12-20-2025, 06:14 AM
Welcome to the first day of winter, gang.
35 and cloudy in the remote reaches of northern Iowa and that's our allotted high for the day. Same for tomorrow and then into the 40s with the lower 50s predicted for Christmas day. Seems that maybe the calendar has slipped a gear or two. So far in December we've already received our annual average total of snow fall (37 inches), had bitterly cold weather (-17), and had a couple of blizzards. Most of the snow is already melted and will mostly be gone by Christmas day. Now it seems the calendar is rushing ahead to spring. Not complaining, mind you.
The decoration refresh has moved another step forward. I finally finished my office yesterday. Only a few knickknacks left to put back in place. Last areas to be painted are the stairway ceiling and crown molding. Gonna take the weekend off except for the routine stuff. I do need to make a trip to Target and possibly the grocery store for a few items.
Gas price is starting back down. $2.52 when I came back to town last night.
All stay safe.
Tom
35 and cloudy in the remote reaches of northern Iowa and that's our allotted high for the day. Same for tomorrow and then into the 40s with the lower 50s predicted for Christmas day. Seems that maybe the calendar has slipped a gear or two. So far in December we've already received our annual average total of snow fall (37 inches), had bitterly cold weather (-17), and had a couple of blizzards. Most of the snow is already melted and will mostly be gone by Christmas day. Now it seems the calendar is rushing ahead to spring. Not complaining, mind you.
The decoration refresh has moved another step forward. I finally finished my office yesterday. Only a few knickknacks left to put back in place. Last areas to be painted are the stairway ceiling and crown molding. Gonna take the weekend off except for the routine stuff. I do need to make a trip to Target and possibly the grocery store for a few items.
Gas price is starting back down. $2.52 when I came back to town last night.
All stay safe.
Tom
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Occupation: Professional Old Guy (The government pays me to be old.)
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