A Snow Day in Texas!

We do not have snow in Texas as a rule......it's always an event when it happens.

But it happened last night and continued throught the morning until this afternoon.

It's a beautiful thing to look at if you do not have to get out in it - and we didn't.

Most of Texas  stayed home today.

This was a very special thing to see today.

Snow is beautiful - especially when it is a rare thing to see like it is in Texas.

The state was prepared for this and schools had already said they would be closed Thursday and Friday.

The roads were fairly empty except for those who truly needed to be out.

We may have learned lessons from last February when we had that Arctic Freeze that caused so much damage. We are smarter this year, I think.

I took pics and video from the safety of our front porch.

I really and truly wanted to go and play in the snow - but I didn't.

Louis Dean and I are doing well in our Covid recovery mode so we aren't taking any risks in getting out and catching cold. Not that that cold air doesn't feel good.

We stood outside and breathed in the fresh cold air deeply......and it felt so good!

Our thermostat is set on 68 during the day and lower at night.

Too warm and it's not good for us.

We enjoyed being warm and cozy inside and looking out at the winter wonderland.

Tabitha perched on the baby grand piano and watched the snow falling through the den window.

There were no animal tracks to be seen all day until this evening after I opened the kitchen French door - took one step out to the trash can under the eave of the house and dropped our bag of trash into the can. The next time I walked past the door  - I saw tracks! I think the possums must have heard me and then came out thinking I had left food for them. I hadn't - at that point. But I did leave some later.

Louis Dean is nearly back to normal. He still coughs and sputters as he always does.

I took a good long nap late this afternoon and have what feels like a cold. I use my Netti pot and Vicks and a nose spray. We are incredibly grateful to be having a very light case of Covid and are praying for those who are suffering - like my friend's Uncle Joe. At last report he was doing better.

We have been monitoring our oxygen and it has gone from the low 90's to the upper 90's now.

I was pleased when my friend told me her Uncle Joe was in the upper 90's, too.

That's a very good sign!

I can't thank you all enough for your kindness and prayers for us.

That's exactly why we are doing so well.

Rest assured we ARE resting and recovering.

We are NOT overdoing anything and are pacing ourselves.

Rest and light housework and reading for me. 

Puttering and watching the weather for him.

Together, we are 3 episodes from the end of Joe Pickett.

We may watch one more before we go to bed tonight.

I saw there are other Spectrum Original programs to choose from......

any recommendations from other Spectrum customers?

Then there are books to read! I finished The Carousel by Rosamund Pilcher and am starting on one of the Sue Grafton books now - N is for Noose!

We are actually enjoying these first days of February!

The highlight of my day was when Rayne made a group phone call to me here in Irving and Summer who is in Arkansas.......

It was her first one and I was included!!!

Plus she told me how to do it so I can call her and Mummers tomorrow!!!

Rayne had a GREAT snow day and this was Sunshine's very first experience in SNOW!!!!

Rayne and Sabrina made a sled of cardboard and a trash bag and ......I forget what else - but it WORKED!!!!

I absolutely LOVED hearing Rayne and getting to see her video!!!

Not just children.......GRAND children, too!!!!