After a brief warm up yesterday, the cold and snow came back around midnight. It’s 5:30am (I slept in because it’s the weekend) and it’s snowing and blowing as I write. As is our routine, I’ve fed the dogs, made the coffee and just let Lacey our lab outside. Mojo the malamute goes out to eat when I wake up but then comes right back in to be with me while I have my morning coffee and write the blog. Lacey eats inside and then heads to the backdoor waiting to go out. Of course Mojo has to escort her as he’s afraid he might miss something if she goes out alone. They were both out for only a few minutes but were covered with a light coat of fine powdered snow when they came back in. I did my best to brush them both off and of course while doing so, they both shook from head to tail, as dogs do, and covered me with a coat of fresh wet snow.
I had a good day yesterday as I finished up most of my work for our Company meeting in Seattle next week. I have an hour or so to do today and tomorrow but am pretty much set. The misses busted her butt cleaning the house from top to bottom. I don’t know what all she did but I did see her washing the walls in the breakfast nook. She said there’s still a ton of clutter and she has a long way to go, but on the surface, it looks great. It sure doesn’t take long for the boys to blow in like a tornado and undo her hard work. They can literally mess things up in less than a minute!
I picked both boys up from school at 4 as they had chess club. When I showed up they were just finishing. Both boys played really well. I happen to watch the youngest beat one of the oldest ones classmates and he told me he won all his games. The oldest one also won all his matches. They have a code of conduct they have to sign off on and if you get 3 strikes, you’re kicked out of chess club! Now that’s discipline.
Maybe we’ll go to a movie today as it’s supposed to snow until late afternoon. The misses and I are supposed to go to a party tonight but we’ll see as we haven’t been able to find a sitter.
The house with all the misses Christmas lights looks majestic, especially when covered with a fresh coat of snow. The misses really did a good job. Some houses look a little over the top but ours looks like something from a Norman Rockwell painting, very tasteful. It’s now 10 till 6 and I think I’ll head to the gym. You know what they say, use it or lose it!
No politics today, I’m sure you’re all relived. Let’s take another view, what can each of you do this holiday season to help someone you don’t know. How about a random act of kindness. Let’s all do something and then we’ll post them here throughout the month. It doesn’t have to be a big thing, a dollar in the Salvation Army bucket, a toy for Toys for Tots, anything. The only rule is it has to be something for someone you don’t know and they can’t know you did it! That’s right, you have to be anonymous, it doesn’t count if you take credit for it so giving the postman $5 or a bottle of wine doesn’t count. Trust me, the older you get, the better it feels to give rather than to receive.
Alright, hope you all are well. Stay warm and if you’re in California, watch out for those winds! Enjoy the holidays as they’ll come and go before you know it. I just renewed the blog for 2012 meaning we’re going to try to keep it going. We hope everyone enjoys it because it’s a commitment to try to post everyday. I think by the end of the year we’ll have missed 4 or 5 days and this was due to international travel and no computer access. One of the best things is the kids will be able to look back in 2o years or so and read what happened when they were younger. That’s why it’s so important you comment, so you’re included! Oh well, have a great weekend and God Bless,
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