Jacket weather again, but---------------

it is so much nicer than what is happening up north , again!! (And again, and again, it seems.) My daughter in Grand Rapids, MI, blogged that they had already had 104 inches of snow this year, as of last Thursday, I think, and were within 3 inches of a new record total for the year. With the storm last weekend, they may have their new record by now!

I am still trying to figure out the theory of global warming, and my kids in the northern part of the country have been no help at all, in coming up with a reasonable explanation. Seems every thime we try to get into a discussion about it, they have to take a break, and go out to shovel snow, or move a stuck car, or some activity like that!! How does this all fit in? (I know, check with Al Gore, right?) We had 84-85 last Friday or Saturday, and 48 here this morning. No snow, of course, and unfortunately, very little rain, either, but it was another long pants/warm shirt/jacket day, and not much better yet tomorrow. Still needing rain, mainly, as the overall ground in very dry, and ready to burn.

My blogger son in Utah keeps mentioning have to keep his loaned/neighbors snowblower in repair, so that he can keep both their drives cleared, but with his rotator cuff problems in the past, snow-blowing seems a great alternative to snow-shoveling. Besides, thais way, he has the engine exhaust to stay warm with. I think all of the spread-out family will be glad to see Spring finally arrive. Carol's son in central GA was getting COLD weather, rain, and sleet yesterday---no fun at all. And I am sure he would much rather have been out getting his garden started, than in the house staying dry and warm.

We had a wonderful concert at our church yesterday afternoon. One of our members from the north, (Ohio in the summer, and here in the winter,) has a grand-daughter who sings on the New York stage, and has a great voice, and personality as well. She sang Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, at the age of about 15, traveling with Mickey Rooney, et al, has been in several major shows, and recently did the title role in Evita, with a musical theater group in Michigan. In fact, she did Don't Cry For Me, Argentina for her encore, which was very appropriate, as our talented organist/pianist/choir director is from Argentina! The two of them do a fabulous job together, in spite of very limited practice time together. I think she would be perfectly happy to take him to Broadway with her! She was in a state of Euphoria, along with everything else, as she had just become engaged a couple of days before she came down, and had to take a quick break to get rid of the tears, after doing a medley of love songs as an opener. Our church becomes a PACKED house for her singing. Last year the overflow had to sit in the choir loft chairs, and she had sort of a 'theater in the round', but this year, we had a lot of extra chairs in every available space, to get everyone in front of her. Oh yes, one of the shows she was in was Les Mizerables, which was not on her program, but she said maybe next year. And she does all of this as a fund-raiser for the music department for our church! Her Grandmother even buys her plane ticket down and back, and we get the blessing of hearing her sing! Is that great, or what?