This is a picture I wish I could take credit for (and perhaps even be able to see it for real before I die.) It is of the Mac Glacier in Alaska. It was taken by an outstanding young woman by the name of Zoya DeNure. The daughter of a friend, Zoya is a former model that worked runways around the world (And retired at the young age of 23!) then moved to Alaska and is now a musher, doing racing, rescuing and the training of sled dogs! Go check out her website at: http://www.dogsleddenali.com She is one incredible young woman and what she and her wonderful husband have done should be commended on the highest levels! Kudos! John & Zoya!!!
While our weather doesn't compare to Alaska's (ours is more like... hmmm...a sauna?) But the legendary wind chill in my world has once again sucker punched us. We didn't get much snow yesterday... and I was really glad. Then we got the temp drop and the wind fired up... why exactly do they tell us the wind chill? We're already a combination of bitchy, crabby and cold... do they think this will make us feel any better? Jerks.
Enough ranting. I need more coffee. There that's better. I even managed to remember to put the pot under the basket and everything! Ludie is settling down some... he even got off the bed before I did this morning. That's a big indicator that he's relaxing. He is still however, jumping into my lap the moment I sit down. He makes himself comfy and then lets out this little contented sigh and proceeds to snooze. He's so cute! For all his foibles, he really is a calming influence for me.
I'm not feeling so great yet today. The cold is making my bones hurt and I'm fighting a killer headache from last night. It's not a migraine but more like sinus pain, probably due to the returning to the cold and damp from the hot and dry. Yeah, life is good.
Tomorrow the cold front that's pushing in from the Rockies is supposed to cause us some healthy precipitation. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that, kinda like I'd look forward to getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick. Me, I'm actually anticipating staying in my house and ranting about how much the weather sucks on my blog. Well, maybe not...
At least I'm happy it's sunny out. I don't feel so blah... I finally finished all the trip laundry and I like the way it makes the house smell so fresh and clean. I can almost pretend it's like when it starts turning nice in the spring and you open up the windows after the winter is over and take in all that delicious fresh air.
I put the suitcase away which made Ludie very happy. He freaked a little when I picked it up but wound himself around my ankles purring loudly when I was shoving it up onto the closet shelf. Poor thing... my going away really bothers him even when I have someone staying here. I'm still "Mom" and he misses me. (Everyone together now... AAwwww!)
My plan for the next couple of days is to lay low and finish a couple of the projects I started but didn't completely finish before I left for Arizona. I don't want to fall back into the same of pattern as before. I made great progress in my re-organization skills and need to stay that way. Things were just out of hand before and now I can't believe how simple it is to remain that way.
Previously I would be living out of my various luggage etc. for a week or more. Now, everything is where it's supposed to be... very cool. The basement is still a black hole but I can't change that until early summer because the basement isn't heated (all the pipes are insulated to keep them from freezing) and I just can't function pain-wise until it warms up.
Once that happens, Goodwill and/or Salvation Army is going to make a haul. All the stuff that has been packed away for the family "that is no longer" (hey, it's sort of like "Those-we-don't-speak-of..." HA!) is getting pitched or sold. I'm not being vindictive, just practical.
I guess that's all for now. I have the motivation to get busy and I've wasted enough time. If I push past this, I'll procrastinate and that's the beginning of the end...
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