I am reading Murder In The Locked Library by Ellery Adams.
It’s cold! 24 degrees this morning with 15 to 20 mph winds and cloudy. Temperatures are hovering right at 28 degrees this afternoon with the same winds and clouds. Tonight, another wind advisory of 20 to 30 mph winds with gusts over 40 and temperatures in the mid-teens.
I volunteered at the bookstore this morning followed by an afternoon appointment in town.
It was 41 degrees, foggy, and calm when Colin and I went out this morning. I went to the gym, ran a couple of errands, came home, and back to the gym to work. The fog was gone in town by the time I finished my workout but was still hanging around here at the house.
By the time I made it back to the gym the temperatures had fallen from 41 degrees to 38. It’s now 32 with 15 to 20 mph winds and gusts to 30. Tonight is to be a low of 24. We had wind snow blowing this afternoon. We may more flurries tonight with winds gusting over 40 mph.
I spent the morning getting some ornaments on the tree and doing the weekly house cleaning chores. I changed the garden flags to winter scenes and put out my little metal snowman that lights up with solar power. Other than that, do not do outdoor stuff.
We have a warm, sunny, day today with temperatures in the low 50’s and breezy. Tonight, more rain.
Woke up to rain/freezing rain with ice hanging on everything, again. Thankfully, not as bad as last time. Temperatures were right around 33 and winds were calm. Now the sun has come out and its warmed up to a balmy 38 degrees.
I started on the decorations this morning. After several failed strands of lights, that worked last year, I finally found three that lit up entirely. I guess its a good thing I bought a small tree this year or I would have had to make a trip into town for lights. I moved on from lights to getting my Christmas Village set up and the artificial tree in the den decorated. Once I get all the other stuff finished I will put the ornaments on the tree last thing.
Gym and grocery store this morning. Back to the gym to work my midday shift. It was 28 degrees and cloudy this morning. Temperatures are struggling to make it into the 30’s. It’s cold, cloudy, and raw outside. We have rain/sleet/freezing rain moving in tonight.
Frances called me this afternoon to let me know Al was being discharged from the hospital; obviously great news.
It was 38 degrees, sunny, and windy when I took Colin out this morning. I stayed in Sparta this morning since Al was just having a procedure done today that would determine if he had a blockage and if he did perhaps would clear the blockage to avoid having surgery.
I pulled out the Christmas decorations and started working on those.
I met my friend JoAnn, her husband, and brother for an early dinner at The Pines at 2:30. They had a buffet with a large assortment of foods including the usual Thanksgiving meal stuff.
After we ate Jo and I went to the tree farm where I bought my tree last year which is only a mile or so from the house so she could help me get it in the tree stand. I picked out a small tree easy for Jo and I to handle. We got it set up, visited awhile, then I took her home.
The procedure was a success. They will start him on clear liquids tomorrow to see how he does and hopefully he will get to go home Saturday.
I had a text from Frances this morning at 4:45. Al was back in the emergency room with the stomach issues. She called me around 7:30 to tell me they found a blockage. Drat.
I showered, took care of Colin, ate breakfast, and headed back to Winston. He was still in the ED. Fortunately, this time, it was not as bad as it was five years ago. They were pumping his stomach and giving him fluids. Finally, around 1:15 they had an empty bed on the gastro floor where he was Monday. His surgeon was on call when he showed up at the ED this morning. The plan is to give the stomach time to empty today, rest tonight, and do a procedure tomorrow. Then we will know if he will need surgery.
Cloudy and windy today with temperatures remaining the low 40’s. Not a great day to do anything outdoors. I did a shift at the bookstore this morning. This afternoon I will do more house prepping to get ready for the Christmas decorating.
41 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I took Colin out. I had plans to go to Winston today to run a couple of errands and drop off some things for Frances at her house.
She called me late yesterday afternoon to me know Al was having some stomach issues similar to his problems five years ago that put in the hospital with surgery. They decided to keep him overnight so this morning I went to Winston as planned. Ran my errands than went to the hospital. Deja vu all over again as I was in the same hospital last year sitting with Bob in ICU.
Fortunately, things turned out better this time for Al. Not blockage. He was finally discharged at 2:30 this afternoon. I left for Sparta early enough to miss the afternoon jam issues on the highway.
I am reading Dead Calm by Annelise Ryan.
House cleaning chores this morning. I started clearing off the table tops to get ready to put out the Christmas decorations. I have fall decorations on one table I will leave up until Wednesday. Fortunately, I store all the Christmas decorations in the big foyer closet. Easy to get to by myself.
35 degrees this morning with a heavy frost but sunny and calm. We warm up to the low 50’s today. I picked up a bit more of the pine brush but there are still small ice piles that need to melt.
