Have You Noticed....

...the many...many...many pictures of cats that has invaded the social media sites lately..?

Seems that "Grumpy Cat" may have started a phase for cat lovers...

Try to out do the dog lovers....hummmmmm...

We have a cat.....Misskitty....

She could give Grumpy Cat a run for his money...

Her newest trick is she no longer wants to work for her food by jumping up on the counter where her dishes are always full...(i know...Bad Mommy)

Instead....she comes and gently sits in front of either CityBoy or I...

purrs a little and then sinks a set of claws into the side of our leg...

Nice kitty.....good kitty....whatever you want kitty....

Hummmmmm....

You think she has us trained..?

Better.....

The Polar Vortex is on it's way out...

and i sincerely hope it doesn't come back for another visit...

18* already this a.m. and pushing upward to a high of 35* today..

and tonight's low.....22*

WooHoo....a heat wave....!!!

The roads are nice and dry...covered in salt ...but dry...

so

i'll make it to work on time today....

Like i said things are better...

and

Mia found her favorite sun puddle...

..Hope is Forever..

Two Hour Delay.....

Can you see that..? 

At 4:17 this am it was 1.6 degrees...!

When the alarm went off at 6am and the DJ said....

"Good Morning...it's a beautiful -7 wind chill degrees..!"

The body said......I don't think so...!

but

The mind said....You gotta go, you've got things to do today that you can't do from home...

So the mind and body compromised and i'm running about 1.5 hours late....

In school official lingo that's called a two hour delay...

Somethings you never forget....doesn't matter how long you've been retired from the system...

..Hope is Forever..

One Phone Call....

...that's all it took this morning for me to stay home...

Called the mountain park and asked about road conditions...

the answer was "iffy" at best and things are getting worse...we're thinking of closing the main road...

No Problem...!!

I can update the website and notify the powers that be from home...

Everyone is updated and emailed....i'm sooooo lucky i can do all that with a few key strokes and never leave the house...

I can just sit here and watch it SNOW....!!

..Hope is Forever..

Burrrrr.....

Now that's cold for this part of the high country...

It was a good day to take a vacation day..

The furr babies and i ventured out on the front porch about 8am...

and found a beautiful sun shinning on the snow...

However

temp had only risen to 15*

"Hey Mom..!!

White stuff on this side of the cabin too..."

Thanks for the report Max..

"Ouuuuu...Ahhhhh...

tootsies are cold.....tootsies are cold....

Let's go in and back to bed..."

Sounds like a good idea Mia...

just let me warm up Lula's snuggie and put it back in her dog house...

 

Enjoy your day....whatever the conditions..

 

..Hope is Forever..

Winter.....

...is coming our way...

Snow should start tonight...after a few hours of rain...

can you say..."black ice tomorrow"...

Lucky for me i had planned to take a vacation day this week...

was gonna take today..but..work is calling, so i'll take tomorrow...

Snow will not be too bad..it's the temps...low teens at night and below zero sometime before Sunday rolls around..

 

Burrrrrrr.....Where's my mittens...heavy coat...hat...scarf...?

Maybe I'll just stay in...

...Hope is Forever...

I Finally Found It....

For the last two years I've ended each daily blog with a small phrase that has meaning to me and hopefully to some of you...

I've used...

Life is Good

and

Everyday is a Gift..

both have many meanings in their own way...

For this year I've been searching for weeks....for just the right phrase... something that would describe the times we are living in and give us reason for looking to the future...

Well.....I finally found it last Friday while reading a book about death...and the struggle of picking up and moving forward to a new and different day...

Happy New Year Bloggerville

 

and here's my phrase for 2014

Hope is Forever..