Well.

To be honest, I could just post that picture from my last post again today.  That's how it looked earlier.  But the mix has now changed back into steady rain and the temperature is 35.  We just have to wait and see how this develops.  But there are alerts and warnings out and Les and I are not planning to go out. 

However, lots of folks are having worse weather than this right now.  Pam is having dropping temperatures and snow and probably ice around them.  Reminds me of when she and Garrett were married.  Horrible, awful ice and snow storm then.  But we were happy to be there with them!

L & V are taking a vacation now and were about fifty yards from the tornado that touched down in Florida.  They are okay and will be glad when the power is back on.

C & E are hoping for snow at Jacquie's house.  Have not heard any more from Jacquie.  They were all okay yesterday morning when they came to help us get rid of seventeen bags of leaves and yard waste.  We thought it might take two trips but Chris is a good packer and tied them down.

All those bags were from the yard guys who came to help us.  We had met with the owner of the company about several things we need help with.  Everything will wait until March to be done except for this major clean-up.  We just can't handle getting all the leaves out of the rock area across the back of our yard.  Our blowers are not strong enough, and we are past trying to rake and sweep all that.  So right now, the yard is nice and neat.  We just have to wait and see how it looks after this weather system is finished!  And in March, the dead azaleas will be dug out, new ones planted, the areas around the new fence posts will be improved, a drain will be put in on the side yard, and new mulch will be put down.  

We also met with our "guy" Steve and also a chimney man that Steve brought.  That conversation started because of a leaky spot above our fireplace that we thought was caused by wet leaves piling and sticking up on the roof in the crevice.  This has been an ongoing problem and worked on several time.  The chimney expert climbed up there and took pictures to show us how bad it is.  It's not the leaves.  The chimney cap is broken and very rusted.  And the siding is loose on the chimney.  Not visible at all from the ground.  So he is getting the new cap and top part made and will fix that.  Then someone else will come and replace the board or whatever is under the loose siding.  The loose siding is what is letting the water in, and the boards are soaked.  😣

Other than all that, we are just keeping up with things, reading, taking care of ourselves.  We went to Norfolk, Ghent area, for breakfast at Eggs Up Grill that recently opened.  We discovered Eggs Up in Myrtle Beach and we've eaten at several locations.  All have been good.  This one close to us now is very nice, food was great, service and staff were very good, and precautions were taken.  We will go again, but hopefully without the arguments we had with our GPS while getting there!

I hope everyone is well.  Stay safe and take care of yourselves.  Life is good!  God Bless America!