The deep FREEZE?

Rumor has it a few days ago, in Colorado it was in the low single digits, even the negative degree temps if you figure in the wind chill. While I of course believe all my Colorado friends and family, not being here to witness it, it seems hard to fathom. However, as the saying goes in Colorado, give it a few minutes, hours, days and whammo, the weather can change like that!

Doug and I are back home in the cushy confines of our slow to heat up Colorado house in the northernlands. (I must say the term Southlands for S. Cali has so much better of a ring to it). We flew in today for the holidays and are staying until a few days after Christmas, so that it isn't a fly in fly out kind of visit. While the "getting here" part seemed rough this morning (Doug and I decided to pack a few hrs before, of course making me frantic on if I remembered things. And I had to leave both of our cutie meower furballs in California. Too much to try and bring home with work computers, and warm weather clothes. Leaving the cats (while it sounds funny) always seems traumatic for me. With my cutie being in ill health, everytime I leave her at the vet for boarding, I wonder how she will do. I hated leaving her knowing how much she would enjoy roaming the compound here in Windsor, but I definitely feel more comfortable leaving her in good hands at the Vets in California, even if it is going to cost me a huge bill), it is nice to be back in the confines of what was home for so many years. I will admit, getting into DIA felt strange tonight. Most times it has meant hopping off the plane with a huge grin, and a desire to kiss the Colorado ground. But tonight, maybe it was the cold, maybe it was the THRONGS of first time travelers that frustrated Doug and myself, but heading in felt different. I do feel more comfy though now that we are home. Now if we could only get the house heated up!

This week will bring catching up with old friends, and family, and our lives back here. It will mean braving the masses at the malls, as I search for the families gifts. It will mean watching It's a Wonderful Life for the umpteenth time, because it isn't Christmas in my book without that movie. It will mean freezing my ass off in the Colorado cold again, as December brings a festive holiday chill. As always, Doug made sure to bring his cameras, so that it can be documented, and thrown to the world to witness. There really is no place like home. And home for the holidays IS Colorado. Happy Holidays all!