Here’s one for the ages. Well, at least here’s one to compare with the Great Freeze last February. Woke up this morning to an extremely billowy 23 degrees with a wind chill of 6. Yep. That’s right. Single digits. Bring back my tropical weather, please!
I
was at my desk finishing up the blog for yesterday when I heard yet another
weird noise (remember the chimney cap that blew off?). This one, however, was
quite loud and didn’t stop … for four or five minutes. It was a siren of some
sort. Generally an emergency siren has more of a pulsing sound. This one was
one continuous note. Kind of annoying. But it finally stopped. Guess the wind
and cold set it off somewhere close. Or someone’s car alarm is frighteningly
loud … or perhaps we were being visited by a UFO of sorts …
With
it being so cold we decided to stay at home instead of doing the final
Christmas shopping. I even refused to go out front and re-install the Christmas
lights that had blown down. Didn’t pick up the trash cans that blew over,
either. Well, what to our wondering eyes (and ears) should appear, but two of
Santa’s elves (aka, Corey and Janell), dressed in their warmest gear, putting
the last of our lights in place. The trash cans were standing again as well. We
called them inside to warm up and receive our undying gratitude (well, mine for
sure). Great to have young neighbors like that.
The
rest of the afternoon was rather quiet. Sam was in her room most of the time.
She is really getting around better with her bum knee. It been fun wheeling her
around the house. Chris made some more divinity. I watched University of
Houston come back in the last 20 seconds and win their bowl game. And we all
stayed warm. No power outages here - at least not yet- and no frozen pipes. We
do have another night of freezing cold again, though.
Isaiah 40:31 says, “but
those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings
like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Father,
thank you again for the great neighbors you have blessed us with. Amen.
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