What a Wonderful Winter Day!

Well, I'm not sure I would have used wonderful this morning as I headed to Palmer at 6:00 in the morning with thick wet snow flying into the windshield, but as the day progressed, clouds passed over, and it actually turned out kind of nice.  After school, Gus decided that the additional 2 inches of snow added on top of the 1 inch over the weekend was enough to try snowboarding down the hill. More than anything, I'm quite pleased that snow has held off as long as it has.

 Looking out the kitchen window . . .

Where did October go?  I noticed tonight I haven't posted anything for the month, so that usually means I haven't had the camera clicking much.  I do know I've been negligent in that department, but everything has been rolling along with nothing too out of the ordinary or interesting enough to take a picture off. The boys are busy with school, school activities, and friends.  There were a couple of weekends in early October that we went to the property and hauled wood around, the campfire trash wood, the cabin wood, and wood to be brought home wood.  And if I remember correctly, I was too exhausted to care about taking any pictures.  It's a good thing Bryant drank the kool-aid this summer and bought an I-Phone; now he takes a few pictures and passes them my way. 

Diesel Fuel - helpful flammable for soggy campfire wood

This year, I've been exercising so regularly during the week that the property wood work just plain wore me out.  In prior years, my exercise has been so sporatic I usually enjoyed a full day of labor in the wilderness. This year when I drop the kids off in the morning for jazz band, I run and swim before work.  Surprisingly, it works out well.  I also found a running partner to put in a long run Fridays after work.  On Oct. 23rd, I ran another half-marathon and improved my time by 3 minutes, so at least I'm feeling rewarded for my efforts. 

Bryant is busy packing as he heads to Mexico on Saturday night/Sunday morning.  He'll be down there for 2 weeks and then I join him for a week around Thanksgiving, which was a very pleasant thought, as I shoveled the snowy slop off the front deck this evening.