Rain Is Predicted To Fall All Week!

That's practically unheard of in drought-stricken SoCal, so I'm in rain-lover heaven!


Yesterday, Tom and I wandered around LA Live, trying not to get blown away with our umbrellas ;-) Today, we got this incredible straight-down-from-the-sky very loud downpour. There is more rain predicted for the next two days so I'm really excited!

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2010!

As usual, we are late getting out our Christmas cards, but until they all arrive, here is our annual letter with this wish:

May the world’s Hope for

Peace, Love, and Joy

during the holiday season

last throughout the New Year!


(Our annual letter will open if you click on this posting's headline.)

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

We drove up in a little bit of rain and slush, but the real snow began to fall yesterday afternoon and we woke up to a bit of blue sky with snow on the ground. And now it is definitely snowing! I'm happy to know that we will most definitely have a white Christmas while we're up here at Sam & Jenn's. It is the perfect place to rest, relax, enjoy our family, AND ski whenever we want!

Alternative Christmas Gift Giving

Last Sunday's annual Alternative Christmas Faire was another successful time of raising money for others - while honoring friends and family with gift cards explaining what project had been supported. It is not too late to buy alternative gifts - just use the links to the instruction sheet and "shopping list", then email me to arrange exchange of a check for a gift card.

Snow Returns to Ventura!

It's that time of year again . . . winter is on its way! We got .7" of rain in our back yard and the local mountains got lots of snow. I love more than anything to see snow on topa Topa, with Ventura's Two Trees surrounded by snow-covered mountains!