Alli’s First Snowfall

We got close to two inches of snow yesterday, which wasn’t a lot in the overall scheme of things. But if you were Alli and it was the first time you got to play in the snow, it was pretty awesome. She slid across the back deck on her butt a couple of times, which she thought was a lot of fun, and ran all over the yard, sticking her nose in the snow and throwing it in the air.

It stayed gray all day, but the snow stopped during the late afternoon, then somewhere around midnight or so, we had a little more coming down, but that was it. However, the low temperature last night and coming again tonight are no fun at all. I don’t know who approved having 11 degrees overnight, but I strongly disapprove. The good news is we have another warming trend coming, and by the first of the week, it’s supposed to be in the low 50s.

I did some work on my new John Lee Quarrels book yesterday, but my back was hurting quite a bit, so I spent much of the day being a couch potato. Or in my case, I guess it would be a recliner potato.

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And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

Thought For The Day – Your crazy is showing. You might want to tuck that back in.