Winter practice - It's crisp out
12/06/05 6:00 A.M.
-03 F, Clear, W wind 11 mph, -17 F wind chill.
Good morning,
Well I think Old Man Winter is practicing cold, getting ready for winter coming in a couple of weeks. It is cool out this morning for sure (and will be cooler at about sunrise) and it pretty much was all day yesterday. It is getting warmer though, we are expect to get up to half of our normal high, rather than the third of normal high yesterday. It appears it will be Sunday or Monday next week before getting close to a normal high again.
Checking the Enschede webcam (http://www.enschede.nl/SPY/CamPage.htm) this morning, I see they have a pretty good sized pine tree deposited in the square. It is laying on it's side, and expect it to be raised and decorated in time for Christmas. It will be interesting to watch the process. The snow has disappeared finally, but it sure doesn't look as cold there as here, judging by the dress of the folks wandering around. Actually there is a lot of activity in the square this morning (actually about 2:00 P.M. there at the moment) and also on Sunday. Folks must be getting in the Christmas mood there too.
I spent most of the day working on Christmas things. We also finally got two packages filled and wrapped ready to send. I still have a couple of small things to complete, but will ship them in a separate boxes when finished. I checked the cost of shipping online with the post office, UPS and FedEx. We were shocked at the cost for UPS and FedEx. Guess we will ship via the postal service and save a couple hundred plus dollars! UPS is often cheaper to send packages within the country here, but not international shipments I guess. Couldn't believe the difference.
For what ever reason, my right knee really started to cause me problems yesterday, about mid-afternoon. Don't know what caused it, as I really had not been doing anything very physical at all. It feels pretty good so far this morning. Sure glad I wasn't cutting down trees and moving logs as I should have been. Don't think I would have been very effective at that.
It was four years ago today that I headed to Pennsylvania to meet Margriet in the "flesh", as it were, after a lot of chatting on line for about a year. It was an interesting trip then and has been since. It seems like a short time and also a long time, considering number of experiences we have had together since. It has been a good ride.
Today's agenda is Bible study then the post office, not too much more. We pretty well picked up enough last week for our supply in the cupboards to be pretty full. Maybe I will pull on the long-johns and get some trees knocked down and cut up. Have to get gas for the chainsaw and splitter first though. Guess those are the supplies needed this week.
The two new wall furnaces are working very well, but I still run the old furnace to keep the pipes from freezing below the house. Haven't solved that problem yet. When I do, the woodstove and the furnaces should provide all the heat we need. We ate some of the pea soup for supper last night and it was excellent. Will have lunches for a couple of days from it too. Yum!
Time to get to other things I think.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
-03 F, Clear, W wind 11 mph, -17 F wind chill.
Good morning,
Well I think Old Man Winter is practicing cold, getting ready for winter coming in a couple of weeks. It is cool out this morning for sure (and will be cooler at about sunrise) and it pretty much was all day yesterday. It is getting warmer though, we are expect to get up to half of our normal high, rather than the third of normal high yesterday. It appears it will be Sunday or Monday next week before getting close to a normal high again.
Checking the Enschede webcam (http://www.enschede.nl/SPY/CamPage.htm) this morning, I see they have a pretty good sized pine tree deposited in the square. It is laying on it's side, and expect it to be raised and decorated in time for Christmas. It will be interesting to watch the process. The snow has disappeared finally, but it sure doesn't look as cold there as here, judging by the dress of the folks wandering around. Actually there is a lot of activity in the square this morning (actually about 2:00 P.M. there at the moment) and also on Sunday. Folks must be getting in the Christmas mood there too.
I spent most of the day working on Christmas things. We also finally got two packages filled and wrapped ready to send. I still have a couple of small things to complete, but will ship them in a separate boxes when finished. I checked the cost of shipping online with the post office, UPS and FedEx. We were shocked at the cost for UPS and FedEx. Guess we will ship via the postal service and save a couple hundred plus dollars! UPS is often cheaper to send packages within the country here, but not international shipments I guess. Couldn't believe the difference.
For what ever reason, my right knee really started to cause me problems yesterday, about mid-afternoon. Don't know what caused it, as I really had not been doing anything very physical at all. It feels pretty good so far this morning. Sure glad I wasn't cutting down trees and moving logs as I should have been. Don't think I would have been very effective at that.
It was four years ago today that I headed to Pennsylvania to meet Margriet in the "flesh", as it were, after a lot of chatting on line for about a year. It was an interesting trip then and has been since. It seems like a short time and also a long time, considering number of experiences we have had together since. It has been a good ride.
Today's agenda is Bible study then the post office, not too much more. We pretty well picked up enough last week for our supply in the cupboards to be pretty full. Maybe I will pull on the long-johns and get some trees knocked down and cut up. Have to get gas for the chainsaw and splitter first though. Guess those are the supplies needed this week.
The two new wall furnaces are working very well, but I still run the old furnace to keep the pipes from freezing below the house. Haven't solved that problem yet. When I do, the woodstove and the furnaces should provide all the heat we need. We ate some of the pea soup for supper last night and it was excellent. Will have lunches for a couple of days from it too. Yum!
Time to get to other things I think.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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