Seems that my recent posts all have to do with the weather. Today I’m watching an approaching storm with interest because tomorrow our club is scheduled to play a noon gig. The forecast is for 4-6 inches in this area. The rain is forecast to switch to snow this afternoon but it should all end about 9:00 tomorrow a.m. Hopefully that’ll leave enough time for the roads to be cleared.

I’m also looking ahead at the ten-day forecast because next Thursday morning we’ll be heading for Florida and obviously we wish for clear roads. At this point, it appears it’ll be cloudy but no precipitation. Whew!! The day before, we’ll be playing for WSGW radio which will also be broadcast on the internet. You can find the link to the “Listen Live” feature in the upper right corner of the screen at:

I’m going to start moving the stuff I want to take with us to a “staging area.” I’m trying to envision decorating for the holidays and what I’ll need to achieve a festive look with as little as possible. The stuff needs to travel well and be compact. I have so much Christmas-y stuff here, I sure don’t want to get down there and feel that I need to buy something. We have a large attic to store it after we use it, so that’s no problem.

At the condo, we’ll decorate our lanai with a small ceramic tree that was Mom’s and some tiny lights.

Inside I’ll have a more sophisticated tree (with tiny ribbon roses and white lights), a lovely centerpiece for the coffee table and lots of candles. In the dining room, I want to use some lovely holiday placemats, and gold charger plates. The guest bathroom will have holiday towels. It’ll work.

It sure seems strange to be waiting to get started on the holidays.

It will be so different than anything we’ve ever done for the holdiay, but I think we need a change. John always gets into a “holiday funk.” He mentioned that it’s hard to find projects that excite him here.

In Florida, we have lots to do. For starts we need to plant some shrubs across the back of the unit, put up a dining room light fixture, and mount flat panel TV in the bedroom.

We can always take a day and go to Busch Gardens, take some dance lessons, or plan a dinner party with friends.