Two weeks with the family

My parents came to visit over the last two weeks, as you can see from the Wii photos below. I always love having them stay, and it's always hard to drive off from the airport after I leave them to catch their flight home.

But my life is here, and I love it :)

Spring is definitely arrived. The days are warm and bright again. I'm now starting to think about watering and managing my lawn. We had two pear trees planted in front of our house yesterday by the building company, and rumour has it they will be laying a sidewalk down the road too, which will make the development look much better, and a lot less like the building site it does right now.

Things go on, and go well.

Nice weather!

Finally nice weather.

I'm sitting in an easy chair on my deck, with a Wachusett Summer ale in my drinks holder, next to the grill that has 4 filet mignons and a wrap full of baby carrots roasting.

My parents and wife are chilling out, and the weather is nice and lovely.

Yay spring!!

Thursdays weather forecast?

32f

*sigh*

!!!!?!?!?!?

It's April 5th.

I've just been outside with my snow blower.

WTF!!!!

SNOW! APRIL! NO! Wrong!

Another driving session

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Went out again today with the camera, this time with my friend D and his daughter. We drove on the Mohawk Trail for a while, and stopped 4 seperate times to take pictures.

Dancer was working today, but yesterday we made up for her being on the road all week and working on the same weekend by almost finishing up her studio ... we bought some curtains, shelves, lamps, tables. We need to figure out some kind of seating in there, so thats next on the list.

We also finally picked up some curtains for the back bedroom my parents will be using when they come out. We've not had anyone stay in it for any long period of time, so there has been no rush, but we do need them. Now I just need to hang them! We also did some shopping at Home Depot ... I finally picked up a big outdoor brush so I could get all the salt and sand out of the garage now it's not going to snow again (*right?*).

I've got a powerful urge to follow the footsteps of an ex workmate and get a motorbike this summer. The roads around here are perfect for riding, and when you have bright sunny days like today, winding down a window in your car just doesn't quite do anything for me.

We also almost bought a Nintendo Wii today, but Walmart had sold all their systems. Bummer.

More on that weather!

New Englanders love their weather as much as the Brits.

On Wednesday, it was nearly 70f recorded by our office. We were in tshirts, shorts, windows were down, shades on.

Driving home tonight we have severe winter weather warnings. 6 - 12 inches of snow over night. 3 hour drive home from work with accidents everywhere. Sleet and rain tomorrow that is likely to freeze overnight, and thaw, causing floods during the days.

Dogs won't go out, I've just cleared the driveway, as we nearly didn't make it down after our drive home, and that would have sucked!

We're planning on a nice, cuddly, warm Saturday in!

Cold week

It's been cold here.

I mean *cold*. Cars don't want to start, dogs don't want to pee and humans don't want to walk around in it. In the mornings there are usually several dog walkers going past our house, but not the last few days.

The snow has frozen solid. I can walk on the top of a few inches of snow in my slippers and not leave footprints.

The automatic sliding door on the front of our office building won't slide properly, it's that cold. Neither would the sliding hatch on the drive through window this morning when I picked up my coffee. Even the gas pumps are slower.

Nights I've been to the gym, I have to take great care to dry my hair before I leave, it will freeze solid on the walk back to the car. Same in the morning after a shower.

I just wanted to give you an idea of how cold it is. I've never felt cold like this in the UK, never. Outside, right now, is 24f (-4c), and it feels comfortably warm, and I didn't take my coat with me. Thats how cold it has been.

So what does the extended forecast for next week predict? Almost 60f on some days (15c).

Got to love that New England weather! After this week, that will be tropical.