Day Thirty

Being house bound does have some limiting effect on life.  Since I haven't been out doors for days and I can't think of a single thing to take photo's of around the house I am just going to have to sign off with nothing.
Perhaps tomorrow will have something worthy of my blog.
Love to all,
Dawn

Day Twenty Nine

My how time flies, we've been here almost a month and now have less than a month until we return home for the wedding of Allison and Bill.

We have been completely snowed in with no way to drive out for the past two days.  Today Robb ordered something called "snow socks" for the car.  Something akin to chains, but easier to put on.  They are supposed to be delivered by mail tomorrow or the next day.  I didn't see the mail man today as he has to walk down to the houses to deliver the mail because of the snow, but we'll see.

The lightning and snow that we saw yesterday is uncommon and the weather people aren't sure exactly what happens.  They call it Thunder snow.  I tried to find out more information on the Internet today but there isn't much about the phenomena.

Not much going on today, Robb and I are trying to just stay warm as it is below freezing outside with a strong wind blowing.  It is supposed to be sunny tomorrow and a little colder- nice place to cuddle.

Love to all,
Dawn

Day Twenty Eight

The snow has not stopped since I posted my blog yesterday.  What was a light dusting has turned into one of the earliest heavy snowfalls in the UK since 1993.

 
Tried to take some of the same shots as yesterday.

Someone tried to drive down the road, I think to visit with the elderly lady next door but their car became stuck and a tractor came and pulled them up the hill.  Needless to say, we didn't even try to go any where.

It has continued to snow off and on all day, with winds at thirty miles per hour, thunder and lightning even while it snowed.  A wonderful storm to see and be inside and warm during!

But that left me with little to do all day so I thought I would show you one of the oddities of this house.  Now in Mary Poppins one of the first things she does when is hired is re-decorates her room.  She walks over to this little mirror on the wall, removes it and then pulls out this large mirror from her wonderful carpet bag.  She makes some statement like "I prefer to see all of my face at one time" or something similar.  Well I know just how she feels.  Here are the mirrors over the sinks in all three bathrooms.

This is the mirror over the sink in the "Master Bath"  As you can see where the flash is you can sort of tell my height.  I can only see the top of my head and certainly can't see my teeth while I brush or put on make up.

This is the mirror over the sink in the family bathroom that Robb uses, the cord you see is the electrical turn on for the shower.  Again just the top of my head

This is the third bathroom in the guest bedroom.  It is a little lower than the others, but still no whole face.  I think that one needs to be at least six feet tall to use any of them, and woe be to any one shorter, ie, me, or any children.

There are two little desk mirrors and one on the wall in the guest room.  Yes it too is hung high enough for only a six footer to use.

But fortunately, in the master bedroom, hidden in a corner, with no light was a thin wall mirror.  I moved a chair, bought a TV tray to make my make up/hair dresser and now I can see all of me, just like Mary Poppins.  I only wish I looked like her.

Well, the weather outside is frightful, and my honey is so delightful and waiting for me to finish so I'm off to bed!
Love to All,
Dawn

Well we went to bed with it snowing heavily with some of the largest snowflakes I have ever seen.

 But all we woke up with was a light dusting of snow that had been wet but was now frozen like a sheet of ice.

 We did think to go out this afternoon
but after three or four attempts at going up the
drive way, we went back into the house
defeated by the road.  Mexican food and the craft shop will have to wait for another day.






DUNDEE WEATHER FORECAST- remember Zero on the Celsius scale is 32 degrees!

Detailed ten-day forecast			°F | °C
Day	Forecast	Description	Precipitation chance
Today 27 Nov Details	Mostly Cloudy High: 0° Low: -4°	Day: Partly cloudy skies. High 0C, humidity 75%. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.	40%
		Night: Cloudy with flurries. Low -4C. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph.	60%
Tomorrow 28 Nov Details	Snow High: 2° Low: -1°	Day: Snow. High 2C, humidity 75%. Winds ENE at 15 to 20 mph.	95%
		Night: Mostly cloudy with snow showers. Low -1C. Winds ENE at 15 to 20 mph.	90%
Monday 29 Nov	Snow Showers High: 2° Low: -1°	Cloudy with snow showers. High 2C and low -1C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph.	80%
Tuesday 30 Nov	Snow Showers / Sun High: 0° Low: -4°	Mostly clear skies. High 0C and low -4C. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.	70%
Wednesday 01 Dec	Snow Showers / Sun High: -1° Low: -4°	Mostly clear skies. High -1C and low -4C. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.	75%
Thursday 02 Dec	Afternoon Snow High: -2° Low: -11°	Cloudy with snow showers. High -2C and low -12C.	40%
Friday 03 Dec	Cloudy / Afternoon Sun High: 1° Low: 0°	Mostly clear skies. High 1C and low 1C.	50%
Saturday 04 Dec	Scattered Flurries High: 2° Low: -5°	Drizzle and scattered flurries. High 2C and low -5C.	95%
Sunday 05 Dec	Clear High: 3° Low: -9°	Sunny skies. High 3C and low -9C.	40%
Monday

It looks like we will have a delightful week, hopefully we will be able to make the meetings Robb has set up.  All of the northeast coast of Scotland is going through this spell of winter weather so I am sure other will have to cancel as well.
Love to all,
Dawn

Day Twenty Six

 

My beloved who I am so very thankful for.

Well as you can see, we had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.  Today we had turkey sandwiches with cranberry sauce and tonight a re-creation of the feast without all the work thanks to the microwave.


Once I had finished cooking, I am afraid that my foot was finished as well, and my beloved did all the cleaning and put everything away.

 

But a nights rest and I was up and doing house work, putting away our Thanksgiving decorations and getting out my $10.00  Christmas tree and decorations.  I put the tree in the window behind the couch and we can see it in the mirror on the other wall while watching TV.  I want you to know that the tree is 6 feet tall, and sitting on the window sill so you can see how tall the room is.  A 12ft tree would fit in here with no problems.

 The only problem with this beautiful tree is there are no angels on it.  Tomorrow Robb has promised to take me to a craft store so I can buy fabric for wings and some type of face to create angels out of the scallop shells we've gathered.  Once I have angels on it, the tree will be perfect.

 

Oh and Robb has found a Mexican Restaurant for us to have lunch at tomorrow.  It is called Rancho Pancho in Dundee.  Does it seem like everything I write about includes food?  Must be something in the air!
Love to all.
Dawn

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thanit.

Our love and prayers to all,
Dawn and Robb

Day Twenty

Tried walking around and decided that another day in bed with my foot up will be better.  Robb thinks some of the bruising is subsiding, but the pain has changed location and hurts in a different spot this morning.  Keep praying!
Love to all,
Dawn