The count this year is 259 Tricky Treaters, so the numbers are holding steady.

Last Year we had 273.
2 years ago we had 220.
3 years ago we had 208.
4 years ago we had 261.
5 years ago we were at Cannon Beach.
6 years ago we had 317.
7 years ago we had 307.
8 years ago we had 274.
9 years ago we had 206 Tricky Treaters.

The costume that made me ( Read more... )

I'm battening down the hatches. I've been following all the future casts and Cliff Mass' weather blog, and now all the weather reports have caught up. It's gonna get wet! It's a real Pineapple Express extending all the was to Hawaii ( Read more... )

Today wasn't so much a "Black Friday" as it was getting the house in the Christmas Spirit. ...preparing for getting the it tin the spirit anyway.
I drove to Poulsbo and chose the perfect tree and set it up to get flocked. [don't go there].

I'll pick that up next week. I always go to Valley Nursery, even though they are way out of my way. They ( Read more... )

The numbers are increasing.  ... a bit of a surprise since it's a school night.  ... and it's raining ( Read more... )

The sun finally came out today at noon ( Read more... )

We celebrated Valentines Day yesterday.  Juli has to work today.

I had to work a few hours yesterday, but that gave me a few hours to scramble and prepare.  On of the things that I did was buy some yellow roses, the chocolate, of course, and a silver heart pendant with some embedded diamonds.  ...okay, it's almost diamond dust, they are very small.

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The Sun returns, not as a big ball of hot gas, but as The Sun!  The Hogsfather has been in evidence.  The masses believe.

( Christmas Eve Will Find Me )

Glad Yule, all!

I'm sitting in the livingroom with Juli.  Juli is relaxing for a few minutes before she goes to work.  She has a 6 hour shift on this final shopping day.  I'll be going to Rollingbay for the family Christmas and Juli will join us after work.

Juli's last present arrived today.  She's standing behind me so I can't tell you what it is.  ( Read more... )

I'm proud of my weather sources. They got it right.
The cold snap will end with a whimper transition to rain, with only a few flakes.

Weather Underground
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UW Meteorologist Cliff MassToday was about Christmas preparation, though it started with a jolt. Juli left her keys at work and she was opening the store today. SO she had to call her boss ( Read more... )

According to Cliff Mass, UW Meteorologist, the last two weeks in November are statistically the wettest of the year ( Read more... )