Good morning All. Coffees on.

[Timber Wolf]

Good morning all,☕

A tiring week at work and the holiday craziness is over. Today, I rest. 

 

Trip to sister's went very well over all. Although my sister's husband refuses to call me Carla, and I was accidently misnamed by others a few times, it was pretty nice. Even Ed seemed pleasant. Sometimes when you expect the worst, anything else makes it better.

 

Now it's time for a nap!?

 

Lots of love and a good morning hug,

Timber Wolf?

 

 

[Timber Wolf]

Good morning all,☕☔

Global warming has struck here. Rain, not snow.??

 

Lots of love and a good morning hug,

Timber Wolf?

[Jani]

We got a pathetic dusting of snow this morning but the temps are climbing so rain it is for the rest of the day. 

 

Happy Friday! 

[Jennifer Paige]

Wx here outside of DC is overcast with light rain, mid 40s going to mid 50s.  It's dreary, but a good day to be inside writing code and crunching numbers.  Numbers.  Yum!  Crunchy!  Oh, and coffee, too.  Gotta have the coffee.  (I'm in it for the caffeine.)

 

Happy Friday!

[Willow]

Hi I am well outside DC west of the Blue Ridge in the Valley. Rainy, hard at times. 

 

Laid flowers on Daphne’s grave. 

 

Willow

[Josie Beth]

Yes, coffee is one of my favorite things. I prefer it dark and chocolatey. (Is that even a word?) I used to drink it like it was water but I’ve cut down to two cups. I like drinking it with fennel and cayenne in it and then I stir in some licorice to give it a little kick. Delightful flavor. My favorite breakfast is some eggs and vegetables like green peppers and onions and maybe some mushrooms. But lately I’ve been so busy I settle for Greek yogurt with fruit or a healthy shake. I’m trying to lose some of the fat I have where it’s not flattering and it’s working so far. Almost back down to a girlish figure. My curves are sneaking back in little by little. I’m looking forward to the day my tummy is flat again but that won’t be long. Light exercises targeting specific muscle groups are working well. Once I’m back on estrogen I’ll be ready for the fat deposits to go where they belong. 

 

I’m relaxed this morning and watching my ghost shows. I don’t necessarily take it seriously but it’s fun to watch. 

 

I’m going to try and visit the GLO Center today. I’m a bit nervous about it but I really need to.

[Jani]

Its a warm and sunny day here, high 40's.  I washed my dining room windows, in and out, as should have done it sooner but was lazy.  But now the sun shines through brightly!  

 

We're going to see an off Broadway version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch tonight.  I'm psyched!  I love the music from this show.  I've seen the movie and hope the stage production is as good or better.  

 

Jani

[Willow]

Happy New Year!  Cold and raining here.  

 

Hoping for for a better year for 2019

 

Hugs

 

Willow

 

[SugarMagnolia]

Had a bit of a lie in with Milo this morning before getting up to work from home at my desk. Always a calming way to start the day!

[Josie Beth]

That reminds me I forgot coffee today because I’ve been so busy trying to get work lined up, but happy rainy and cold New Years Eve! Yay! Made it to another one. Hoping this next year is full of many good things and plenty of new girly clothes, shoes, makeup, hair and new friends too. (Of course)

[jae bear]

 Got into the office on the early side today so I can get everything done then go hang out with my friends after work...  I made my 1st cup of coffee as soon as I rolled in the door, right past the reception desk and straight to the warehouse for the coffee maker is, God bless Single cup coffee maker’s! I was invited to a small gathering for New Year’s so I’m really excited, we made up a new version of the card game war and we call it “War of Aces” and it’s really quite fun, we plan on playing until midnight !

[Jani]

Hedwig was wonderful the other night.  We had a great time.  We're going to a midnight production of Rocky Horror Picture Show later.  We'll need a quick nap to make it through the night!

Jani 

[KymmieL]

Made it home. Went from 38 degrees to 3 degrees in the process. Left about 4:30. Roads were mostly clear ran into some blowing snow about 50 miles into Co. Then about 40 miles from home.

 

Kymmie

[Josie Beth]

Weird weather here too. It started out cold and wet with a forecast for drizzle all day and then cleared up and got warm? Spooky strange.

[Susan R]

We had some usually cold weather today that wasn't forecasted.  It's been in the mid 40's every morning all this week and I go out for my morning walk and it looked like a 1/2" of snow fell but in reality it was 28°F ❄️and frosty as anything.  I was an ice cube after my exersize.

 

Susan R?

[KymmieL]

Happy New Year everybody. Hope everyone survived 2018 and that 2019 will be better. I for one hope it is.

 

Kymmie

[BrandiBri]

Happy New Year everyone! Sitting here with my coffee and oatmeal. It"s cold, 5 degrees, brrrrr!!!

[Ashlee]

Happy new year from warm and sunny Florida? ???

[jae bear]

 I got in sooooo late last night, quite out of the norm for me, I think I breezed in here about 4 AM and the temperature was a brisk 28° which is super cold for this area of northern California. I was kind of annoyed because all of the 24 hour fast food restaurants that I usually rely on for some caffeine on the way home were closed, I was so bummed, but I made it home just fine. I got up this morning at 9 AM and went downstairs to my friends house, made myself 2 cups of coffee while I took care of his dogs while he and his wife are away at a wedding, I started a fire in their wood-burning stove so the dogs would not freeze to death and sat there with my coffee warming myself as well.

This new place up in the mountains is interesting, I’ve gotten used to the long dirt road that gets me here and surprisingly my minivan doesn’t mind the Rough terrain, I thought I was going to have to get a four-wheel-drive something or another, maybe a Subaru, but it really quite appears that my little ancient Ford minivan is up to the task of ferrying big boxes of Keurig K cups to and from the coffee maker in my Mountain hideaway ... ?

[Josie Beth]

Just be cautious Jae bear, rocks can do damage that can’t be seen right away. That’s how I lost my minivan. But I’m glad you are enjoying the place in the mountains. It’s nice to get away and enjoy nature.

[Willow]

Your retreat sounds really nice.  I love the mountains.  I trust you finally got everything working, water, water heater etc.  We looked at some mountain homes once, but at the time we had Toyota MR2 and we had enough issues with the Jeep Liberty getting in just to look at it.  I knew it would just tear up the MR2.

 

Happy New year, glad you got home safe even it it was 4AM.

 

Willow

[jae bear]

Hey Willow,

Believe it or not I get in here with my 1987 Fiero GT all the time, you just have to do it carefully and not too slow but not too fast! Once a year one of the other rural residents  offers to grade the road nicely for about $1000 and we all typically chip in so I’ll have to be chipping in something this year.  And just for the record Josie, my old minivan cost me a whopping $300?, and I do my best to keep it in good reliable safe condition, so if I tear it to pieces I suppose I’ll have to start driving the Fiero back in here!?

I just started up the wood burning stove in my loft so it’s not so super freezing cold like it was last night when I got in and it was 29° outside, I finally have a working bathroom as well, hot water is awesome! I love taking a shower with instant hot water, although I am mindful not to use too many gallons since we are on a well, however I’ve been told the well never runs dry, just the same I’m rather judicious with my Water usage. I got up this morning and made myself a cup of Kirkland brand best Pacific bold coffee in my keurig, I haven’t gotten the refrigerator up here yet so it’s either the dry coffee mate creamer or the little plastic cups of individual creamer that don’t need refrigeration like they have at pancake restaurants everywhere.

[Timber Wolf]

Good day all!☕❤

This  all reminds me of my home up north in the Manistee National Forest. I lived on an unmaintained dirt road. There were huge pot holes, they seemed more like valleys and canyons. In the winter I had to shovel my street to the next neighbor's drive.

 

In  the winter at night I would let the fire in the stove go out and it would get cold in the house. It wouldn't take long for my cat Gizmo to crawl under the covers with me. I'd get up in the morning and clean the  stove out and get a fire  going first thing. The nights that got bellow 0 I'd set my alarm for every 2.5 hours to get up and run the water so the pipes wouldn't freeze. When it got down to -15 to -20, sometimes I barely made it on time. The super cooled water started freezing as  it came out the faucets. Gosh I miss it.? I'm  a woodsgal, not a city dweller.

 

Lots  of love,

Timber Wolf?

[Willow]

While I grew up in northern Ohio, and love the year I spent in Colorado, I am looking for to going home tomorrow.  It’s about 30 degrees warmer there. Winter wilderness camping never bothered me nor did staying in a cabin with a fireplace or wood stove for heat.  But I’m older now and no longer appreciate the cold. 

 

Willow

[Timber Wolf]

Good morning all,☕?

 

Lots of love and a good morning hug,;

Timber Wolf?