As I sit here in front of Steve's computer I can look out the window and see the snow coming down. It makes me think of Steve. How much he and the girls would chant "Two feet, two feet" whenever it snowed. They loved playing in the snow together. Sledding down Hammer's hill, pulling an inner tube behind the three wheeler and building snowmen. Though one year Steve added breasts to the snow "person" which got big laughs from Sarah and Nick Schneider. Somewhere I know there are pictures of that snow 'woman'. Oh, how I miss my dear Steven.
ETA: It started to snow again and hard for quite awhile. Everything is so bright outside though usually at this time it is completely dark. I took this photo standing on my porch looking south.
is of course to celebrate the birth of Christ and to be thankful for all that he has given us. I am so thankful for all of my loved ones. Those near and far, please know that you are in my heart and mind always...
I am truly blessed. I can not speak for everyone this I know, but I can say without a doubt I have a wonderful family. My brother-in-law Michael stepped in and dealt with the headstone issue so that I would not have to. It doesn't appear that there will be a problem with moving it though it won't happen till after the new year. My son-in-law Nate stepped in and took over the job of getting the family Christmas trees. Also my son-in-law Buck came over one weekend and cleaned out all the gutters on my house, washed leaves off the roof and cleaned up the remaining wood on my driveway from the pine tree that was cut down. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you...
It turned out beautiful. I think they did a wonderful job on the plane, but... I think it goes something like this; they have installed the headstone to Steve's grave wrong. You really can't tell in this picture but it is wrong. How much more do we have to go through??
By about 9PM things south of here were really messy. Icy roads and accidents were happening for those that live in the Albany area and south. My dear friend Notocha lives in Corvallis and was here in Salem scrapbooking, when she got a call from her son saying things were getting really slippery there so she decided to head home. She made it home, barely. She couldn't drive the hill to her home so she had to park in another neighborhood and walk home. She said even the bark dust she tried to walk on was slippery. Wow. This nasty cold front coming from the north is colliding with a warm front coming in from the south. That usually means nasty conditions till things warm up and that it looks to be the case at least south of here. My thermometer is reading 32 degrees so once the sun comes up it should warm up and be okay. But this is Oregon after all, so who knows...
Of temperatures in the teens (13 degrees) and thirties (30 degrees) for us. It has been this way for three days now and a good many of us are ready for it to be over. The transition according to the weatherman could be nasty with freezing rain conditions for tonight and tomorrow morning. As long as I don't have to drive in those conditions I will be fine.
Still in search of shoes for Cash that will be comfortable for him and me, something he can walk in easily that won't break his grandma's pocket book. I, really think that comfort and cheap might be an oxymoron. So the search goes on...
Stock in baby shoes, manufacturers that is. My sweet little grandson has got BIG feet for his age. I bought him some shoes I would say not too long before his birthday, which was just a couple of weeks ago. They had a good half inch growing room for him too and he has outgrown them!! Boy, do I feel for his mommy and daddy...
And the weatherman says another night in the teens tonight. Great. It will be warming up to around thirty by the end of the week. Yippee!!
On other news; Cash and I had our first broken glass incident this morning. It was a suspended magnet holder that I had gotten for Steve when the girls were little. I had always thought that the clear piece was made of plastic, I was wrong. So I managed to clean it up and run the sweeper to get the remainder of the tiny pieces while Cash watched. The vacuum didn't scare him either, which is good news for me. Means I can run it while he is playing or sleeping. The real weird thing about this is he has dropped it dozens of times and it never broke. One more time is all it took and it didn't matter that it was on the rug when it happened...
Oh, yea 13 degrees at 6AM. What made me think moving to Oregon was going to be a breeze so to speak? The wind is only about 8mph but it is making the temp feel like another ten degrees colder! I am glad I sort of listened to Steve when he was telling me what he did around here to winterize the place. And thankfully what I didn't recall or know Sarah did. I sure love that kid!!
It was a good game. It wasn't till close to the end that it was determined. I would rather watch and lose when the game is a good one than to have it handed to the winner by poor sportsmanship or officiating. So next year Beavers...
I am praying to get through the holidays...
