Where Does the Time Go?

Another week has flown swiftly by. Lots of fun things, and some "not-so-fun" things have occurred this week. Lets see what's been happening in my life for the week of Oct. 12th-18th

First off ........

I stepped on the scale this morning and found that I have dropped about 3 pounds (could be 2, but it looks like 3) since the last time I weighed myself on our bathroom scale. Pretty darn good, considering that we've gone through two weeks of 2,000-2,400 calories--per the Curves diet plan. Tomorrow we start all over again with the 1,200 calorie per day plan. Weigh-in at Curves isn't until November 1st, but I hope those scales show a nice weigh loss as well.

Windy City

The first couple of days this week it was pretty windy around here. I love the wind, although I *don't* love the damage it can do. And as long as I can stay inside, cozied up next to the wood stove with a nice hot fire going, and my electricity still working. Where we are, we're pretty much only able to feel the east winds, which we seem to get more of. We're butt-up against a nice hill that blocks the south winds, so we don't feel those very much. Columbus Day was on Monday, and I was reminded of the great Columbus Day storm in 1962, when I was a sophomore in high school. At our house we knew it was windy, but how windy we didn't know until our power came back on the next day and we could see the news reports. The house of my youth (not the same one as in this photo) was/is also butt-up against a much taller hill--Forest Park--so we didn't get *near* the devastation that others did. When I met DC a few years later and the Columbus Day storm came into the conversation, I learned that he was out in it, and that his family lost their electricity for a couple of weeks. They were on top of a hill, rather than sheltered by one, so they felt the affects much more than my family did. Fortunately they had gas appliances so they could still eat hot meals. Their furnace was gas as well, but the thermostat was run by electricty. I think DC's dad was able to bypass it somehow. My family home was also run mostly by gas--cooking and heating anyway, but we didn't go long without the electricity.

Part of my brother's fence blew down on Tuesday, so we went up after everyone got home and put it back up. Well, actually DC & brother did, while I chatted inside with Sis-in-law, but I was along for moral support. They live atop the hill, so they get all the winds that hit our fair city.

Sad News

Ardyth's brand new kitten, Kaylee, passed away this week. She was only about 6 months old, but had FIP, which is an incurable kitty disease that I haven't had a chance to Google for to get the details on. I did get to meet her, and she was the sweetest little thing. Reminded me a bit of PA's kitty, Piewacket. Whenever I meet someone who has lost a furry friend, I send the link to the poem "Rainbow Bridge," which my brother sent me years ago at the lost of his first kitty, Tsunami. Here's the link for anyone who hasn't seen it before:
http://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm

Grandma Nora said on many occasions that our pets are ours in the hereafter, too. This poem pretty much says it, too. Enjoy!

The End

I have a few people I need to think up nicknames for. That will be on my list of to-do's this week. I thank Heffalump for most of the names I have used--they were hers first.