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Good morning, my friends. Mike announced this morning that we'd only received three hundredths of an inch of rain yesterday. Add that to the full three inches received in the 12 hours previous, and you can see that conditions are dire. At three hundredths of an inch, how can anyone argue that we're not in a drought? We're expecting a similar day of weather today. It'll make the birds happy because I only fill their bird feeders if I can venture out without donning my storm gear.

It was a productive day yesterday. If you've ...

Good morning, my friends. Mike announced this morning that we'd only received three hundredths of an inch of rain yesterday. Add that to the full three inches received in the 12 hours previous, and you can see that conditions are dire. At three hundredths of an inch, how can anyone argue that we're not in a drought? We're expecting a similar day of weather today. It'll make the birds happy because I only fill their bird feeders if I can venture out without donning my storm gear.

It was a productive day yesterday. If you've ...

Good morning, my friends! And Yay! We're home early enough that I can still say "good morning." We've done our grocery shopping already today. I'm hoping I won't need to go back before we reach our final destination in southern California, but that's probably not realistic. Still...I'm hopeful. Without checking today's to-do list, I think grocery shopping was the only thing on today's list. If that's the case, I can spend the rest of the day sewing. Probably, I'll take a nap too.

So my yesterday started with me ...

Good morning, my friends! And Yay! We're home early enough that I can still say "good morning." We've done our grocery shopping already today. I'm hoping I won't need to go back before we reach our final destination in southern California, but that's probably not realistic. Still...I'm hopeful. Without checking today's to-do list, I think grocery shopping was the only thing on today's list. If that's the case, I can spend the rest of the day sewing. Probably, I'll take a nap too.

So my yesterday started with me ...

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a drenching downpour today. The forecast is for three inches of rain over the next 12 hours. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, a big wind blew through the night before. With so much rain ahead of a big wind, it meant a lot of downed trees in our area...none where we live, fortunately, but we've had our share in previous storms. I believe the wind has died down now. Our forecast shows rain every day for the next week. I'd say it's time to get outta Dodge ...

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a drenching downpour today. The forecast is for three inches of rain over the next 12 hours. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, a big wind blew through the night before. With so much rain ahead of a big wind, it meant a lot of downed trees in our area...none where we live, fortunately, but we've had our share in previous storms. I believe the wind has died down now. Our forecast shows rain every day for the next week. I'd say it's time to get outta Dodge ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning. I'm heading out for my final monthly pedicure of 2025. Seems like there ought to be some kind of revelry associated with this, but I'm not aware of any associated parties. This pedicure will have to last me until March. When I'm going a long time between pedicures, I choose a light color of polish. It doesn't show as badly as it chips off. What's that you say? I could use polish remover? Oh...but that would mean I would have to lean over and ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning. I'm heading out for my final monthly pedicure of 2025. Seems like there ought to be some kind of revelry associated with this, but I'm not aware of any associated parties. This pedicure will have to last me until March. When I'm going a long time between pedicures, I choose a light color of polish. It doesn't show as badly as it chips off. What's that you say? I could use polish remover? Oh...but that would mean I would have to lean over and ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a relatively nice day of weather yesterday. Mike took the opportunity to check the suspension on the fifth wheel. The last time we used the fifth wheel was for our eclipse trip in the spring of 2024. On that trip, two leaf springs on the fifth wheel had to be replaced on the road. It's good that he checked it and found everything in order. 

He brought the fifth wheel up from its usual space a couple of weeks ago, and he's been working away on it ever since. He's cleaned ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a relatively nice day of weather yesterday. Mike took the opportunity to check the suspension on the fifth wheel. The last time we used the fifth wheel was for our eclipse trip in the spring of 2024. On that trip, two leaf springs on the fifth wheel had to be replaced on the road. It's good that he checked it and found everything in order. 

He brought the fifth wheel up from its usual space a couple of weeks ago, and he's been working away on it ever since. He's cleaned ...

Good morning, my friends. Well, I can't lie...it was good to sit down at the machine yesterday and do some real sewing. I had a lot going on yesterday, and so I didn't have much time in the sewing room. Still, it was good to be doing something that required a needle and thread rather than a ruler and a rotary cutter.

When I finished yesterday's post, I happened to glance out the window to see the raindrops on the tree outside sparkling like diamonds in the sunshine. Just seeing the sunshine was a huge mood-booster ...

Good morning, my friends. Well, I can't lie...it was good to sit down at the machine yesterday and do some real sewing. I had a lot going on yesterday, and so I didn't have much time in the sewing room. Still, it was good to be doing something that required a needle and thread rather than a ruler and a rotary cutter.

When I finished yesterday's post, I happened to glance out the window to see the raindrops on the tree outside sparkling like diamonds in the sunshine. Just seeing the sunshine was a huge mood-booster ...

Good morning, my friends. How is everyone doing? I'll admit I'm worried about you folks up there in Northwestern Washington. We passed through some of the areas I'm reading about both going to and coming from Alaska, and so it feels just a little personal.  If you're among the folks evacuated, then I hope this ends well for you. Having faced an evacuation order a few years back, I'm sympathetic to how nerve wracking it is. Please stay safe. 

The rain has stopped in our area...temporarily, at least. We can see patches of blue ...

Good morning, my friends. How is everyone doing? I'll admit I'm worried about you folks up there in Northwestern Washington. We passed through some of the areas I'm reading about both going to and coming from Alaska, and so it feels just a little personal.  If you're among the folks evacuated, then I hope this ends well for you. Having faced an evacuation order a few years back, I'm sympathetic to how nerve wracking it is. Please stay safe. 

The rain has stopped in our area...temporarily, at least. We can see patches of blue ...

My great nieces got new hamsters this year (their old hamsters passed on) and with Xmas coming ….. well they needed new stockings.  Luckily, I kept the pattern from the previous stockings and gave them the fronts and let them design what they wanted.  

Good morning, my friends. Since I'm sitting here writing, then you've probably figured out I made it home from my haircut appointment safely. It rained pretty much the whole time I was out, but only lightly. There were a few areas of flooding around some of the creeks in the area, but I'm not aware of any real problems in our area. The worst flooding is farther north in Western Washington. There wasn't a lot of information in this morning's news about it. If you live in that area, then I hope you're high ...

Good morning, my friends. Since I'm sitting here writing, then you've probably figured out I made it home from my haircut appointment safely. It rained pretty much the whole time I was out, but only lightly. There were a few areas of flooding around some of the creeks in the area, but I'm not aware of any real problems in our area. The worst flooding is farther north in Western Washington. There wasn't a lot of information in this morning's news about it. If you live in that area, then I hope you're high ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning since I need to leave for a haircut this morning. I dread the thought of going out into the horrible weather we've been experiencing the past couple of days. Already, we've accumulated nearly 2 inches of rain, and we're not finished yet. Seeing the weather report last night, radar showed solid rain for as far as radar could reach. Satellite images showed the area beyond in solid cloud cover. Sheesh. Oregon at its worst. 

So I spent the whole of my sewing day making up a kit ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning since I need to leave for a haircut this morning. I dread the thought of going out into the horrible weather we've been experiencing the past couple of days. Already, we've accumulated nearly 2 inches of rain, and we're not finished yet. Seeing the weather report last night, radar showed solid rain for as far as radar could reach. Satellite images showed the area beyond in solid cloud cover. Sheesh. Oregon at its worst. 

So I spent the whole of my sewing day making up a kit ...

Good morning, my friends. It was another busy day yesterday. I got a late start after sleeping in later than usual, but I still managed to cross off the things on my list. I wanted to get busy with the Peppermint Bark before I did anything else. It's very easy to make. The hardest part of the whole thing is getting the dratted paper off the candy canes. Mike helped with that. When it was finished, it looked like this.