Today was another snowy day. Just about a half inch on top of the now frozen remaining snow pack. This past week was several days of snow and then every time the temp rose above freezing and into the almost forty degree range so it became a slushy mess. Also was occasionally tense on those morning bus drives for me. At least the route I'll be driving for the next month or two is fairly level for its run. There are several routes that include many hills of varying steepness and on Tuesday afternoon it was snowing heavily and on the service radios I heard that several buses got stuck in the snow to different degrees on their routes. None had to be towed out, but it was close for one.
On Thursday evening it decided to become wintry again and the temps dropped into the teens. Since then it has stayed in the 20's daytime and low teens at night and has snowed off and on, just not much snow to add to the accumulating base.
Stacy is at work right now on her dispatch shift, but only has a few days left for this job. She's been meeting with those she'll be working with starting January fourth to get a start on the transition and take over of the active cases. And there are over 40 working cases!! Stacy will have an office of her own and is really excited about setting it up. We're both looking very much forward to her not having night shifts any longer. She was on graveyard almost all summer and has been on this 4 pm to 2 am shift for the past couple of months. She has however been scheduled to work two more graveyards, Christmas Eve and then her last on next Saturday the 29th. Her last shift in dispatch will be 4 pm to 2 am on the 30th.
I read the e-mail from Dwight that he was able to recover his stolen Honda. That the car was apparently still in more or less one piece was remarkable in itself in these days of rapid auto chopping. Back in California it was said that a car could be almost totally stripped in less than two hours!
Overall it seems like 2007 has been a pretty decent year for everybody we know. Stacy and I hope that that trend continues for 2008! Stacy is really looking forward to her new job. I'm thinking about Mike's "Wild Hog" trip he's discussed for maybe July or August. Still more stuff to do here on the property. More clearing of dead wood and branches is one thing I'm looking to get done (I hope) this summer. We've got interior trim to work on and a few touch up areas of outside to paint. In the spring we can start quad riding again and see more of the picturesque country we live in. Not that I'm skipping over winter. Stacy and I love the fact that there are real winters here. After basically living all our lives in a two season area, we still like the rainy days, the snowy days, the cloudy days of our area.
Two movie reviews!
Reign over me- we thought it was a good drama. The acting was pretty good as was the storyline of coping with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of an unimaginable magnitude. And how in helping a friend, they help each other to overcome problems.
The Simpson's Movie- okay, so I talked Stacy into buying this one instead of the usual rent first and buy later if its good. But I like the Simpson's! I thought that a full length feature of this show would be a little tough to pull off. I think that it generally worked pretty well with some very funny parts in it. If you like the Simpson's TV show, check out the movie!
I guess that will do it for now. I'm trying to type and watch Alien on DVD at the same time. Not working out too well, so I'll sign off for now. Its snowing and eighteen outside.
Tad
On Thursday evening it decided to become wintry again and the temps dropped into the teens. Since then it has stayed in the 20's daytime and low teens at night and has snowed off and on, just not much snow to add to the accumulating base.
Stacy is at work right now on her dispatch shift, but only has a few days left for this job. She's been meeting with those she'll be working with starting January fourth to get a start on the transition and take over of the active cases. And there are over 40 working cases!! Stacy will have an office of her own and is really excited about setting it up. We're both looking very much forward to her not having night shifts any longer. She was on graveyard almost all summer and has been on this 4 pm to 2 am shift for the past couple of months. She has however been scheduled to work two more graveyards, Christmas Eve and then her last on next Saturday the 29th. Her last shift in dispatch will be 4 pm to 2 am on the 30th.
I read the e-mail from Dwight that he was able to recover his stolen Honda. That the car was apparently still in more or less one piece was remarkable in itself in these days of rapid auto chopping. Back in California it was said that a car could be almost totally stripped in less than two hours!
Overall it seems like 2007 has been a pretty decent year for everybody we know. Stacy and I hope that that trend continues for 2008! Stacy is really looking forward to her new job. I'm thinking about Mike's "Wild Hog" trip he's discussed for maybe July or August. Still more stuff to do here on the property. More clearing of dead wood and branches is one thing I'm looking to get done (I hope) this summer. We've got interior trim to work on and a few touch up areas of outside to paint. In the spring we can start quad riding again and see more of the picturesque country we live in. Not that I'm skipping over winter. Stacy and I love the fact that there are real winters here. After basically living all our lives in a two season area, we still like the rainy days, the snowy days, the cloudy days of our area.
Two movie reviews!
Reign over me- we thought it was a good drama. The acting was pretty good as was the storyline of coping with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of an unimaginable magnitude. And how in helping a friend, they help each other to overcome problems.
The Simpson's Movie- okay, so I talked Stacy into buying this one instead of the usual rent first and buy later if its good. But I like the Simpson's! I thought that a full length feature of this show would be a little tough to pull off. I think that it generally worked pretty well with some very funny parts in it. If you like the Simpson's TV show, check out the movie!
I guess that will do it for now. I'm trying to type and watch Alien on DVD at the same time. Not working out too well, so I'll sign off for now. Its snowing and eighteen outside.
Tad
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