It's B A A A C K!!

Did you see the Leonid meteor shower last night??  No??  Well it's back.  I was up at 4:30 this morning and I sort of, kind of, did see a part of it.  The problem is you need to be away from town where all the lights outshine the stars.  Looking East and south of Leonid??  I've never even heard of it before, let alone know where to look!!  Since I'm on the WEST side of town, I could vaguely see the path of lights across the sky.  I imagine if you were on top of a mountain somewhere, it would be amazing to see!!  You do have another chance tonight, if you want to brave the chilly temperatures after midnight!!

It's a balmy 41 degrees here this morning ... 65 in my house.  Pack your woolies if you visit me, because I'm allergic to high PG&E bills!!!  Every morning by 7:00 the fog rolls in, covering everything, including my newly washed rig, with a nice coat of WET!!  Winter is finally back in California!!!  Now if Nick Russell will just wander this way, we would probably have enough rain to fill our now dry lakes and reservoirs!!  Everywhere he travels, there are downpours, as is happening where he's parked in Florida!!

I spent yesterday morning at the ranch with my realtor friends Kay and Sandy.  My "half" of the ranch only encompasses one house and 5 acres of pasture.  My brother's half consists of one house and all of the outbuildings, including a large barn.  Surrounded by eucalyptus trees, his half is the biggest mess I've ever seen!!  My oh my!!!  There are tree branches down everywhere, along with piles and piles of trash!!  His renter has taken every corner, built some kind of fence and filled it with animals ... from pigs to sheep to horses!!  My renter isn't much better, but at least they only have one large dog kennel and one chicken coop!!  What a mess to clean up ... and of course it's left to me to take care of all this.  Thankfully this is right up Kay and Sandy's alley ... they will come up with several alternatives for the big cleanup, all of which will be VERY costly.  Ugh ... not looking forward to this at all.   Once that's done, we can look at listing it this spring.  At least in the end, I will be out from under the stress of renters and expensive repairs!!  Definitely happy about THAT!!

Thanksgiving is back ... and I will spend the rest of my day making up my dinner menu.  I'm having some friends over who don't know about my backyard burial ground!!  I'll keep it simple ... it's hard to mess up mashed potatoes and my mom's dressing recipe is an easy one!!  I'll also smoke the turkey, so that won't be hard  ...  now just fill in the blanks!!  Maybe I'll have THEM bring the rest of dinner!!      That leaves the rest of my day free ... now which fabric store will I visit???