A good bubble bath might be worthwhile today, last night was pretty darn cold, coldest night so far this year. Relatively speaking not that bad, and it’s actually going to warm up into the 20s later and not to be too bad. Tomorrow though will be real icy, wet and just awful. I fully expect Sunday will be a stay at home day.
Sunny and 15 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 4. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around noontime. 🌡️
I am going out to Mom and Dad’s House 👪 for a Christmas lunch 🎄 with my sister and niece, 🎁 who were quaratined for Christmas over the COVID. None of them got it, but they were feeling a bit sick for a while and wanted to wait until their test results came back. COVID is everywheres these days, as is colds and all the usual that can be expected in the winter, but the muzzles 😷 certainly help on that front.
Afterwards, I want to do a quick hike up Bennett Hill 🚶♀️ before it gets dark, as I want to get my steps in as I think next week that will be difficult with the cold and having to dress up for work and take the local back and forth. That’s just going to happen in the winter, but hopefully it will be moderate before long.
Then go to Glenmont to wash my truck again 🚿 🚘 and get groceries before all the ice and road salt re-appears, not that isn’t already salty out enough. Maybe I won’t wash my truck, but I do want to be stocked up for groceries before the ice comes, as I don’t want any part of it next week.
The first breath of winter on Monday, although in the grand scheme of things for January, not really that cold. But certainly a few degrees below normal. 😎 But maybe more sun this week. And many days will actually feel like middle-late February into March. 🌷 When the real winter weather comes, it will feel so cold. I’m not looking forward to it, but it looks like when real winter comes, it actually won’t stick around that long. 🌨 Or so I hope!
I might try to get out of town next weekend, 🏕 if it’s reasonably warm and not snowy. Maybe just back to Madison County for an overnight — the Horse Camp is good in the sense that I won’t have to worry about icy/snowy roads as it’s right on the county highway. Plus cell service there. The alternative I guess would be NY 8 in Adirondacks, and the one advantage to that is possibilities to ski or snow shoe up north. 🎿
The following week is Martin Luther King Day ❄️ but I’m sure by then it will be cold and snowy. At some point that cold that is dominating the weather in the west will move east.
Today. Feels like … March 2nd.
A chance of rain before noon, then a chance of rain and sleet between noon and 2pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 2pm. Cloudy.
North wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
and
40 degrees
,
4:33 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … February 22nd.
Partly cloudy.
Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.
and
19 degrees
,8 max wind chill,
7:25 sunrise.
Monday. Cold !
Mostly sunny.
North wind 8 to 10 mph.
and
28 degrees
,8 max wind chill,
4:34 sunset.
Monday Night. Feels like … February 10th.
Mostly clear.
West wind 3 to 7 mph.
and
16 degrees
,10 max wind chill,
7:25 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … February 17th.
Sunny.
South wind 3 to 7 mph.
and
36 degrees
,11 max wind chill,
4:35 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like … March 17th.
Partly cloudy.
and
26 degrees
,
7:25 sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like … March 5th.
A chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
41 degrees
,
4:36 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like … March 26th.
A chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
29 degrees
,
7:25 sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like … February 20th.
Mostly cloudy.
and
37 degrees
,
4:37 sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like … March 7th.
A chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy.
Cloudy, damp and 36 degrees in Delmar. ☔ There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 4 pm. ☃️
Yesterday I went out to Five Rivers 🐦 for a while and then walked out along Meads Road past the cows 🐄 and then over Van Dyke. Got in 15,000 steps for the first day of the New Year, although New Years Eve I didn’t get my 10,000 in, and today I doubt I’ll walk that far 🚶♀️ as it’s kind of cold and rainy.
In a little bit I am going to run to Wally World 🏪 and get some groceries and supplies. I need a new belt 👖 as the one that has been falling apart for a long time now finally had part of the buckle fall off. I guess you can’t delay the inevitable forever. I want to get there before things ice up and the salt spreaders are out. Plus if I wait too loud it will be rather crazy at the store, and I don’t want to deal with the crowds, especially when you know at least a few people in the crowd 👹 have COVID hiding out behind their masks.
Maybe I’m a bad person but I like Walmart as they have nearly everything I need 🛍 and often bulk sizes that save a lot on the trash. I just like being able to buy really big bags of frozen things that I can put in the freezer and eat all week long. Not just to save money but to save on trash 🗑 which I pay for by the bag if I take it to the transfer station, especially in the winter when I’m not up in the woods as much having good ol fires. 🔥
Then this afternoon I will probably walk down to the library 📚 for a while with my laptop. As much as I don’t like going to the library with my muzzle, I’ll probably go down there for a while as there is some stuff I would like to work on with the internet, 👨💻 and honestly it doesn’t seem like a particularly nice day otherwise. I have the hotspot data, but right now my plan only covers 5 GB, so I don’t have that much to waste.
Been working on adjusting my retirement portfolio with the coming year. 💰I decided to switch entirely to a regular IRA for retirement savings this year – as I am making good money this days, and I’d rather have more money now to invest and save, and worry about the taxes later. Last year, I maxed out my retirement accounts – $18,500 for 457, $2,000 for the IRA and $4,000 for the Roth IRA. Plus whatever the state contributed to my pension. 📈 I used to think the Roth IRA was a better vehicle, but I hate paying so much in taxes right now, and I figure when I own my own land it will likely be in a lower tax state — possibly one with no income tax. Plus, I will try to stretch out my retirement savings, there are costs I have to spend, but hopefully my land by producing food 🐷 🐮 🌽 🍏 can help cover some of those costs.
People are like I should spend more money now, 🏦 now that I’m making good money, but I like my rundown apartment and I don’t care if my shit is old and worn out. I’d rather make do with what I have rather then buy new, use it for a while and then have to pay to get rid of it at the transfer station. 🗑 Plus I just like living simple, 🌎 and saving for a better life tomorrow, with land where I can have fires whenever I want and livestock that I can slaughter and eat. 🥩 🥓
Today’s sunrise was at 7:25 am. The next time the sun will rise earlier then today 🌄 is in 7 days on Saturday, January 8.
The average high for today is 34 degrees. 🌡 The next time it will be on average warmer then today is in 39 days on Wednesday, February 9 when the average temperature will be 35 degrees.
The highest point for the sun today will be 24.4° from the horizon at 12:00 pm. 🌞 The next time the sun will be lower in the sky mid-day is in 344 days on Sunday, December 11.
Today has 9 hours and 23 minutes of daylight. ⏳ The next time the day will be shorter then today is in 344 days on Sunday, December 11.
Today’s sunset will be at 4:32 pm. The next time the sun will set earlier then today 🌆 is in 320 days on Thursday, November 17.
The average low for today is 19 degrees. 🌡 The next night it will be on average warmer then tonight is in 53 days on Wednesday, February 23 when the average temperature will be 20 degrees.
Night before dawn is 6 hours and 53 minutes, Dawn starts at 6:53 am and runs for 31 minutes, Sunrise is at 7:25 am which is 4 hours and 34 minutes before noon, High noon, the transit of the sun, is at 11:59 am, From twelve noon to the sunset at 4:32 pm is 4 hours and 32 minutes, Dusk lasts for 28 minutes concluding at 5:04 pm, Leaving 6 hours and 55 minutes until midnight.
Hopefully not an ominous sign of what is to come. Very mild though with temperatures expected to reach into the fifties this afternoon, and then another night above freezing. But some good rain later for even more mud. A bet cattleman everywhere I loving that. Then cold for Monday, but it won’t last. That said, the long range looks like the cold bubble over the Midwest may push east by the second week of January. Picking up more sunlight every evening — the 4:22 PM sunset seems like a distant memory now, and come Monday the sun is starting to rise a few seconds earlier each.
New Year’s Day. Feels like … March 30th.
A chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog after 5pm. Otherwise, cloudy.
South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
51 degrees
,
4:32 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … April 14th.
Rain likely, mainly after 11pm. Patchy fog before 7pm. Otherwise, cloudy.
Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
36 degrees
,
7:25 sunrise.
Sunday. Feels like … March 2nd.
A chance of rain and sleet before 2pm, then a chance of rain, snow, and sleet between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 3pm. Cloudy.
Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
and
40 degrees
,
4:33 sunset.
Sunday Night. Feels like … February 22nd.
A chance of snow, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy.
Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
