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It's the first snow of the season.

I followed all of the pre-forecast discussions,

The National Weather Service discussion for our area found on the Weather Underground for Port Orchard ( Read more... )

We had a wet fallish weekend.    So much so that Juli asked for a baked potato dinner, a usual fall staple for us.  But this year has been nothing but odd in the weather department, so fall in early August?  Why not ( Read more... )

Washington State is getting its Coastal Doppler Radar for the West side of the Olympics!!! President Obama signed a finance bill that includes the remaining funding for the radar construction. The stimulus package included 2 million a while ago and site research has already been underway.

News release by Senator Cantwell

and

Cliff Mass, UW ( 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
and
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... )

For some reason the walking challenge from work has kept me form doing things... like yard work and posting to LJ. Don't ask me why, or try to tell me why. It just is ( Read more... )

Arg!

But it's work.  So nothing to see, move it a long.

Thank God, I'll never tell.

Look at me!  I'm dancing Funny!

And now I'm home.  It's my weekend.  There is a relaxing spring mist outside my window with soothing gray overtones.  I can breath.

Spent the day painting the rest of the laundry room.  Juli chose the colors though I helped with changing the yellow.   ....a little.
There is some artwork we are going to hang in here.   Juli is thinking about which pieces.   [that bottom half is deep blue, not black.]


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Today was a day off.   Friday is always a day off.

The flocked tree came down.  We never actually hung ornaments on it.  The lights were on it and it looked cool from the outside.  It made a mess coming don though.  Since you don' t water a flocked tree it got a bit dry.   Actually it shattered.  ScARe ThE KiTties!

Coiled up extension cords lying on ( Read more... )

My Super cam back to me mid day and said, "Now that you are one of us... We get to torture you."  And she put me in the walk in.   She was going to have me observe but I shot back "I think I'm ready.  Give me a till."  Then we got crazy busy.   Eeep!   I think I did okay.

But that's work.

I just downloaded my first bit of music ever.  "Life in a ( Read more... )

Today was mostly about work.   The calls were like working with molasses.  Each one was lengthily and each item on each long call was required.   It put me well outside my stats ( Read more... )