Tea and Other Ramblings

Happy New Year! I know that we are well into this first month, but Happy New Year, anyway!

We are starting out the new year with a bang. After a few short bouts of cold weather mixed in with some warm days, we hit a new low here in the South with freezing temperatures. This morning the temp was 6 degrees out. I kid you not!!! And the wind chill was -6 degrees! Now, that's c-c-cold!!! Remember, this is the South. And so , of course, we have no water. Oh, yea. I'm so excited. Woo-hoo. Apparently, it is just our house. This really bites! Now I have been in some cold weather before and I have had pipes freeze , but I guess I didn't expect this down here. There is more to all this than just this freeze, but I refuse to elaborate more. I will not let it ruin my fairly good mood!
Gracie continues to delight and raise our spirits if they tend to flag a bit. She just came in with a plastic bowl on her head and introduced herself as "Charles". She then asked if she could watch "The Muppet Movie". Ah, childhood! You are allowed to be silly as a child and everyone thinks that you are precocious and funny! When you get older, they want to take you to the psychiatrist!
You know, I started this entry back much closer to the beginning of the year but at the time, as I was getting ready to post it, a message popped up that informed me that the sight could not publish and that I would most likely lose the entry. Imagine my surprise when I logged on tonight and found that it had been saved! Oh well! At least the weather has warmed up a bit! Today was in the 60's! How's that for change? The night before last the water froze in the pipes for the 3rd time within a week. Tonight it is 50 degrees out. I give up.