Sunny and 75 Degrees! It must be October!

Yes, while my parents got a load of wood in today, it decided to be a balmy 75 degrees today. Yesterday it was in the 80’s. Oh well. So much for snow in September. Of course, it will probably snow 3 ft tonight. (you think I jest?) Autumn is such a weird season here in [...]

Helping Senior Citizens with heating bills

My parents have a small wood stove in their new house. Every so often, my Dad heads down to the library and picks up newspaper for fire starter.  Well, when he went down today,  all of the Rocky Mt. News and Denver Post papers were gone.
Instead, John gave him a bunch of the newspaper print [...]

Memorial Day

This holiday usually denotes the beginning of the Summer Holiday Silly Season. It is finally warm, and most kids are out of school or will be shortly. People are hauling out camping gear, vacation clothing and for some the last of their Income Tax refund for a holiday.
For me today it is simply a quiet [...]

Monday Morning you sure look…. warm!

Huzzah! I have the doors and windows open, and warm air is streaming in! Hung up the winter coat again and stashed the long johns in the dirty clothes. I even have a skirt on today! Ok, it is flannel and velvet, but it is a skirt!
It has been a slow morning. Hauled myself out [...]

Heat at last!

    Woo!!! It is a balmy 63 degrees outside! Windy, but oh my gods warm. I am so glad to see some change in temperature. IT was unseasonably cold for a bit there. Highs of 12 or 9 were not the way I like to spend the winter.  Especially when it freezes pipes and makes [...]