Day 5 CatchUp and Day 6

So, yesterday, with Layden being sick, I didn't get a chance to do much picture-wise, but I did snap a couple of Holly looking intently at Spencer. So, here's the picture for Day 5



So, today was a day to prepare for the "Arctic Airmass" that is headed our way. And what do you do to prepare for an arctic airmass and temperatures that will be below freezing for something like 60 hours? Me? I went and filled my car up with gas because it was pretty much on EMPTY! More weight in case I have to drive on ice or snow.

BEFORE:




Pumping gas:




AFTER:




And with that, I'm off to find my gloves, hat and scarf for tomorrow. Brrrrrr! It's on the way!!!

Til tomorrow...

We're having a regular heat wave! NOT!

So, we went from 80 something degrees on Saturday to what has already gone up to 23 degrees this morning. And the best part? It's gonna be 79 on Sunday... Then in the 40s early next week. You just GOTTA love this weather... Both kids' Schools are closed today... and I decided not to chance going to work and neither did my hubby...

I know I rant about weather probably entirely too much, but with two kids who suffer from allergies and bounce colds back and forth... it's consuming my life these days.

I did manage to bundle up enough this morning to carefully walk outside today and take a few pictures, since I've been such a slacker on my picture-a-day challenge to myself... It was very odd for there to be NO traffic at our corner... It's never like that...

So, we are inside, trying to stay warm, hoping the power stays on and I'm attempting to get some work done... yeah, can you tell?

Later today, we are supposed to get up to a balmy 42 degrees... Lovely... At least it should melt this ice accumulation we have gathered in the past 24 hours. Oh well, on to the next thing to rant about...

:)

See what I mean?

Okay, so I went out and took my picture today... Well, I took a few... Check this out...


Yeah, lots of ice on lots of trees today... and powerlines and who knows what else... Yuck!

Oh, and if you can get past the fact that we still haven't taken down our Icicle lights, you will get a kick out of this...



Icicles on icicle lights... Tee Hee

Did I mention I'm easily amused?

Did someone say Winter? (continued)

Okay, so here we are at the 5th of January... and the forecast today? Freezing Rain!!! Yep, the high temperature for the day occurred sometime just past Midnight I believe, or at least it seems that way... and right now? It's 31 Degrees outside!!! Geeze... it's no wonder my throat is sore. And the hacking and coughing here at work has picked up.

Yep, there is my rant for the afternoon!

I feel better now.

Did someone say Winter??

So, did someone say that this was Winter??? I just went back and looked at the highs and lows for temperature between Christmas and New Year's Day... The High temp on Christmas was 64 degrees... the low was 40. Now, fast forward to New Year's Day. The high temp was 64, the low was 39. Today (well, yesterday by now), it was a balmy 78 degrees... Yep, 78 degrees. And that's for the 3rd of January!!! Geeze... it's very hard to get in the Christmas spirit with the temperatures being what they have been. Of course, we did have a couple of very cold fronts come through between the first part of November and Thanksgiving, but now we just bounce between 50s and high 70s for highs. There is a saying here (as with what I'm sure are a hundred other places)... "If you don't like the Texas weather, just wait 5 minutes. It will change." Yeah, right... It doesn't tend to change that quickly most of the time, but we have been known to go from 70+ degree weather to 40+ degree weather in a matter of hours in an afternoon.

So, where is Winter???

Winter is simply a "season" on the calendar for us for the most part. We usually have a couple of weeks in February where we get ice, but aside from that, it's usually pretty warm here. My kids were dressed in SHORTS today!!! And a couple of days ago, they just had hoodies on when they went outside rather than be bundled up!

The thing I like about Winter is that it's cool and everyone bundles up. I get to wear fleece stuff and velour stuff and slippers and cuddle on the couch under a blanket. I enjoy the cool weather for the most part. I don't really like Ice, Snow, etc and for that I'm thankful for wear we live... Yep, North Texas. We only really experience Ice and the yuck for a couple of weeks in February... although, we did have an ice storm the week before Thanksgiving, but it was very short-lived.

I love the Winter Holidays... Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. It's so filled with family and rememberances and traditions.

What don't I like about Winter? Well, ice. 'nuff said...

I guess that's just par for the course. I don't really have a season I like more than any other... Until we get to summer and it's 100+ for days and days in a row... It's not Summer's fault, but dang that's hot and bothersome!