Rooms With a View

HOCKEY ANYONE?

We have a pool in our backyard that happens to be a Salt Water Pool. We do not close the pool in the winter simply because we don't need to. We turn it on if the temperature is going to be around freezing. Since Salt Water does not freeze unless the temp is 20 degrees, we do not stress if we miss a night. It rarely gets below 30 here. So, a couple of days after Christmas, Charlie went to check on the pool and came in to tell us that the water had frozen! Thank goodness it was only about a 1/4 of an inch of ice and the pipes are okay. Here are some photos for your enjoyment!

This is a piece of the ice I broke off and set down on the pool deck.

We are off to The Great Wolf Lodge today! I will try to post while we are gone. Have a GREAT NEW YEAR!!! See you next year.

A LAZY SUNDAY AFTERNOON!

It is hard to believe that a week ago on Sunday, we were awaiting a big snow storm. Here is what the weather was like today...

 

 

 

It was 80 degrees and sunny. I went outside to read and found the kids with their shorts on, the wayfarers on, and their books in their hands. It was so refreshing to see them all reading. On Sundays we do not turn on the TV or the computer so they must either play outside or read or play games. It was nice that the weather was warm enough for them to hang out by the pool.

I hope you are all having a great day!

A LITTLE MILO AND A FEW RANDOM PHOTOS

On Tuesday we took Miss Milo in for her shots and to have her dagger like claws trimmed. We found out that Miss Milo is not a Miss after all. She is a HE. I thought I checked out that area pretty well and was convinced HE was a SHE. Now that we have all gotten used to calling him Milo instead of Baci, we now have to get used to saying HE instead of SHE.

This is Jessica and her boyfriend Warren. Jessica is the one who gave us Milo. Milo just crawled up onto Jessica's chest and fell asleep.

 

I tried to take a few photos of the ice on Tuesday. Here are my attempts...

 

The shadow is from the fence. See the frozen worm?

 

The photos just do not  do the the cool ice justice. It really was beautiful.

I hope you are all having a groovy Friday. Have a great weekend. I will be back on Monday.

I will leave you with a video of Milo.

SNOW DAY PART 2

I knew I would end up posting a Snow Day Part 2. The kids ended up staying home both Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday was an hour delay in starting. We still have about 4'' of snow on the ground but it should really start to melt today with temperatures in the low 50's. By Saturday it is supposed to be 75! I am really looking forward to some warm weather again.

I wanted to share a few photos of some of the damage that we sustained. Remember this tree?

 

This is what it now looks like...

 

I was just a little late in brushing off the snow on this pretty tree. I am so sad that we lost three large branches. I know it could have been a lot worse. Many of our neighbors lost more than one large tree. Did I mention that the night of the big storm we not only had snow but we also had THUNDER AND LIGHTENING? They call it a Thunder Snow. I have never experienced thunder with a snow storm. Our neighbors just 4 houses down learned first hand the effects of lightening...

 

 

 

 

There is some debate as to whether the snow did this or lightening. There are many spots where the wood is black which could indicate lightening. I guess we will never know.

Well, that is all for now. The recycling center is open today and is calling my name. Thanks for stopping by.

SNOW DAY PART 1

Just in case I take more photos of the kids today, I am titling this post Snow Day Part 1. I may not take any more photos, but you never know. Here we go...

Vinny and Mitchell building something.

 

 

The snow man and snow child.

 

 

The neighbors beautiful tree. What you cannot tell from this vantage point is that many of the branches are broken off and are just hanging there.

 

Something is just not right with this. 

 

Mitchell sledding. Notice the one shoe and the boot.

 

Vinny sledding.

 

Miss Vinny.

 

Vinny sledding, Mitchell walking toward me with a snow ball.

 

Vinny making a snow ball.

 

Mitchell taking the snow out of his boot.

 

Vinny.

 

The front of our house. Notice the UofU sculptor in the bottom right hand corner? GO UTES!!!!!

FOG

I had my Tysabri (MS treatment) on Tuesday and of course the remedy that worked two months ago must have been a fluke. This is a quick post due to my headache. We received some rain last night and this is what we woke up to. This is not the icky kind of inversion we had to live with in Utah. This is the eerie kind of fog. I love it! I tried to take a photo of this tree in the distance. This is the first time I tried using my ISO setting on my camera and obviously I have no idea what I am doing. Here you go...

Have a great day!

I hope you all have a bright and sunny Thursday!

SNOW DAYS

Which of these two storms caused a school closure?

#1

 

#2

 

If you guessed #1, you are WRONG! That is correct. When we lived in Utah we could receive 4 feet of snow and the schools would not close. Today in SC we received about 1/2 an inch of snow and all of the schools were closed as well as many businesses. I know, everyone tells me that they just are not prepared here in the south for snow. It was just a skiff, not even an inch, not even enough for the plows to be needed if we had plows. Cracks me up. We took advantage of the one more day off and had a good time. Here are some photos for your enjoyment. I will through in a couple of photos from Utah just for fun.

 

These are not stars; they are snowflakes. I took this photo around 2:00 am just when it started to snow.

 

This is what I woke up to at 5:30 am. Charlie received notification that school was closed.

This is on our retaining wall. You can see that it is not quite an inch.

Utah!

 

Our driveway!

 

Mitchell was so excited that he woke up around 6:00 am.

 

Soon Mitchell was outside with his friends playing in the snow.

 

Our patio in Utah!

 

Our patio in SC.

 

Vinny went out for about 5 minutes then decided that it was too cold. She warmed up playing some Wii.

 

This photo was taken at 10:30 am. Patrick finally rolled out of bed at around 11:30.

By the time Patrick woke up, most of the snow was melted. We are hoping that there is a delay tomorrow due to ice on the roads. Last year when we had a snow day the next day we had a two hour start delay. Oh wait, ice on the roads would not be good! Charlie is leaving town tomorrow for Salt Lake at 6:30 and Patrick is taking him to the airport at 5:00am. I would prefer not to have Patrick driving in the early morning ice.

I hope you are all having great weather were you are! Thanks for stopping by.

WEATHER!

One of the reasons we moved away from Salt Lake was the weather. It can get so cold in the winter and then there is that yucky inversion. Charlie spoke with his new boss today and was told that the inversion is back. The problem I am having right now is not with the inversion, it is with the temperatures. Here is what is going on..

Friday:         Salt Lake City: High 47 Low 22            Roebuck SC: High 31 Low 8
Saturday:     Salt Lake City: High 47 Low 20            Roebuck SC: High 38 Low 27
Sunday:       Salt Lake City: High 45 Low 27            Roebuck SC: High 43 Low 27
Monday:      Salt Lake City: High 47 Low 27            Roebuck SC: High 46 Low 27
Tuesday:     Salt Lake City: High 45 Low 30            Roebuck SC: High 37 Low 27
Wednesday: Salt Lake City: High 44 Low 31           Roebuck SC: High 49 Low 29
Thursday:    Salt Lake City: High 39 Low 33           Roebuck SC: High 52 Low 31
Friday:        Salt Lake City: High 38 Low 32            Roebuck SC: High 47 Low 32

It is also supposed to snow Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Salt Lake. Why? Because Charlie will be there on business. We do not get back to normal until Sunday when our high is due to be around 55.

I know I should not be complaining. There are places with much colder weather than what we are experiencing. Take Milwaukee, their high tomorrow is 7 and their low is -3. Kent and Megan, Charlie's daughter and her family are moving to Milwaukee from Atlanta. So, I will stop complaining now and just look ahead a couple of weeks when we should be back into the 50-60's.

Stay warm and have a groovy weekend.