33 degrees this morning (27 degrees WC), no walk (rain and ice)
Happy 16th Birthday Kali! Hope you have a wonderful 16th in spite of the weather!
I have an old computer I use for just displaying pictures, and I have been noticing the changes in Kali (and other children) over the years. Change happens fast and time disappears.
Electricity went out yesterday morning around 6:30 a.m., off for about five hours. Even then, we consider ourselves lucky.
The streets were ok yesterday, although you could see significant damage from the ice on trees and power lines.
Looking at the “outage map”, the area next to us (which is in a different electricity service area) is still out, or at least listed as being out, and several cities are extremely impacted by the ice and loss of power.
I have to admit, although I enjoy a challenge, this is one time I don’t miss being City Manager, when electricity is off, trees are ripping apart, power lines are falling down and streets are icy!
Still eating on “leftovers” from Thanksgiving (which are still delicious!), although we have finished most of them.
So far, I like the Keurig, although getting good coffee for it will probably be the determining factor. I got a “reusable” pod, which I hope will work out, that I can use my beloved Starbucks French Dark Roast coffee. I will need to grind it first, but that makes it even better!
Actually, thus far the “pod coffee” (it comes with a sample pack) has been reasonably good.
Miss my walking and exercising. The first day I miss my walk, I take it as a little mini-vacation and enjoy it. The second day is a mixture of enjoying the break and missing it, the third day….. Anyway, it really looks like it will probably be at least Tuesday before I can walk, maybe Monday.
It would probably help if I didn’t flitter the extra time away. Actually I normally use a few minutes to take an extra nap with my “extra” time, but I don't use it as productively as I could. On the other hand, that may be good.
Of course in addition to the mud, there is still a lot of water in the streets and I don’t want to take a chance with ice or slippery streets.
There was a bicycle/motorist accident last night, with the bicyclist listed as having “life threatening injuries”.
I can only the imagine the thoughts that go through the minds of both the bicyclist and motorist when they realize there is going to be an accident and immediately after the accident. Thoughts of attempting to wish it away, thinking what you could have done differently etc., before you face dealing with the situation, which takes your mind off of the other until you have time to replay it in your mind.
Trying to work on the “WordPress” web site yesterday. I enjoyed the class I took on it. I got a book as part of the class, but it was nice to have someone I could ask questions when I got stalled on something.
Yesterday, I had a hard time changing a bulb due to a poorly designed light fixture (or it was not installed correctly). I checked the web site to see if I could find any information on how to change the bulb (I didn’t).
Lo and behold, what appears in my “Facebook” feed this morning but an ad for the light fixture I looked at! I had a hard time resisting making a comment! I am going to go into my Facebook settings and set it so that won’t happen in the future!
Maybe I am a scrooge, but I am getting tired of e-mails about “giving Tuesday” (to the sender of course) and, although unrelated (maybe), it is time to give “throwback Thursday” a rest also.
Another day of rain, just hope the power stays on, the trees live and everyone stays safe!
That’s it for now, Sunday, November 29, 2015!
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