Countdown to Spring, Weekly, Sun. 01/02 -- Sat. 01/08

Finally, on. The temperature was 53 this morning but now is down to 48. Supposed to get down to 22 overnight and only get up to 33 tomorrow. That will be cold for us since we've been having warmer weather. We are supposed to get four to seven inches of snow Friday morning. Not thrilled with that idea but it is winter. Our neighbors have COVID, well he thinks he had it a week or so ago but never got tested and now his wife has it. A friend gave them a home test and the wife used it and it came back positive. Neither one had gotten their booster yet. The news doesn't look good for this surge. They keep saying so many people are going to get it. January and February are going to be rough months and they are concerned about so many people being sick that services will be impacted. Feels like March of 2020 again.

Overcast day in the high 20's with a chance of light snow. Went out to get some lotto tickets but the machines are down. I've an errand to do late this afternoon, I'll try again then. Plan on going in to weigh in at a WW meeting but not staying for the meeting because of the virus. Going to the WW meeting will depend on the road conditions.

It's now 33 but it was 18 when I got up and 22 when I went out at 9:30 a.m. The sky is clear and bright with sun though. When I moved here (Connecticut) from California I had to learn that in the winter clear sunny skies meant cold weather whereas if it was cloudy, it was warmer. In California if it was clear and sunny it was hot, and if it was cloudy, it was cold, or at least that is how I remembered it. One winter day I was talking to my sister in California and mentioned it was cold here. She said oh it is cold here too we were at the park and about four we had to put on sweatshirts. I then mentioned that it was 15 here.

Very slow day today. I guess earlier everything was a sheet of ice and there were accidents everywhere and the roads got backed up. Our school system didn't have a delay and the parents on social media are complaining about. Surrounding towns had delays and then closed. I think they closed because the teachers couldn't make it in.

Got out to get gas and do grocery shopping this morning. It's in the high 30's and slightly overcast now. Snow is moving in and will start about midnight. Three to six inches is predicted. My husband keeps saying it is no big deal, I'm just upset that there will be snow. Guess I need to get over that since winter is here.

Mid-30's and slightly cloudy out after an overnight snowstorm that left us eight inches of snow. Harold and I did some shoveling this morning, he did most of it, and now the fire hydrant, driveway, mailbox, and a place for the recyclables bin are cleared. He is now taking a nap in the recliner that's part of the couch because Miss Missy-Miss (our female cat) is taking a nap in his recliner.