More About the Ferrets in California

So today I turned on the television and their was a program on called "Extreme Dr. 90210". On there was a girl whose nose and top lip was missing. When she was a child she was attacked by a ferret. She lives in California and has spent the rest of her life, after the incident, lobbying the State of California to keep the law in place wherein it is illegal to own a ferret. Pretty wild stuff I tell you.. pretty wild stuff.

It is snowing outside! It has been snowing since around 10am this morning. It's really beautiful. I had some errands to run this morning and was a bit hesitant because ..... well.. it's snowing. It snowed in Houston yesterday and some of the freeways were closed. Snow can close roads in areas where people aren't use to it. I looked out of the window and saw 2 little old ladies, with their red hats and coats on, walking down the street in the snow like it was no big deal. And I remembered the promise that I made to myself that I would live life normally and not become paralyzed by the snow.

I noticed about a dozen birds sitting on an electrical wire outside in the snow. It was amazing.

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The Weather is Just Crazy

Just so you know... I am not ill.. I don't have the flu... I have been super busy and that is why I haven't been able to post to this blog for over a week.

In October everyone here said, "Wait until November, the weather will be really nasty."
Well, November came and went and the weather was gorgeous!

It was almost 60 degrees (15.5C) today. I talked to my sister who lives in Houston, Texas and my friend, Luci, who lives in Galveston, Texas. Galveston is 1 hour south of Houston. Both Galveston and Houston will get snow tonight! How wild is that? It's going to snow in the deep south before it snows here. That's crazy!

The joke here is that the weather has been so lovely because I am here....lol...lol...

The picture is another one that I took while the beautiful autumn leaves where changing.

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Time is Flying

Friday morning I drove to the Philadelphia airport, which was 2 hours and 37 minutes from my home. I actually drove to the FastTrack parking lot and took a shuttle to the airport. Add another 30 minutes onto the drive time. 3 hours to get from my home to the airport, for a 3 hour flight to Houston. Go figure.

The drive was a bit stressful to say the least. It was my first time finding the parking lot and on top of that I drove in the rain the entire time. I don't really mind driving in the rain but trying to pass an 18-wheeler on the highway is hard to do with a constant sheet of rain in front of you.

My trip was one of the shortest I have ever made to Houston. I arrived at 2:00 pm on Friday and had to be back at the airport at 9:30 am Sunday.

It was great to see my sister and spend time with her. A bonus was that she drove me to Galveston on Saturday to have lunch with my cool friend, Luci. A great time was had by all.

It was hotter than hell in Houston. Upon my arrival back home, the weather had changed. The high has been in the 70's.

I think that with the stress of the weekend trip combined with the weather change is the reason I feel as if I am catching a cold. Today I begin my 5 day regiment of special vitamin cocktail that works like a charm. By day 3 I will feel much better.

The picture was taken at the Topanga Earth Day festival earlier this year. Someones got a very creative idea about how to make tea.

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