From My Valentine

With Randy's job being as it is, travel comes with it.  Often times his travel schedule doesn't mesh with holidays such as birthdays, Valentine's Day, etc.


Today is Valentine's Day.  Randy left for Chicago this morning at 5am.  About noon today I got a "delivery" at school.  It's the most beautiful mixture of peach roses, yellow and red Gerbera daisies, peach lilies, and yellow daisies.  They match my office and make it smell wonderful!


These are phone pictures.  I'll post better ones when I get my camera.


It's now official... I have THE best husband ever!!

Wed Feb 9: Snow Day #5

It's 6 a.m.  Temperatures are dropping to a high of 26 today.  Temp dropped from 37 to 29 in 45 minutes and still going down.  Rain has already started.  Snow and ice are on their way.  Thus, snow day #5 in February in Texas.  I'm going back to bed now.  Pictures later, much later.

PS...Previous days' pictures of the snow far surpassed any from today, thus no new pictures.  Enjoy the ones already posted.

Sunset Snow

One of the most beautiful faces of nature I've been blessed to observe is snow in the sunset.  A picture speaks a thousand words.  Or eight pictures speak eight thousand words.

Sparkle of the sun on grains of snow.

See the giant icicle in the left of the picture at the corner of the house?

:) :) :)

Evergreen bushes in the snow with red berries.

Playing with the Color Accent on my camera - green.

Color Accent - pink brick of our house

Color Accent icicles against pink brick

Beautiful icicles on the house against the blue sky.

Winter Snow Day #4

We've been out of school since Tuesday due to icy road conditions and energy rollbacks.  Last night it snowed about 5" here at our house, so no school for four days in a row.  The snow is definitely prettier than the ice.  Collin loves the snow.

The snow comes up to Collin's belly.

Collin's trails across the backyard.

Wouldn't want to sit in the swing today.

Icicles hanging from the eaves of the house.

The neighbors' evergreens... very pretty in the snow.

Small tracks in the snow... not sure what from.

Crepe Myrtle in the snow.

Nice view down the street.

The neighbors' pink Mary Kay Cadillac.

:)  :)  :)

Tex (aka The Ugly Tree) looks good in the snow.

Sarge

Nature's beauty undisturbed.

Love snowy-nosed puppies.

The fence looks like piano keys in the snow.

Icy Driveway Day #3

This is our driveway on day #3 of the great Texas Winter Ice Storm of 2011.  It's solid ice.  Collin slid across it.  Of course, the camera batteries had just run out.

Texas Winter "Break" Days 1 and 2

Sunday, January 30: Hi 72°, Lo 44°, 0 in. precip
Monday, January 31: Hi 57°, Lo 44°, 0.39 in. precip

Day #1
Tuesday, February 1: Hi 42°, Lo 16°, 0.10 in. precip, winter storm, schools closed

Good thing Maggie is strong.  The winds are strong. 

That's ice on the sidewalk and the street.

So glad I didn't have to drive on the ice.

Icy!

It was actually 8am, not 6am.
The top numbers are outdoors.
The second row is indoors.

Day #2
Wednesday, February 2: Hi 23°, Lo 14°, 0 in. precip, schools closed

Chunks of ice that fell off the roof

Ice on the garden plants.  We still had/have Brussels sprouts
and lettuce growing.  I'm not going out to check on them.

Collin's not fond of the ice.  He crunches when he walks out.

No more precip, so no new ice, still slick.

Icy sidewalk

Yes, that's 64 degrees inside, also 8am, not 6am.

The electric company decided to activate "rolling blackouts" to save energy.  In the 15 minutes our power was off, the house cooled off 4 degrees.


So what you ask, have I been doing.  Well, between naps, I've watched a little TV, spent some time on the computer, and fell asleep trying to do school work.  LOL!


Thursday, February 3: Predicted Hi 26°, Lo 23°, schools closed 
Friday, February 4: Predicted Hi 31°, Lo 24°, 5" of snow, schools closed
Saturday, February 5: Predicted Hi 48°, Lo 33°
Sunday, February 6: Predicted Hi 53°, Lo 31°, warming up just in time for the Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium

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I've decided "Welcome to My Life" is lacking interest as a blog title.  What do you think I should change it to?  Leave a comment with your suggestion.  Thanks!