HELP!!!!! Get me out of here........this cold wind with the colder temps have ushered in the new month of December.....and OMG, I now know that it is time we should leave for the RGV!!!!! However, the Holidays are coming soon and the 1st Lady will not leave until they are over and our tree has been taken down. I continue to suggest....and these suggestions are becoming stronger each day....that next year we should go down in November and then come back up here for the two weeks of Holidays. And......I seem to be meeting with stronger resistance with each suggestion.....UGH!!! Guess I will just have to dig out my winter coat tonight......
And....I've been thinking about that coat........as it appears that I will have to take it with me to Texas when we leave here in four weeks. I WILL need it in Washington D.C. for the Inauguration on January 20th.......as well as gloves, scarves, sweaters, etc., etc. UGH and more UGH!!! How well I remember a LONG time ago when the high school band that I was the director of....in Eldon, MO.....was invited to be one of the six bands in the state of Missouri to march in the Missouri Governor's Inaugual Parade in January. When we were lining up on one of the side streets in the early morning......the wind chill was 10 below zero!!!! By the time we had marched less than one block most of the brass instruments were completely frozen, even though we had put some alcohol (non-drinking types) in the horns to keep them from freeezing......a horrific day in the cold weather to be marching in a damn parade!!!!!!!!
Today.....well, I was just a lazy bum for the most part!!!! CLOUDY and gray, windy and cold, snow showers and damp.......not a day to be out and about for pleasure. I did make a quick half hour trip to get the Park Avenue state inspected for the new license which will come due while we are gone. Then I made a quick run through town, taking a couple of payments for our health insurance to the proper office, and one stop at the bank.....and then home again. How cold was it? By northern standards, it was a warm day.......mid-30's....and by Misery standards for Jan/Feb, it was a warm day.......but, it seems to be colder than usual for this time of year. Or.....perhaps I am just getting older and the cold affects my sagging hulk more????
I spent a bit of time cleaning the house with the 1st Lady......carpets, hardwood floors, putting away boxes of toys, and beginning to move things around for the annual decorating binge from the thousands of boxes in the garage that must be brought inside to unpack. Do I enjoy this???? Hell no!!!! If only I could afford to just have someone come in and decorate it for me/us.......there is someone who does that here in town, but as I said....."if only I could afford to"!!
Our week is quickly becoming scheduled .....much more so than I want, but can't help it. Tomorrow.....oh yeah.....it is the visit by the DirecTV Tech Specialist, or so I have been told. Wednesday we are going to run up to the city to do some Christmas shopping, Thursday morning I have an appt for coffee and the 1st Lady has Sorority that evening, Friday we are going to have dinner with Mike....and perhaps Saturday we can relax????
Over the weekend I talked with our Canadian friends.....Charlie and Katherine in Cornwall, Ontario....and Doug and Diane in Edmunton, Alberta. I now have Skype on the computer and for $2.95 a month I can call over the USA and Canada right through the computer, as well as use the built-in camera for visuals. It was great to visit again.......!!!!! Charlie/Katherine will be in Texas in the RGV with us......and this year Doug and Diane will be in Palm Springs, CA and then in Yuma, AZ for the winter. Hoping they will fly over to the RGV for a week or more so we can all be together again. We will certainly have to coordinate things as I will be in D.C. for the Inaugural and then in Feb, the 1st Lady is flying back to Misery for a week or so to visit with her mother and also see the grandkids.
To those who have asked and inquired and commented: YES WE DO love our new refrigerator!!!!! It is a Samsung.....almost 29 cubic feet of food storage.....and we really really really do like the three door concept(the freezer in the bottom large drawer). And over this past weekend, we sure made good use of having two fridges in the stick/brick with all of the food we had for the tidal wave of house guests.
This evening Melissa Goldsmith had written online that she had seen the moon with two close stars.....Jupiter and Venus....and so we dashed outside...in WINTER coats....and got a great look at this unusual sight. Seems they only are this close about every 50 years, sooooooo, guess this will be my only time to see them......time is running out for this sagging hulk and I don't think I will make it for another 50 years! It was a GREAT sight!
And soooo, my day has gone.....another quickie of a day....just like this Life has been! I did take a few "steps" to prolong it this morning.....as after my French Roast coffee I began my routine of lifting weights, something I have not done since I had that blasted tendonitis last winter/spring/early summer. Hopefully, it become aggravated again.....and it does feel ok tonight........
LIFE IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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