FOG FREEZE

Fog freeze is something that mom has learned about the other night on King 5 news. Anyone ever hear of it??? According to the news it happens when the weather gets so cold that the street pavement freezes and when the fog touches the street pavement, something known as "black ice" forms. Black ice is when the ice on the street is clear and you cannot see it, but once your car hits the black ice it can skid and sometimes skid off the road into the ditch which is something that has happened to dad many years ago. For the past couple of days there has been a fog freeze warning. In fact this morning it looked as if it had snowed but instead it was frost on the way to school. Butch came along for the walk and boy is he a hit with the school kids and he is loving it too.

AFTERNOON RECITAL

Between the time school let out and piano lessons were to begin, Mimi had about one and a half hours to kill. A couple of days ago mom had promised Janet that she would also pick up Erin from school, of course when the other kids got wind of it they all wanted to come also which is totally fine with mom. The weather has not been good lately, way to wet for the kids to play outside. Mimi has been practicing her songs real hard this week so that she could play for her friends. They were quite impressed. A good time was had by all.

TOPSY TURVEY

The time now is 7:42 in the morning and mom has been up for an hour and a half enjoying this quiet moment until now. Mimi just woke up which is late for her.

This week is still parent/teacher conference at the school plus it is a holiday week which means our schedule for this week has been turned around. Mimi normally goes to school in the afternoon but due to the schedule change, she has to go in the morning. That means mom had to re-schedule her piano and gymnastic classes for the afternoon.

Although it is still the fall season, it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas or so the song goes. There is a chill in the air and the nights are crystal clear. One can see a whole sleuth of stars at night. It is so cold that the cats are staying in the house more often. Come this weekend, dad says that he will put up the Christmas lights. That should make Mimi real happy. She can't wait for Santa Claus to get here.

BOLT AND BLAKE

I swear that Mimi and Blake must have been related in their infinite past. He can't wait to come over to our house and she can't wait to go over to his. They play and argue just like brother and sister. Which is probably why he chose to come here this morning as opposed to going over to Zoe's house. Poor, poor Keri. It seems as if she needs to divide herself in half at times. Bailey loves to play with Braden (Zoe's little brother) and although Blake adores Zoe, he would rather play with Mimi. This morning Keri had some Christmas shopping to do for the kids and so she dropped Baily off at Braden's and Blake came here. Fortunately we all within a block of each other. We moms were supposed to get together for lunch today but silly mama, she forgot that the kids are home from school this Thursday and Friday due to parent/teacher conference (I must say Mimi did pretty darn good. We are so proud of her). As much as mom loves Mimi, she enjoys having lunch/drinks with her friends without any interruptions from Mimi. Therefore we put our lunch date off till after Thanksgiving. Keri and mom were planning to take the kids to the movies but when Keri arrived home from shopping she called mom to let her know that she and Bailey will not be going with us. Ms. Bailey was having a total meltdown. She was quite upset about leaving Braden's house. So off to the newly remolded South Center the three of us went to see Disney's "Bolt" and check out the new AMC Theater. Really, really nice theater and mom loves stadium seating with the armrests that go up. Oh and by the way cute movie too. Mimi and Blake really enjoyed themselves. They laughed themselves silly all the way home. They can't get enough of each other so they are now both over at Blake's having a good time. As soon as dad gets home we are going over to Black Diamond to check out this little Italian joint and see how good they are. Will give a report later.

TEETH CLEANNING

Today started off with gymnastic class, then a trip to the local shopping store followed by lunch at mom's favorite teriyaki place. There are a gazillion of them here. When 2:00 rolled around, mom and Mimi were in the dentist office waiting to be seen. Mom's hygenist was a very nice gal. She had a lovely conversation with Mimi. They talked all about teeth. When she asked Mimi about how many teeth she had, mom decided to count them for Mimi. Lo and behold what did she see? None other than four molars starting to come through! The hygenist said that they are Mimi's 6 year old molars. This explains why Mimi has been feeling a bit warm lately but it has not slowed her down one bit.

WINDY

While the folks down in Southern California were fighting fires, us folks in our town were battling the winds today. According to the weather report we are supposed to get 50 mph winds tonight.

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Picture is blurry but readable. This sign was found on the wall of the skating rink. It just cracked me up.