We're Having A Heatwave!

I can't believe that the weather here has gone from icy to almost 60 degrees F.  Now we're looking at 2 inches of rain this weekend.  Good grief!  There will be all kinds of flooding.  Since there isn't anything we can do about it...bring it on.  I think this is close to a pineapple express like we had in 1996 when we had major flooding in our area.  The weatherman says that some of the snow on Mt Hood is going to melt too.  This means, he says, it will be like 5 inches of rain.......yikes!  If it gets bad enough that we have to evacuate I do have enough pet carriers for the cats.  We had to leave in 1996 because we live next to a river.  He did say also that it should get back in a few days to more normal temperatures.

This weekend the brakes on my car need to be worked on.  My son, bless his heart, is going to fix the front brakes for me.  That way it won't cost so darn much.  He has been such a help to me the last few years.  I don't know what I would have done without him.  I think he realizes that I'm getting older and need him more now.  Whatever the reason, I thank God he's there for me.

The cats have their own special places to sleep.  I have several baskets with towels placed around the house for them.  Recently we bought one of those pillow pets (Bee) for Fina.  I put it in one of the baskets and now she only sleeps there.  The back of the couch is also a favorite place for some of the cats.  In the evening sometimes it looks like a long strip of fur on the top of the couch.  Three or four of the cats stretch out heads-to-butts and drape over the  cushions. I might add, the couch is covered with a king sized flannel bed sheet to catch flying hairballs and cling-ons.  Almost every piece of furniture is covered with something to keep from being ruined.  When you have ten cats and one dog you can't have anything nice, trendy, antique, priceless or God forbid, new!

Unimpressive Drizzle

No snow...no freezing rain, only drizzle and 47 degrees F when I got up this morning. No skating birds or squirrels on the deck. The cats seemed to be unimpressed with the weather too.  Only a couple of the die hard cats were at the slider gazing at the comings and goings of the wildlife.

I need to get back into my crafting (knitting, crocheting, cross stitching, beading and polymer clay)  I need to make a couple of pairs of wrist warmers for a friend in Hawaii.  Yes, I said Hawaii.  She's old like I am and if it gets below 60 degrees F she has joint pain and is freezing.  I can sure relate to that.  If it gets cold here (below 40 degrees F) I get the same pain.  I'm thinking the cats (the older ones) have a bit of the arthritis as well.  I know when it gets damp feeling or exceptionally cold here I make a fire in the fireplace and Midge and Ming are somewhere close to soak up the heat.  I almost made a fire today but just didn't have the time.  It isn't cold but certainly is damp.  The damp weather affects my Fibromyalgia so I personally would have felt better if I had started a nice toasty fire.

Soooo when will it snow here?  Is there a weatherman out there that knows when it's going to snow in the Northwest?  We still have through February so I'm still hoping.