Ran some errands Sunday afternoon just as the first few snowflakes began to fall. We were expecting an inch or less. The sidewalks and streets coated up pretty fast with the cold temperatures (it's been well over a week since we've seen temperatures over the FREEZING mark aka 32F).
Headed out in slippered feet to check the progress - yep, just a coating. Off to bed.
6am - awoke to find more than a coating had fallen over night. Instead it was 3-4 inches. Fortunately no school delay or cancellation. I didn't even bother to get out of my pjs, just started a pot of coffee, made a school lunch, popped a pair of boots on my rainbow sleep socks and headed out at 6:40am to shovel.
I was not alone, a few other neighbors were out, clearing away - again.
By 7:20am hubby and son had headed off to work/school and I was clearing the snow from the final car, preparing for my own departure for BE Fit exercise class. I hadn't been to class in over a week so after an hour of shoveling my own property and the neighbor and the driveways, sidewalks and cars, I wondered how my muscles would cooperate for the class!
Climbing out of the car after exercise class I gazed up at the brilliant blue sky and dark green pines and delighted in the cotton balls that hung from every branch. This had been a light and fluffy snow, just enough to cover the grey ice with white fluff and make it look all pretty again. The sun was out and I was warm from the class (a great class which I did manage to get through quite well). Added some color to my cheeks...
Tho still below freezing, the sun was really doing its work on the sidewalks and the streets were almost back to black!
The tulips and daffodils on the mantel were blooming with flourish - enjoying the warmth of the house and the sun.
This morning (Tuesday) I headed off to running group. It had been two weeks since I'd run - for a variety of reasons and only one of those reasons being the weather. I wasn't sure how I'd do. I was slow, there were hills, it was cold but I did it. Three miles, slow - mighty slow. But hey, I was out there. When I returned home I saw two things... clear streets and more sunshine!!!
Checked my weather app after the run and saw it was 20F degrees! That's 12 degrees below freezing on the Fahrenheit scale. It was a cold run but by the time it was over I was well thawed out and sweaty even! Hmmmm what's that little red exclamation point, I think I'll click on it and see. Yesterday, the weather report said we had 2 inches of snow coming Wednesday night. OH MY!
Well today I will just enjoy the sunshine filtering thru the windows and the flowers popping open with power!
OH... and a bit of something red pink and heart-ish happening on the hook. I have a plan, for Valentine's Day - which is not only Valentine's Day but my 25th ANNIVERSARY!!!! I hope the roads are clear and the power is on and the public transportation is running on Friday cuz Hubby and I have some plans.
Oh yeah, one more little thing happened last night - I went to my last ever swim meet. Child #4 of 4 competed in his last diving meet - and the whole dive team even did a swim relay just for fun - they didn't do half bad. It was a fun meet and certainly an end of an era for the Jenkins clan.
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| senior posters |
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| son Sawyer w/ girlfriend and her sister |
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| senior Sawyer send off with parents |
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| the seniors and their coaches. |
TATA - stay warm. Sher
1 comment:
Gosh you have been busy, and more busyness to come!! Hope that you are having a good week. xx
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