I am reading Vineyard Blues by Philip R. Craig.
24 degrees, partly sunny, and breezy this morning when I went to the gym and the grocery store then back to work my shift. It’s been mostly cloudy all day with temperatures making it into the upper 30’s but it feels cold and damp when I took Colin out late this afternoon.
18 degrees, sunny, and windy this morning. I made a trip down to Winston to drop off and pick up a couple of things at Frances and Al’s, made stops at Walmart, Costco for gas, and the bookstore then met Bonnie for lunch at Hero House.
The weather down there was the same except temperatures were in the upper 30’s just not as windy as it is up here. We are currently in the upper 20’s with a wind chill in the teens.
I made it back to Sparta in time for my staff meeting at the gym.
23 degrees, mostly sunny, and windy this morning. Wind chill was down into at the least the teens. Lots of sunshine this afternoon but temperatures barely made it into the 30’s with 15 to 25 mph winds. With temperatures in the teens the wind chill for tonight is to be below zero.
I volunteered at the bookstore this morning.
27 degrees, cloudy, and windy with snow flurries. It’s now 28 degrees, cloudy and windy with snow flurries. With the wind chill we are down into the teens. Low tonight of 17.
I went to the gym and bank and stopped by the little market which is just up the road from the house. He just put on his sign out front he has seed potatoes. I stopped to see if he had kennebec’s. We grew them last year and they are delicious. I only need about 10 potatoes, not a 20lb bag. Thankfully he was selling them for .50 a pound for folks who only needed a small amount. They need to sit in the laundry room for a few weeks to warm up and sprout before they can go in the ground. It’s been too wet anyway. Hopefully by the end of March I can get them planted.
After lunch I went back into town for a Friends of the Library meeting.
39 degrees, damp, and foggy this morning. Rain coming in this afternoon and tonight. Behind the rain is another cold front. Depending on the timing we may get a few flurries.
Vacuum, dusting, and bathroom cleaning this morning. I have boneless pork ribs in the crock pot for dinner. Checkbook needs first of the month balancing, bills paid, and load of towels to wash.
I am reading Ruff Justice by Laurien Berenson.
41, sunny, and breezy. We get a nice break in the weather today with highs in the upper 50’s and lots of sunshine with 10 mph winds.
I changed the sheets and washed those plus a load of laundry. I’ve cleared my desk of a weeks worth of papers that needed sorted for bill paying and filing. I made up a batch of oatmeal chocolate chips cookies to bake this afternoon and tidied up the kitchen.
The garage, with the car in, needed swept of dried salt where the water had pooled. The no car side had leaves and other debris that needed swept out as well. Colin was sniffing around the back corner last week. I moved the little stuff but did not see anything dead back there. I looked under the big shelves but did not see anything. If there is a dead something back there it will have to stay to wait until I can move the shelves.
49 degrees and foggy this morning when I went to the gym then back to the gym to work my midday shift. The rain started falling around noon and continued all day as temperatures continued to fall. It was 41 when I left work. Tonight’s low is to be back down in the 30’s.
It’s been a busy week and Colin has had several home alone days. He and I are both glad the weekend is here.
Yesterday afternoon I left for Winston for a 4pm appointment. I also picked up my new glasses then met Nancy and Betsy for dinner at Village Tavern. I drove back home after dinner. It was actually colder in Winston than here in Sparta.
This morning I went to the gym and grocery store and back to the gym to work. We’ve had mostly cloudy skies all day with temperatures in the mid 50’s and windy.
Mother Nature is providing us with a tease of spring today with temperatures in the upper 50’s, lots of sunshine, and no wind. I volunteered a shift at the bookstore then met JoAnn for lunch before coming home.
I took Colin out for an extended playtime and picked up sticks and limbs downed from the last several wind events. Yesterday afternoon I found a foot long piece of roofing shingle by the driveway. Today, I found about a two foot length by the side of the house. I called Shaw Brothers this morning to have Elaine contact their roof guy to come out and take a look up there to see what’s going on. The house is only 12 years old so the roof should still be good. But, constant 65 mph winds this winter may have taken a toll. Guess I will find out soon enough.
