Just enough snow to make me wish for more ...

OK .. I know 99% of you are groaning, but I LOVE the snow - it insulates the air and makes it feel warmer than the 22 degrees it is hovering around and it definitely insulates the sounds, making life around me feel pleasantly quiet and slowed. it makes even bare trees and brown lawn look beautiful .... besides, Scruffy thinks it is pretty cool beans!! He really enjoys the slipping and sliding and burying his muzzle in the white fluffy stuff! I just can't help myself ... think that could be why I moved to Iowa from California after all those years? I couldn't get Steve to stay up in the mountains -- "too far from everything" he said, so now we live in small town Iowa and still travel at least an hour each way to the city! Go figure! But he loves his home town so that makes up for it! Since I have not figured out how to put my YouTube videos here (DeDe I need your HELP!!) you can click here to see Scruffy in the snow if you like!

I am preparing for my California trip -- I have a ton of things to do and am very excited to visit with all the people I will see. I am visiting old friends I haven't seen in years, some of my children and grandchildren and some new friends I have only spoken to on the computer... not to mention my tried and true friends and my wonderful church ... Luckily it didn't snow enough yet to make me wish I could stay home, so am getting excited. They tell me it is still pretty warm out there -- well they are complaining it is cold, but 55 - 60 just isn't really all that cold in my humble opinion.