January 26th, 2026

Behold, the weather map from yesterday.  Looks like big time winter happened almost everywhere in the entire USA this weekend!  Well, except for Florida.  We are the holdouts.  While you guys were slipsliding all over the icey roads, losing power and bundling up to stay warm, we had an absolutely beautiful weekend of sunshine and gentle breezes and mild temps that invited everyone to spend time outside.

And I feel so dang guilty!  Which is crazy because it's not as if I created the storm that had me wincing at Traffic Cam footage and remembering snow and ice storms of my past nostalgically.  And it's funny how many years later and warm winters make huddling by a fireplace through the night because an ice storm took the electricity, teeth chattering, wearing layer upon layers of clothes, a memory that makes me smile now instead of having flashbacks.

At any rate, I know it doesn't help a bit but today, right now, it's 69 degrees and that number will decrease throughout the day. Yes our temps will plummet as the day goes by, falling like rocks til they bottom out somewhere in the 30's.  Which is not the same kind of cold that Most of you experienced, but it's very cold to us.  No snow or ice though and that is probably what makes the most difference. We don't have to shovel anything and any bad accidents on the road are strictly due to terrible drivers and not because of weather conditions.

I hope everyone out there is fine, warm and safe and if you did lose power, that it comes back quickly. I pray that the sun comes out and melts the snow and ice.  For those who got snow, I hope somebody made some snowmen in their yards. And mostly, I hope this is the only storm you get this winter!!

If anybody has a minute, please let me know how you are doing, that you are safe and warm and unbothered by the woes of winter!!  Reach out and reassure someone :) In this case, me!

Warm Hugs all 'round