12/26: Post-Christmas Report

It's a slow start to the day here, which is perfectly okay for a day off.  Christmas was a very good day: quiet, happy and peaceful. Our daughters spent the day with us, and went home after the evening meal.

Yesterday, the predicted snowfall began ... and for two hours, we watched with glee as big, fat flakes came down.

Then the south wind picked up, the temperature rose 10 degrees, and the flakes turned to rain. Temps have been in the mid- to upper-30s ever since.

Bleah.

And oh, yes: it just started sleeting.

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This morning, I'm midst-kerfluffle with the Postal Service. My long-awaited gift is reported to have arrived in Anchorage on the morning of the 24th.

Today, I received an e-mail stating they had attempted and failed to deliver the package. I'm not sure when this was supposed to have happened.

• No e-mail or text message stating that the package is "on a carrier vehicle and out for delivery". Those always precede a parcel delivery. Always.
• No such message on the post office website, using the tracking number.
• No sticky note from a carrier was left on the door, on either of the last two days.

But they did offer me the opportunity to re-schedule.

I bottled up my skepticism regarding their "we tried" message (since I've been here in the house since 10:45 am on Christmas Eve) and requested delivery today.

We'll see.

In the meantime, we'll avoid the reavers by staying home again today. Tomorrow morning, we'll head out bright and early to see if any of the stores are still standing. Heh.

All y'all have a wonderful, blessed day out there, and thank you again for stopping by, friends.

Naming Inanimate Objects, and Other Trivia

Happy Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Second Christmas, depending on whether you're in the UK, Italy, or perhaps Amish country. But happy December 26th, anyway!

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I've never been one to name my firearms, although I was tempted to do so with my favorite old black-powder hunting rifle. I still miss that one.

But the new M1 Garand seems to cry out for a name. Still seems a little silly to name an object, but "Liberty" feels right. Hmm. Any thoughts?


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It's a sweltering 4 degrees at the ol' homestead this morning, and there was a decent buildup of frost on the cars. Fortunately, since we had a high of 0° F. yesterday, the frost was not hard to scrape. (It was -9° at noon yesterday, which didn't encourage anyone to leave the house. Go figure.)

AccuHunch is warning that it could be as cool as -15° tonight. That'll be a bit nippy in the morning.
The car I'm currently driving is a little fussy when it's really cold, but it still does okay.

Won't stop me from replacing it with a nice SUV, come springtime or sooner, as finances allow.

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Random thoughts are all I have this morning, so this must suffice. Y'all have a wonderful Thursday, and thanks for stopping by.