Good Morning!

I am watching the news and it seems that since early December the snowy and icy weather has pelted the east coast and Midwest. I moved from the Indianapolis area 5 years ago this month. I am writing this update from San Antonio, TX. It was 78 degrees here yesterday and tomorrow the high will be 22. They are not prepared for that kinda cold down here, they get snow flurries about every 10 years, so they were due up, I guess.

I remember what it was like to shovel snow, scrap ice and finally get the car door open and then get the heater cranked on full blast so you finally get a small spot on your windshield that would let you see out until the wipers finally break through the ice! All the while you shiver in the car hoping spring break would get there soon and you can take your pale body to Key West, get a tan and drink in the warmth.

One event I always knew was the start of the spring thaw was when the High School basketball playoffs would be happening, we always got the last blast of snow and bitter cold then. After that, slowly the snow melted and left that gross black slush and wet spring started and by mid April the first few “warm” springlike days you would find many super white fleshed folks would be walking around the canal in shorts and they next day they would be red as lobsters.

This is being called the winter blast of 2011. Airports are closed, schools are closed and everyone is trying to go to work when they should relax and stay home. I remember getting up an hour earlier to get to work before all the fools had slide into the ditches just to sit in an office to make phone calls to people who would just want to talk about how crappy the roads are, instead of who they wanted to hire! What a waste of both our times, maybe I have spent too much time in California but, if it happened now, I would remember I am not a brain surgeon, it can all wait until tomorrow and I can wait out the slick roads and make calls from the warmth and safety of my home.

So tomorrow when it is cold, people are slipping and sliding and stressed, I will open a bottle or two of wine and do some tasting and make phone calls and catch up around the house, if I have to put in some extra hours over the weekend, I am good with that, I just can not fathom being in Indianapolis tomorrow morning and getting out the snow shovel.

Be safe, be warm…

Much LOVE and wine!

Tammi

A warm place to think about on a cold day. Santa Monica, CA

Santa Monica, CA park by the beach.