Well,  days just take such unexpected turns...  A lovely little chat online with AO, and some time spent with the time-gobbling Facebook have absorbed most of the morning, and now finally I'm waking up!  About time, you might say - it's after 11:00.  And so true.  But I am grateful to be ...

It's very cold outdoors today, and what a blue, blue sky - makes the snow brightness almost blinding!  I'd like to go out for a walk - maybe let it warm up a bit.

Just two more days until we leave for our drive to Little Rock to visit Bruce's sister and some other family, and then I will bus up to Fayetteville and Beaver to visit  Jon and Lisa, Bill and Mary, Pammy, Suzie and Charles.  We'll be hoping that the wintery weather gives us a nice break during that time.

Now, time to get up and move!

Bruce just called from Disneyworld, where he spent the last hour riding the monorail around all the (40 acres or so of) parks etc. there...A fun trip in itself.   His presentation to the Home Inspectors went fabulously he says - another feather in his cap!  

The sun is going down suddenly, and I'm wondering where the day went - once again - time goes so fast!   Such a beautiful one here in the mountains - one of those days where it's a gift just to breathe.  I love the sky here in the NC mountains, the clouds, the colors, the beautiful black silhouettes of the trees.... 

Talking with my next-door neighbor, Gail, really brings home the brevity of time with our loved ones, and reminds me to appreciate each day....

and now, my brother Bill is on Skype - a timely occurance.  

Christmas in Chatham, with a happy crew...!

What a nice Christmas we've had!  Logan and Jessilyn for Christmas Eve and morning, hot cocoa, sticky buns, and scrambled eggs w/ ham for breakfast, great telephone call all day long, and good weather to boot!   

It's been snowing here since last night - maybe five or six inches? - it's been great  to Skype with Ariel in Paris, enjoy a cup of green tea ... maybe I'll bake some muffins?  Once again, I'm thankful that I didn't have to try to get out and go to a job; so great to be able to stay home.

The sky has just cleared and the sun is shining again.  Bruce and I will put on our boots in a bit and go out for a walk in the snow.  

Well,  clearly I have not become much of a blogger!  hmmmmmm.....

Sure do enjoy looking at other's though (especially Lee and Pegs') .

10/5/07
It's raining!! whooppee....it's been so long...don't believe that it will keep it up, but at least the plants have a little moisture.