Not sure how to discribe the times right now. Busy? Busy doesn't cut it. Weird? Special? Interesting? Cold? Icy cold!!! Oh yes. Well, we really are having winter this season and I am always saying that I am allowed to complain because I am not complaining about our Virginia Summer. Most are complaining about that and I really don't. I say you can only complain once.
We have some snow almost every year but just for a day or two and the sun shines on it, looks beautiful and it is lovely to even go for a walk. And it is usually just thawing soon.
But first things first.
So, the above I wrote in January. But when I wanted to add photos to it, blogging came to a screeching hold. Google decided that I could not do it. I got all sorts of information what I should do but nothing worked. And the same happend with my iphone and I even tried my ipad. A few days ago we went to the apple store. A nice young man tried his best but without luck.
Today I took my gadgets to church. Dan, one of our members/friends, is an IT person and it didn't take him long to find and fix it. Thank you, thank you, Dan!
Now just a little bit of catch-up. What is there to report? James was making progress and we love it when we can take walks in the neighborhood. On this one my gadget said that we had done 1.75 miles / 4464 steps. Yeah!
And of course I have to take photos. When I snow these snowdrops on January 17 it made me happy.
Helen's birthday was coming up and I found these photos to make her birthday card. Yes, we had a snowstorm in St. Louis when she was born. They wouldn't want to let me leave the hospital with the baby because temperatures where -5F or so. We didn't have a connected garage where we could walk from the car in the garage into the house. We were questioned.
After her birthday I found this posted on Facebook:
Sarah had other worries. Her oldest Caleb was due to leave with his soccer team for a championship in Florida on January 22 (without parents). The team made it out just before we had a severe ice storm. Coming back after the weekend was a bit more of a problem. But all ended up ok.
Yes, the weather forecast had been right.
Helen in Nashville got it too. She sent this picture.
And they had it worse. They lost their power which not only makes the home very cold very quickly, but she also can't work since she is teaching from home.
She made the good decision to move with her son into a hotel for 2 days until the power was back.
She posted this too.
Her friend Kim was not so lucky and had to wait for her power much longer. The electric company had adviced everybody to let their faucets drip to avoid that they brake. She did that but staid with Helen and William for the time. When she went back to her house, she found an ice stalagmite in her kitchen sink.
James and I felt a little shut in. Of course we don't have to shuffle snow (or in this case: ice). The HOA takes car of it. But you have to watch and manage your appointments. It was so bitterly cold that walking was out of the question. The snow had been so hard that I also could not make any snow cream. Bummer!
And that is all there is to say that late about January.
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