FOG

Now here's a weather attribute I know! Mix a little fog with 27 degrees though and it's a little less familiar. It was funny watching the news this morning and listening to the warnings and instructions for driving in dense fog. This is something I know how to do! Sigh. I guess the unseasonably "warm" weather is the culprit---although I'd be pretty hard pressed to call this below freezing temperature warm. It's all relative.

We've got snow in store on our horizon and it isn't the "let's dash to Lake Tahoe for some downhill-skiing" snow either. It's more the "first it's gonna rain enough to make it icy and treacherous before it sleets and then snows on top of it snow". Everyone still is happy that it's not "cold". I can't wait until I feel that this is NOT cold. I liked it better when I didn't watch the news. I like knowing about the weather (really? I couldn't tell!), but I hate having Mike know the weather. It's like the anticipation of what's to come clouds his mood forecast and it's not easy to remain "chipper". I hate the weather too lately, but I'm not an athlete---so an hour and a half on the trainer and I may not be thrilled, but I have my fix.

We've been "conserving" our heating bill and so we keep our house at 55 (at night and when we aren't home) and 59 (dinner time) and 60 (when Mike isn't home I splurge!). When I get home from my walk from work, the 55 degrees feels warm for the first two minutes...I bet we're the only folks in Marshall who's heating bill is just barely over $100! We're probably the only folks in Marshall who eat dinner with several layers of clothing, hats and scarves, etc.

I saw a photo on sfgate.com (Of course I still read the SF News!) and it was taken from Sydney's hound-park in Diamond Heights. It was a rainy, foggy, GREEN and gray day in my city-by-the-bay with a dog being walked in the Haas park looking out over the city's skyline. Funny thing is, no one here is very happy about the fog, but I just LOVE it! It's comforting for obvious and not so obvious reasons.

Oh yeah---and thanks for the remnants of your Pacific storm...it's gonna hit us sometime later today! Have a very happy Thursday!