no ice storms here, folks

[flea]

Last Thursday we had our first hard frost, killing the impatiens on the front steps. We bought stew beef at Whole Foods, thinking it would be a good weekend to stay in, decorate the tree, and cosy up.

We decorated the tree and made beef stew all right, but in our shirt sleeves. Today it was officially 78 degrees; I think we were warmer. Casper went to school in a singlet, shorts and flip flops, and this was actually reasonable. Same expected tomorrow and Wednesday.

Yet they have an inch of ice in Oklahoma. I'm not sorry we've dodged this ice storm; I well remember ours of Dec. 2002, since it got us Casper. But still, I could stand a *little* winter.

8:45 pm, we've got the door open, 67 degrees. December 10. Sheesh.

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[gingerk.livejournal.com]

We set a record high here. I had to turn the AC on for a couple of hours. That's just wrong. (Note to fate: This doesn't mean we should have an ice storm. No ice storm.)