Fish and Chips and the Sky

I finally sat down and had fish and chips at The Anchor, a pub on the bank of the river Thames. I was people watching and writing a letter when I looked up at the sky and WABAM there was a sundog. I ran (yes, ran) to the nearest bridge to take a halfway decent picture. I love the sky.



Just a quick update. New pictures from my adventures of the weekend are linked on the right.

End of London, Paris, Sweet 16 and SNOW!

I'm back in the US. I've been back since Sunday, but I've been catching up on everything since I've been back, and haven't had a chance to update.

The rest of London was great. Didn't do anymore sightseeing, but went to the pub a couple nights after work. It's fun talking UK vs US differences.

And then......



Paris was good. Montmatre, Sacre Couer, Tour Eiffel, Louvre (from the outside, it closed at 5:30 on Saturday), Notre Dame, Champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe. I hit most of the toursity things. Friday was cold and dark, Saturday was sunny and beautiful. I was worried about rude Parisians, but I did not encounter any. I learned that I'd really like a travel buddy when I visit another country where English is not the primary language. But, it was a good trip.

Sunday I got back and immediately headed up to PJ for Sierra's Sweet 16 party. It was a fun party...lots of food, dancing, and high schoolers :)

The fam, and the birthday girl looking beautiful

Back to work all week, but today was a work from home day because WE GOT 6" OF SNOW!!!!

Cade likes the snow

AND, THON is going on RIGHT NOW in the BJC!! I just watched the line dance on the live video stream, and I'm super pumped to be there tomorrow!! FTK!

Ooooooh, it's wicked

Surprise! A weather related post. I was cruising around the internet this morning, and checked out the CoCoRaHS website. And LOOK, New Jersey is PENDING!!

CoCoRaHS is a non-profit org based out of Colorado State. It's a collection of weather observers across the country. I helped spread the program in Pennsylvania during my first summer at the Climate Office. I immediately emailed the national coordinator and asked him to pass my info along to the NJ Climate Office. I'm really excited! I hope I can get involved as a county coordinator.

Jonathan left me last week for Charlotte, NC and Knoxville to visit grad school friends. I was left to paint the trim in the house. Once we put up Christmas decorations (I KNOW it's much later than usual, but I want all the painting done first), I'll give a room by room tour of the house.

Other than that, the weather feels like winter here. We got 2 inches of pretty, fluffy snow yesterday. Mostly gone today after the freezing rain overnight. Today it was WINDY, my car was blowing all over the road on the ride home.

Time for Chuck! If you haven't watched it yet, catch up on old episodes on NBC. It's pretty good!