I talked with his Dad this morning, asking for permission to post J.T.'s picture, and he said that he is as proud and happy on his 20th birthday as he was on the day he was born.
It got up to 41 today, and best of all, it was sunny all day long. When I go out in the morning to get the newspaper and mail, it is great to see a little bit more grass every day. I just hope the snow keeps on melting.
I was up earlier than usual this morning to go to my weekly Bible study fellowship group, and at 7:30 it was 9 degrees. I'm home now, over 6 hours later and the temp is just 19 degrees. But we are comfy and warm here at The Compound. I made a fire this morning before I left, and I am getting ready to make another now.
It was 11 degrees when I got up this morning, but thank goodness the sun was shining and continued to shine all day. It's supposed to get down to zero tonight. That's pretty darned cold even for hot-blooded me.
We sure are glad to see the sunshine this morning at The Compound. And are even more glad to see concrete instead of snow on the driveway. The temps are supposed to go down during the afternoon, to a low of 9 degrees tonight. But we are happy seeing sun and seeing snow melting.
On a down side, it seems the Old Man has caught the cold that I had. I just gave him a dose of Coricidan, which his primary care doctor recommended, so hopefully he will be on the mend soon.
When I got up this morning, I checked the driveway and was very happy to see that over half of it was clear, thanks for the sun and above-freezing temps. It's supposed to get to 42 degrees today, so I am hoping for more clearing this afternoon. I called our grass cutter and told him not to bother coming today. Before supper this evening, I am going to go out and clear a path down the back porch ramp and a path to the garage. Don't worry - I just push the snow shovel; I don't actually shovel. I'll get in the garage and get a bucket of rock salt out and put it on the ramp just in case any remaining snow refreezes tonight.
Now we have crazy low nighttime temps the next three nights - the weatherazzi is calling for single digit temps. Not looking forward to that, and will keep thanking the Lord for our furnace.
Stay tuned.
Yesterday morning when I got up, it was zero degrees. Yep, zero. It "warmed up" to 29 yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, we got more snow yesterday - an additional 3 inches. For two days, it was nice to see my long driveway clear. But never fear - our grass cutter called yesterday and said he'd by here today or tomorrow to clear the snow.
Stay tuned.
