New Year Thanksgivings
At the moment; Sunday morning at about 7:30 AM, it is precipitating outside. The temps are hovering around 32 degrees and what is falling sounds like rain. We hope it IS rain and that it doesn't freeze on the roads. Unless it warms up a few degrees we will probably skip church. The temps are supposed to actually fall, not rise, so I don't want to risk not getting back up the hill. At the moment we are so thankful it isn't snow nor is it, so far anyway, a thick layer of ice. We still have internet and electricity so there is much to be grateful for on this first Sunday of the New Year. Our little neighbor, Bonnie, who is 86 or 87, I forget which, maybe even 88, gave us a cat bed. She said her cat didn't sleep in it. As you can tell from the photo, Smudge and Chica are both enchanted with it. Smudge loves it more than Chica does, and curls up in it often. When Chica gets a notion though, she just pushes right in and eventually Sm...