3, 1987. And all the cute statistics on baby Ben born in October 1987.

I have been recycling Christmas cards, too. Turning last years into post cards, and starting a pile of envelopes for folks who do not do email or read blogs.

So, if you keep old calendars, these will work for 2009: 1925, 1931, 1942, 1953, 1959, 1970, 1981, 1987, 1998, 2015 and 2026.

The cold front is here. Whoa. It got real calm, and then I noticed on the weather websites that Mineral Wells is already at 32 degrees. Dalhart, Texas has had dropping temperatures all day. We just closed the north windows. The last two cold fronts came during the day. This one is sneaking in at night. I feel sorry for the folks in Montana, North and South Dakota--temps with a minus sign.

Who said... Who is speaking?

Dear Bob, to show you I am listening during your good Sunday School lessons--these verses made me think of what you have been teaching. Who said, or can you guess who is really speaking?

"My wound is incurable though I am without transgression...Who gave Him authority over the earth? And Who has laid on Him the whole world?"


and three chapters later: ...from the breath of God ice is made.

The cold front is here. I had to shut the windows and turn on the furnace.

And remember that pile of leaves by the front door? I was going to rake them up, but the wind took them all away.

Love, Joyce

Cold Front

We made it onto the wind chill map again. And actually had to close windows, as a cold front blew through. We even got a few sprinkles of rain, and are thankful, as our yard needs watering. This morning, as the front approached from the west, the radio helicopter lady, Laura Houston, reported seeing a beautiful rainbow.

And our vanity license plate story made the vanity plate site. Now we are famous. It is a cute story about James, our middle son. And a way to honor Mrs. Farnsworth. I'll never forget seeing her at Kroger one day when the boys were a little older, and it bothered them to see their teacher at a grocery store. They were only used to seeing her at school. I don't think it occurred to them that she had a life.

We Made It Onto the Windchill Map !

Fifty-eight degrees ! Wow. Windows open. We love it. Feels great. Had to dust off my slippers. And pull out a long-sleeved shirt. And not to keep off the sun, but to stay warm. Wow. Our first cool front.

I love looking at the weather website maps. Some you can even animate. And after a week of envying the western half of the country, the cool front made it down to us. Parts of northern Mexico are briefly red--the windchill touched down there briefly.

God air conditions good. And it is free.

Happy Dance Time. Our long summer of discontent is over.

Halelujah !