December 10 2014 Enough With the Fog Already!!!

Valley fog & mountain sun Tuesday afternoon

Monday 12/8. There was no fog in town, just an 1800 ft ceiling, and Rose Camp is at 3850 ft.  Enough already!  Fog, clouds, whatever!  I really would like to see the sun for more than 30 minutes a day. . .

Got six loads of laundry done, errands & shopping done, and were home a little before 2:00 pm.  Unloaded everything and ate lunch, then Larry arrived to help JB hook up the generator to the inverter.  And thank goodness for him! 

We received our Christmas card from our son and daughter-in-law.  She always creates such beautiful cards with family photos.  It is just very hard watching our grandchildren grow up in pictures and on Facebook. . .

While they were out there working, I was inside working.  Putting all the clothes away and cleaning up a bit.  By 4:30 pm the guys had everything hooked up and the generator going.  We let it run for an hour in order to flush-&-fill (flush the toilet, fill the water jugs and fill the pipes) and power up the batteries.  Then we ate dinner and just flopped on the couch to watch some more Castle.

Our high for the day was 39, all the while engulfed in clouds. . . again.

Tuesday 12/9.  This morning began with 34 degrees, overcast skies with occasional drizzles and, of course, fog.  NOAA can't make up its mind about whether we are going to get rain or snow.  Regardless of their forecast, we ended up with 1/4" of rain and a high of 40.  Lots of the white ground cover is melting, but there is still a lot of ice, so we did not take off our Snow Tracks.

We put a tarp from the roof of the battery room down over the generator so we could run it while it was raining.  Did the dishes, finally. . .  JB worked outside a lot preparing for wiring the gasoline generator into the well pump, etc.  I worked on decorating our Christmas cards.  Don't want to emboss any more as I need to use the heat gun which pulls too much electricity, so I am putting glitzy ribbon on the rest of them.  

We actually saw some blue sky along with the sun this afternoon, and by sundown the sky was fairly clear.  Oh, how nice!  And, yep, we got another egg today.

Wednesday 12/10. It is 37 and foggy this morning.  Rain fell during the night, so the ground has gone from white back to brown.  Mud brown.

JB left for Down There at about 7:45 am.  His Brother has to drive to Quincy today and is going to meet him downtown with the Christmas package and books from their Mom.

Thought for the day: I never knew God was all I needed until God was all I had. Debbie Smith, Guideposts reader.