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Alanmas begins

Alan arrived safely on Tuesday afternoon after a long and tiring journey.
He seemed happy to be here despite the welcoming snow, ice and all the usual stuff.

Poor soul ended up shovelling that same evening.
No gentle introduction to Wisconsin winter in January.

He keeps his thermals, boots, big coat, hat, gloves and probably, 'unmentionables', here through the year as he doesn't really need them on Guernsey.
They will get plenty of use here over the next six weeks.
The schools have been closed for the last couple of days due to the brutal cold.....minus 30C .
Even the weathermen have stopped saying, "The weather is brisk" as frostbite warnings and advice to stay inside, flood the TV channels.
Libraries are staying open longer hours for people who have insufficient heat at home to be able to warm up.
Lord knows how the animals survive but I think many will not this time.
We have more snow on the way this afternoon, on top of the frozen stuff we have.
I hope Philip doesn't have too horrid a drive home from Chicago.

Alan does seem to thrive on it though.  Bless him.
He said that when he woke up on his first morning here, for a second he didn't know where he was. Then he said, he remembered he was 'home'.
I thought that was so sweet.

We all opened our Alanmas presents and everyone was happy with their gifts.
Looby Loo only went halfway up the stairs again.
Any other man arriving and she would disappear altogether, but she always remembers Alan.
They say cats have little appreciation of time so I wonder if, when he comes, in she just thinks he has been round the shop and there must have been a long queue.
She was soon back looking for him to make a fuss of her.

The Green Bay Packers are in the playoffs......whatever that means....and Alan will be glued to the TV on Sunday to see if they go through.
I don't envy them playing in this weather.
We shall have to get him back here after Sunday brekkie a bit sharpish so he doesn't miss the start.
Then we shall leave him here to go grocery shopping.   Coo....he got out of that easily.  :)

posted by Sue Banks @ 9:24 AM