Christmas Eve Still...
...barely. And I am beat. Despite the soft cushiony (yes, cushiony) floor mats strategically placed around my kitchen at work areas, my feet are killing me. So far I've made Reindeer Poop, Mexican Wedding Cakes, (My) Triple Chocolate Disaster cookies, and Peanut Butter Blossoms. I unwrapped 30 Hershey's Kisses in less than three minutes - a new record.
Rachel is wrapping and I have Pumpkin Muffins and Brownies yet to make. And some wrapping of my own. And I don't care what time we wrap up or how nasty it is outside, I am taking a hot tub when I'm done.
Speaking of how nasty it is outside...
Watches and Warnings
Middletown Forecast /O.EXB.KSTO.WS.W.0012.081225T0600Z-081225T2000Z/
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEPORT
140 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM PST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY.
RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BELOW 3000 FEET LATE
THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER TO 1500 FEET
DURING CHRISTMAS MORNING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE AROUND
3000 FEET BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON...WITH AN INCH OR TWO DOWN TO
2000 FEET. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY CREATE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW AND RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL DECREASE BY LATE
MORNING.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
And they must be serious because they used ALLCAPS.
Don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to driving over the hill and seeing family. But there is a part of me that wouldn't mind if it snowed 10 inches and the mountain was closed and we could hunker down here by the fire and read all day.
Anyway - whether I see you or not, Merry Christmas. May you get some Ray Conniff on your iPod this year!
Rachel is wrapping and I have Pumpkin Muffins and Brownies yet to make. And some wrapping of my own. And I don't care what time we wrap up or how nasty it is outside, I am taking a hot tub when I'm done.
Speaking of how nasty it is outside...
Watches and Warnings
Middletown Forecast /O.EXB.KSTO.WS.W.0012.081225T0600Z-081225T2000Z/
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEPORT
140 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM PST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY.
RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BELOW 3000 FEET LATE
THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER TO 1500 FEET
DURING CHRISTMAS MORNING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE AROUND
3000 FEET BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON...WITH AN INCH OR TWO DOWN TO
2000 FEET. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY CREATE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW AND RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL DECREASE BY LATE
MORNING.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
And they must be serious because they used ALLCAPS.
Don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to driving over the hill and seeing family. But there is a part of me that wouldn't mind if it snowed 10 inches and the mountain was closed and we could hunker down here by the fire and read all day.
Anyway - whether I see you or not, Merry Christmas. May you get some Ray Conniff on your iPod this year!
posted by Eric Soderstrom at 11:09 PM
1 Comments:
WOW...Sounds like you are reindeer "pooped" out! Where's MY tin of cookies?!?
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