Winter at last??

Can it be?

  (Thank you, Donna!)

We've had three straight days of rain.  When I step into my back yard to feed the dogs, the ground actually squishes under my feet!  It was 60*F this morning at 6 a.m., and now it is 36*F just short of midnight.  It quit raining around noon, and now we have a misty, icy rain/sleet mix out there.  There may be some snow flurries by morning (I'm not holding my breath!), and they say the roads will be slick by drive-time.  I'm glad it is getting, and going to remain, in the 30s for the next few days -- the ground will finally freeze and then I won't squish when I step into the yard!  I hate to squish!

My kids are hoping for a miracle, and that they'll have a snow day.  I say at the most school may be delayed if it really is very slick in the morning.  I'm not going to seriously complain anymore about not having any snow after seeing the deaths from the snow storm out West.  I guess I just want some normal weather this winter.  If we don't have any normal winter weather, then I'm afraid the rest of the seasons this year will be all messed up, too.

I have live-forever plants and crocuses coming up out front.  I've covered them with mulch and leaves.  My trees and shrubs don't seem to be trying to put out buds yet, so hopefully they're okay for now.  But I'm worried that nothing will really bloom right if we don't have enough cold days and nights.

Oh well, enough of that.

I am drinking a cup of flavored coffee (decaf) and just ate a double chocolate Milan cookie.  Heaven!  I needed a chocolate fix, so when I ran out to the grocery earlier in the evening I got one of those BIG Hershey bars and a package of Milan cookies.  I don't eat chocolate very often, so when I crave it I let myself have some, and I don't overdo on it.  That chocolate bar will last for weeks if I'm the only one eating it.  One square will satisfy me when the chocolate monster comes calling.  I wish I had such discipline when it comes to potatoes or pasta!