Stuology

I got to point a few red leaves out to Ada on our trip from Raintree to daycare today. The weather is beautiful–sunny, warm but not hot. Most things are still green. It makes me wish I was still on vacation, spending time outdoors.

I am looking forward to fall–sweatshirts, cool breezes blowing through the windows, crunchy leaves, warm food.

I also have a long standing rule^* that any movie that is viewed in the month of October must be a horror flick. I’ll have to make up a queue of my favorite horror movies and try to watch 1-2 a week.

*It pains me to attached the adjective “long” onto that. I started this rule shortly after I started college. *Sigh*

Ada went to her first school-invited birthday party. It even had a bouncy castle! They served cupcakes, and when they were brought out, Ada started jumping up and down and squealing “Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Look! Cupcakes!” She was the only one to do the Cupcake Dance of Glee. That’s my girl!

My throat isn’t hurting today for the first time since I was hit with the group P^* streptococcal bacteria. Yippee for that!

James had to be brought home today because of a fever. The verdict after a run to the doctor is ear infection. He will have to stay home tomorrow.

I have been loving the weather lately–cool, rainy and cloudy. It is a welcome sudden change from the heat. The air conditioner has been turned off and windows opened. I had to go on a emergency run for fall clothes when I woke up last week and had to dig for clothes from last year to fit the kids. I wasn’t ready for the extended cool weather this early, and I had wanted to go clothes shopping on Labor Day, but I was in bed with the plague. Everything outside is still green, but I’m starting to see small peeks of yellow. I’m ready for autumn. Of course, knowing Kansas, we will have another heat spell before it is all over.

The cool weather also brought about a change in food. I’m holding off on making chili though. The first cooking of chili has to be in perfectly cool weather–today almost qualifying! We have had soup though, for my throat, and a shepherd’s pie. I’m really in the mood to bake something. I’m thinking cinnamon rolls. I have some good cinnamon from Penzey’s waiting in the wings for that.

I really do love the change in seasons, even winter–kind of. When I don’t have to really be out in it. Which I will since Ada has to be at school unless it is canceled. And we don’t have busing.

*The P stands for the “plague strain.”

We are suppose to be recording The Office, not The Weather. It is storming out. Oh, surprise! We’re having a thunderstorm in Kansas in May. Geez.

We are going to Vermont Street BBQ at noon, and will be hanging around Mass until the parade. It was snowing again this morning. Nothing terrible, but still, it is cold enough to snow. And I can hear the wind gusts rattle the windows.

I’m ready for Spring. I think we will get that in a few days.

I was listening to a story on the way to work that we could possible expect flooding this spring/summer due to the super wet winter we had. They referred to the summer of 1993. Surely it wouldn’t be that bad. Hopefully. There were a couple of rains last year that forced me to get off of I-70 due to quickly rising water.

Branson waterfront is flooding due to water needing to be released from Table Rock. The story says that about 2 dozen residents along Taneycomo have been asked to leave since the water in Taneycomo is supposed to rise 3 to 5 feet above flood level. My grandparents live by Taneycomo on the opposite side of the riverwalk. They are a little farther uphill, so hopefully they and my aunt’s house next door are fine. I should probably call anyhow just to check.

Winter Weather Advisory

Interesting weather report for today. This is why we had family day yesterday because the weather today will be stormy as it turns back into snow and winter tonight with a high of only 31 tomorrow.

I’m happy for this one last^* blast of winter because I have some bison that I want to use for chili, and I cannot make chili when it is spring. Chili for me is a seasonal food.

The big question is since it is 70 outside right now, why am I sitting inside the house? Oh yeah, chores. Always chores. Laundry to do. Bathrooms and kitchen to clean. I’m feeling really run down today, so that will probably be the end of my cleaning. I need to step it up and get it done. I would love it to start storming around 3:00 as predicted. I also love to just sit and enjoy it.

*I’m being overly hopeful for Kansas, I know. I want to pack up the winter clothes in two weeks, saving only a few items for one-off cold days. So, no more winter blasts after this one, please.

Day 29: First trip down the slide

James had his first trip down the slide by himself. This was also the first time I tried panning.

It is really windy outside right now^*. And also the warmest it will be today. The cold front is already moving through now. It is 27 in Lawrence and 50 in Kansas City. It isn’t as cold as the weather reports made it sound like it was going to be. Unless it intends on getting even colder.

Oh well, I really can’t complain. I have heated seats and a garage-to-garage drive. Neither garage is heated, but both are covered from the wind, and my work garage is attached to my building.

*Windy as in I-think-my-house-is-about-to-blow-down-windy.

I’m back in Kansas and all I have to say is I about froze to death waiting for the shuttle to take me to my car at the airport. I just checked the weather. We have a wind chill of 2 degrees. No wonder I’m just now starting to feel my face again.

Yesterday, Lawrence, KS was the hottest place in the nation at 109 degrees–one degree hotter than Death Valley. Today, it cooled slightly with it only being 107. Of course, to celebrate this great change in weather my air conditioner decides to take a rest–again.

I’m hot and the next person to say anything to me–or even look at me–wrong will die from my glare.