storm predicted

High winds, rain, maybe hail and tornadoes......this is all forecast for the afternoon and evening, clearing out by midnight so it will be nice again Tuesday morning, like it is this morning.....didn't need a jacket for the newspaper walk, got a couple of windows opened a bit now with it 61 and sunny, SW wind, it's a warm moist wind.....which is going to run into the low and lead to the bad weather later today is how it works I guess.....I had leftover meatloaf supper yesterday, so I still have curried pork and a piece of steak left for today and tomorrow, and then it's shopping day again.....this morning I should go to the library, to have something to read if this storm knocks out the TV? My back was stiff and aching all day yesterday, but today it's not so bad.....don't know what I did different, unless it was mopping on Saturday that torqued my lumbar somehow.....well, it's after nine, so the library is open, I'll head ever there now.....

up to 76 today?

chance of thunderstorms on Monday.....snow in San Francisco yesterday.....on the ridges anyway I think it said....I remember seeing snow twice on Paradise Mountain.....last year it snowed here in March.....I made my french toast this morning with nutmeg and apple juice in the batter.....I guess that's the extent of the excitement here this Sunday morning......

warmed up nicely

in the afternoon...well, to 61 anyway....so I've been for a walk and finished my library books and sat out on the front porch eating peanuts a while.....looks like a wedding going on at the church across the street....they got good weather.....I put some mesquite rub on a little piece of steak to iron skillet with sliced mushrooms in a while.....I did mop the kitchen and swap down the bathroom this morning, and went around the place knocking down cobwebs with a broom....with these high ceilings I could just reach the corners......pre-Spring cleaning?

windchill 30

on the early walk, but it's 24 in Coos Bay, so for once Caroline is colder than Carolina.....I need to mop the bathroom and the kitchen, I've put that off long enough it looks like.....had rice and curry for supper last night, and watched half of the Thunder-Magic, couldn't stand any more commercials, so went to bed around 9:30, slept well......breakfast of poached egg on wheat toast, lunch will be a meatloaf sandwich I think, and supper could be 4 oz. of new york strip steak smothered in mushrooms, mac-and-cheese, and green beans sauteed with sweet onion.....it got up around 70 yesterday late, so it was warm enough still in the early evening to sit on the front porch and see some stars come out.....and the bats came out too.....but then the wind came up a bit , so I went back inside.....I just heard the mail truck drive by without stopping here.....

things going bump in the night

woke me up several times....I finally decided it was just the wind gusting.....it started raining at 5:30, and it's still raining at 7:40.....I'm trying to decide whether to wait for it to stop and walk for the paper, or just go drive over and get it.....I did get a second walk done yesterday after all.... the sun came out for a while around 12:30 and it was nice enough to get outside some......it's not cold, about 60 inside and out, but after this low goes on by later in the day they say it will start cooling off and be "much colder" tonight, but probably not freezing....

just stay inside

it's not warming up any this morning, and the wind is blowing cold.....and I've already got a runny nose and a blah feeling, so I'm not going to go out and walk around the park.....it's raining up in the mountains.....the utility bill came from the City, so I went ahead and paid that and the AT&T bill.....so the bills for this month are done.....the first week in March I need to go into the bank and figure out what to do with a couple of CDs that are ready to roll over or whatever.....we'll have to see what interest rates are at then.....probably nothing much.....I've got a bunch of stuff in the dryer, can fold and hang things up before lunch I guess.....

somewhat cloudy, 45 degrees

It might start raining tonight and go on through Friday morning.....that should help with the fire hazard some.....walking after lunch will probably work again today, was pleasant out that time of day yesterday......I let that curried pork dish simmer for a couple of hours in the afternoon, and it was tasty over a bowl of rice.....I'm sure it will heat up well for leftovers.....today will be meatloaf with a baked potato and cut green beans done with sliced mushrooms .......I'll use my last slice of rye bread at lunch, and then I've got a loaf of whole wheat to work with for a while.....