Merry Christmas

A very white Christmas, with more snow this morning! Liz, Jason and Hazel made it over the pass yesterday, and we all had roast beef at Anne & Nate's apartment. So fun to be together again! This morning Hazel helped cook breakfast :)Praise God for family, abundance in our lives, and yes, even snow.

A Great Weekend to Move

This is the forecast for the weekend from NOAA. "

A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS ON TAP THIS WEEKEND.
 HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE COAST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN
SPREAD INTO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN
 WASHINGTON EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR ON THE KITSAP
 PENINSULA...ALONG HOOD CANAL...
AND FROM OLYMPIA AND CHEHALIS WEST TO THE CENTRAL
COAST NEAR OCEAN SHORES. 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW
 IS EXPECTED CLOSE TO HOOD CANAL. OTHER LOCATIONS
WITHIN THIS AREA SHOULD GET 5 TO 12
INCHES OF SNOW.

FYI-- our new house is on the Kitsap Peninsula along Hood Canal.  This should be interesting.

The Weather Outside is Frightful

This was last night, after some of the snow from last weekend had melted, and then it started to snow again.This was this morning about 9AM. 3 inches.This was a bit later- the driveway is under there somewhere.













Henry decided to brave it.
Finally! He is camouflaged and could stalk a bird without being seen!

It is now almost noon, it is snowing steadily, and we are up to about 4 inches. I can see the kids next door sledding- our back yard as well as theirs are perfect sledding hills! But this is not a good weekend to be moving since it isn't going to get above freezing until Christmas Eve! So despite the house sale recording today, we have to wait until the 26th to move. Unless someone wants to drive a truck up and down steep hills in snow and ice? Any volunteers?

House Church

We are being reminded often these days that we should be prepared as a church to worship together in homes. Jim and I had to do just that this morning, after an overnight snowfall and freeze- we couldn't get up the Poplar Rd hill- and we were in the 4-wheel drive subaru! After watching one car slide back down through the intersection, and then a truck slide across, we tried the hill, but found ourselves going nowhere fast. Jim managed to get pointed crossways on the road and hill, and then turn around, slide back down to the corner, and S-L-O-W-L-Y drive home, praying we would get back up the hill to our house, and down our driveway without slipping into the garage and wiping out boxes, a washing machine and few other things. So Mark Driscoll's vodcast was our service today.The cats were taken aback by this new experience! Henry tried to play with the snow (it moves!), and Daniel found the quickest route under the deck, shaking each paw as he went. Poor California kitties!

My bok choy and fennel are trying to grow somewhere under here! Even paving stones on the patio take on a wintery look.

To Poulsbo we go!

Yes! It looks like the sale is going through! We hopefully will be able to move before Christmas (so Hazel doesn't have to carry any boxes) We are looking forward to the challenges of redoing another house, but not as extensively as Moncure. Seems like a great neighborhood- we have already met some of the neighbors- including the one next door who raises pheasants (Henry should love that!).
Room for a greenhouse, garden, and nice and sunny! 4 bedrooms, 2 bath-- so plenty of room for guests! We are about 8 minutes from the center of Poulsbo, and about 20 minutes from the ferry to Seattle. Pray for quick close, easy move, and fast settling in!