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Depending on which thermometer you believe, it was either -9F or -4F (one is 12 feet up, so it's entirely possible that they're both right) at 8:30am. I went out to feed the birds and yes, it was COLD out there. They were waiting for me.
All the snow we had two weeks ago melted, but we got another 6" between noon on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. I shoveled a path to the garage before I fed the birds, then had quickie breakfast and back out to help J shovel the driveway. Then DB was up, and we had proper Christmas breakfast and presents. By the time J went out in the afternoon (to take down the video/sound in the overflow space at church), the driveway had filled up again with blowing snow. Yesterday afternoon, DB and I went out and cleared the drive way of the drifts and the 3" of new snow.
Christmas Eve service was OK, but I really dislike the pastor's reliance on the annoying backing tracks. The viola soloist had apparently never heard O Holy Night(!) and was putting weird breaks in the middle of phrases and emphasizing the wrong notes in the "frilly bits", and the vocal piece was about three keys too high for the soloist. At least he was well rehearsed and knew the piece he was singing. The Bell Choir played two pieces (one a hymn accompaniment and one for offertory), and they went pretty well - I cross-handed a few measures, as did J (usually the higher chime is on the right, but sometimes for whatever reason it isn't, and if you don't notice...).
I just started the holiday cards, so I'm pretty much on (my) schedule with them.
All the snow we had two weeks ago melted, but we got another 6" between noon on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. I shoveled a path to the garage before I fed the birds, then had quickie breakfast and back out to help J shovel the driveway. Then DB was up, and we had proper Christmas breakfast and presents. By the time J went out in the afternoon (to take down the video/sound in the overflow space at church), the driveway had filled up again with blowing snow. Yesterday afternoon, DB and I went out and cleared the drive way of the drifts and the 3" of new snow.
Christmas Eve service was OK, but I really dislike the pastor's reliance on the annoying backing tracks. The viola soloist had apparently never heard O Holy Night(!) and was putting weird breaks in the middle of phrases and emphasizing the wrong notes in the "frilly bits", and the vocal piece was about three keys too high for the soloist. At least he was well rehearsed and knew the piece he was singing. The Bell Choir played two pieces (one a hymn accompaniment and one for offertory), and they went pretty well - I cross-handed a few measures, as did J (usually the higher chime is on the right, but sometimes for whatever reason it isn't, and if you don't notice...).
I just started the holiday cards, so I'm pretty much on (my) schedule with them.
