No, not here. That would be highly unusual. I just received my first WBAL e-mail alert of the year, and learned that schools back home are closing 1 hour early today. By tomorrow morning there could be 2-4 inches of snow on the ground! That would be very exciting, especially compared to the forecast here:
Thursday - Rain/Wind
Friday - Light Rain
Saturday - Heavy Rain
Sunday - Rain
On top of that, today's sunrise was at 7:49 am, and sunset was at 3:55 pm, so the daylight hours are already very limited, and only getting shorter. But on the bright side, the sun really did make appearances both this morning and this afternoon! And that's more than I'm expecting for the rest of the week....
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Happy New Year!
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and thus the church year starts anew. At Woking URC, the four candles in the circular wreath are white, and the one in the middle is red. There are no Christmas decorations up in the church...yet.
This afternoon we finally enjoyed our first Sunday roast. Even the pubs that usually have age restrictions invite people of all ages to dine with them for these special meals. We headed across the street to our local hangout - The Sovereigns. When the railway came to Woking back in 1838, this building was called The Railway Hotel, and it was the first to provide accommodation of its type in this area. Today it still serves good food and drink, and if Dave chooses his table carefully, he has a direct line of sight to our flat and a connection to our Internet!
This afternoon we finally enjoyed our first Sunday roast. Even the pubs that usually have age restrictions invite people of all ages to dine with them for these special meals. We headed across the street to our local hangout - The Sovereigns. When the railway came to Woking back in 1838, this building was called The Railway Hotel, and it was the first to provide accommodation of its type in this area. Today it still serves good food and drink, and if Dave chooses his table carefully, he has a direct line of sight to our flat and a connection to our Internet!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
A Charlie Brown Christmas
When Chris was little (Can you imagine that?), we always waited until December 1st to start decorating for Christmas. That allowed us to focus on his birthday and Thanksgiving in November. In trying to keep our rapidly accumulating "stuff" to a minimum, I purchased a scrawny table top tree yesterday. By the time we lovingly added garland and ornaments, it looked pretty cute! (Charlie Brown would be so proud of us....) Just for fun, I bought an Advent calendar at Legoland Windsor back in October, so the first box was opened today, and the little Lego character was assembled and added to the tree. Surrounding the tree are crackers - those will be new to us. We'll do our best this month to experience all that a traditional English Christmas has to offer!
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