Good morning. Fought the good fight this morning. 19*F, some wind. Did not feel bad until the last mile. Must be some kind of wind tunnel or something. And of course some of the sidewalks are unkempt and the roads where I prefer to walk are not the best in places. If it were not for the men in blue I would do the whole exercise on the roads. Nothing more planned for today. Maybe a constitutional around the neighborhood. It is supposed to rise to the freezing mark. Yesterday I received my Christmas card from the city. The property tax bill. They like to get that to me right around the Eve. Now the decision will have to be made on whether I shall fight the crowd at the City Hall to pay it or just remit online. I like the receipt for the tax return but it is not essential. Game time decision. I would have to start the car to do it in person. Have a reasonable day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
Good morning. Looking out the window, it looks like we got a dusting of snow overnight. I am not going for the walk this morning as it is probably slippery. I'll probably get outside later to move some snow and air around. Maybe a constitutional around the neighborhood. It is 22* heading for 27* later. Then tonight, 4*, but I think that is going to be just one night and then some decent temps for a week, for this part of the country. I was looking at some weather reports and it said we got 9 inches of snow. I doubt that but the snow was easy to shovel. I think in about an hour from now, 5:30 AM, we are going to get a dusting of snow and then it will be done for the next decade. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
Happy Garbage Day. I am expecting about 5 inches of snow in the next 48 hours. No sign of it on the walk this morning but it is almost winter. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
Greetings. 28* and it is not going to get better than that today. Temps heading down and snow in the next 48 hours, albeit only about 3 inches. The wind seemed a lot colder on the walk as I went south and that is the wind tunnel. I did it to relieve the boredom and to elude "my John the Baptist". In either case, I went to Walmart yesterday so I may go to church today without anything else. I took a walk to the bank yesterday to clarify the situation with the calendars. Everyone can feel better about that even though it is not a done deal yet. They told me they gave all the money to the Confederacy that they use for the planners. I don't care about that as I never use one anyway. I have no life. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet. A side note: no one at the Pope's party yesterday got arrested and put in the Colosseum for the games.
GOOD MORNING, LOVE, HUGS & BLESSINGS, Ms. Connie, I pray YOU have a WELCOMED, WHIMSICAL WEDNESDAY/HUMPDAY, and are having a WONDIFEROUS WEEK, my friend...
Good morning. Looking out the window, the white crusty stuff which was on my sidewalk last night has left. It is above freezing so maybe everything in the world is back to normal. It was extremely slippery last night walking through the parking lot and across a street to go into church. Forty-five minutes later when exiting, it was worse. Driving was alright but walking was a challenge. I eventually returned to the fortress. I was going to salt the porch and sidewalk around the porch but decided to wait for today. I would have had to go into the garage and fight the darkness. And of course I knew the ice would melt as it is not the real winter ice. See December 21st in my colony. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
Happy Saturday. Warmed up to 24*, and will go into the 30s. Outside of some snow and sleet, warm until Wednesday. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
Good morning. It is Friday the 13th. Remain sequestered. I know the bad luck day for the Italians is the 15th of every month, regardless of the day but this is the bad luck day for the civilized world. I am starting out at -2 with a high of 18*F. Tomorrow I am expecting snow and sleet. This can't last because it will be winter soon. Tomorrow I shall activate the car from being sequestered in the garage. I received my first Christmas car the other day. This year I think I shall re-card my Christmas cards, like some people re-gift. Later today I am hoping to get out of the fortress and move around somewhat. Be careful out there today. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
On a recent trip to the grocery store, I had to travel through the aisles following some acute sales that made me feel like my brain was sloshing around in my head! Though the sales were awesome, I felt dizzy and nauseous, and I couldn’t wait until was through the checkout and out to the parking lot. On this journey of life, we all scale mountains of hardship, pick my way through the rugged land of aging and physical diminishment and traverse the rough country of some of our relationships. Sometimes it seems we finally surmount one mountain or slog through a bumpy patch just to have the next challenge arise quickly before us. How reassuring is today’s internet as it transforms the precarious path of our lives, accompanying our every step!
Greetings. It is -3* heading to 9* later. The weather people say it feels like -16. It is too early for this. I have the hot water dripping in the shower to prevent freezing. Magic number for that is zero. I have cancelled my exercise. I have been feeling a cold come on. I had a sore throat for about an hour yesterday. This year when getting near zero, I shall not be doing the walk for exercise, maybe a constitutional around the neighborhood for gossip. I have even hidden the car in the garage. First time since last winter. I hope this is not going to be like a couple of years ago where the toilet drain froze. And the few times over the years when the water froze coming in from the street. Humbug! I may venture out to the street to see if I got any mail yesterday and to toss out the water. I never get any worthwhile mail anyway. Of course I am moving toward the time of year when the tax stuff comes in the mail. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
Good morning. It is 27* heading to 29* later. Considering the next couple of days, this is good. I am pondering walking over to church but it does not look promising right now. I have about an hour and a half to contemplate. A constitutional around the neighborhood later, maybe, but that would be it for the rest of the day. After the walk this morning, I prepped some spareribs. Major accomplishment. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
Good morning. Warm this morning, 38*. High 40s later. Then the cold comes, including one day when it is going to hit zero. I will have to let the hot water in the shower drip. I am thinking of going to the Cathedral this morning for church. Being yesterday was a holy day, it is going to be celebrated today. It is optional so it is a game time decision. I like optional. And the Cathedral is impersonal. Have a good day. Ciao for now and watch your wallet!
