2019 - February & March in Fort Worth

I took Darla out this morning and it was frigid!!! It was like Ottawa weather moved in. I wonder if all the plants survived the -6 temperature.  It is warming up to 6 but this is cold with a wind.   Very appropos for me!!   I am heading to the land of ice and snow. I am supposed to get into Ottawa after midnight and I am going through LaGuardia in NYC and they are having a snowstorm right now. I could not get a boarding pass for the next stage of my trip when I tried.   So probably another adventure is in store for me. Cassi has a two hour practical  exam today so she studied with the team yesterday at school and today is the day.   She says one has to focus every minute.  So I wish her the best of luck and good good brain waves today. I said good bye to Lu and he knows I  coming back in several weeks. I think I need some luck too to get home in one day. \Post script - Welcome home... to the land of snow and ice!!    ...

It was about 4 degrees here today and there was a brisk wind.  I went out with Darla this morning as usual and I thought, gosh this is cold. When I went out later in the morning I first went to get my coffee at MacD's. Well it is time to pack it in, give away the suitcases and stay home!!!  I got out of the car at MacD's and starting walking across the parking lot and realized I was still wearing my SLIPPERs!!    By then it was the point of no return, I was near the restaurant door!   I was internally killing myself laughing.  Now these are sort of slip-ons and they are floral but at least the pattern is navy mostly.  But they are what they are, slippers.  No fooling anyone.  Needless to say I got my coffee and left.  After I stopped by Cassi's to get into the proper footwear and the only pair of shoes I brought with me, I headed out at again.  Laughing at myself. When the kids were out yesterday they said they saw an owl ...

Texas Independence Day Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document signed by 59 delegates, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas. (from Wikipedia).     Who knew.   Some stores had sales today for Independence Day. I went to bed really early last night and I slept until 5 am.  I got up as I had to visit the bathroom.  Once there I thought I have to be quiet as I wanted to leave for birding in South Dallas at 6:30 am.  So I got myself ready and then I took Darla out for a walk.  It was still pitch dark.  I got her back in the house and pick-up my stuff for birding (lunch bag, liquids, snack, travel binocs and gloves.  I could not find a headband in any of the stores I looked.  It was cool and there was a wind.  I stopped at MacD's for my coffee and off I went for a 45 minute dr...

Lu came into my bedroom this morning early which is unusual as Cassi is usually up as soon as she hears him up.  I got Lu rolling with the activities of toileting and washing hands, getting dressed and breakfast.  He got a treat for breakfast, Gluten free Cheerios with some blueberries added.  I was busy so it was not until we sat down to breakfast I started thinking of Cassi and why she had not stirred yet.  I started getting worried.  She is always up.... Then I started thinking of the worst case scenario.... I almost started getting weepy.  There was not a sound from the bedroom.  Lu said she was sleeping so I was almost scared going in.   Well she was just sleeping like the dead figuratively speaking.  She was so tired.  Whew! I got Lu to school and then Darla for a walkie.  Then I stopped at MacD's for my decaf and there were TV's on the wall!!!  Yipee, maybe CNN before I leave here.  The TV was not on yet,...