It's 72 degrees here... just beautiful

Yes Janey, it is just the right temperature. I was out sweeping the patio today and the area with the mat that collects dirt and leaves. If I don't sweep there the diet will get on the floor in the foyer and kitchen.

It must be great to get out and about and not be too hot. How is your sweating now? I know you had a problem with it a while back..has it improved? You seem a lot perkier if that's a word.

I don't really have any winter clothes. I have some hand me downs from my daughter. She gave me a Betty Boop sweat jacket that zips up the front. I'll wear that on chilly days. I have a beautiful winter cost that I only wore twice last winter. We just stayed warm most of the winter in the 70s.

How are your winters? Our winters are rainy at best (no snow here) and for us to say it's "cold" makes the rest of the nation laugh. So my winter clothes really aren't too wintery (but I can layer them up). I remember way back when it was really warm in December around Christmas - oh it can be so unpredictable here. Betty Book sweat jacket sounds cute - and it's probably very comfy!!

Last year we had a very warm winter. A few years ago we had an ice storm that cut our power off for about 5 days. One year we had a big snowstorm but it melted away in a couple if days. It just depends. Each year is different. So far it is fall and very warm still.

We haven't had much rainfall this year. But everything seems to be alright with the trees and azalea bushes. It's about 65 here now in the twilight hours.

Last year it stayed in the 70s most of the winter. It got cool at night but warmed right up again in the daytime. It was wonderful. We still have the AC on here set at 80 degrees a d it still kicks on once in awhile.

Yes it does mess things up. We have more spiders in the house. We have killed about 7 spiders in the last couple of months.

Hi CookinIsMyPassion! You are even warmer than we are in GA. I love it though. I hate really cold weather too. I was born and raised in NY state. I would like to wear my pretty fake fur and leather jacket at least once this winter though.

Yeah, that's probably all you will need this winter. I only wore my cost a couple of days last year. Last December and January it stayed in the high sixties and low seventies.

Last year in MS I wore a heavy hooded sweatshirt for a coat. At the rate it is going the spring jacket I wore in NJ may be all I need in AL when winter really rolls in. Time will tell.

Yeah we get cool at night when the sun goes down. It might go down in the high 50's at night sometimes and nice and warm in the day while the sun us up.

Yeah, we also have had years where it is cold in winter and other years where you only had to a sweater some days and in summer clothes the rest of the time.

That's great Pose, that its still very nice where you are. It's dusk right now and I went outside and it's about 65 degrees right now.

Hi dear RitterSport. I can imagine how frustrating it would be to have to deal with train delays. I've never ridden in a train except for a subway train and the coal burning train at Dollywood. I like those hot drinks too. I like to make chili in the winter.

Hi Smurfy! I would love to live in a tropical place like Hawaii. But since I never will ill just be content where I am. I was outside an hour and a half today. I was sweating while I was working out there. It is still in the 70s here.

I'm glad I live in a temperate climate. I used to live in upstate New York. We had rough winters there snow banks taller than I was. I think you would enjoy it here.

Yeah, this weather gets confusing to nature. It gets so warm that the trees will start budding again. They haven't yet, but they will if it stays very warm. Last December the trees started budding again and the flowers started blooming again. This also happened with our family's blueberry farm. The trees started budding blueberries in the winter and then we got a freeze and it killed all the buds and there were no blueberries that year.

Wow! I didn't realize that it ever got cold in Mexico. I am having a good weekend. Hope yours is going well.

I love being outside too. I don't get out as much as I would like. It's my fault for putting mylot and housework first!

Hi Auntie Hatley! Rain sure will bring around some cooler air, especially if there is a thunder storm. I love to watch thunder storms. I have to have a colonoscopy next year. I get them every 5 years also cause I'm at risk due to having polyps. I'm fixing to go outside and work a little before it gets dark. Have a good night!

We just got a Weatherbug alert with a freeze warning for tonight through 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. It's official.

We did get a hard freeze that night; it got down to 30 degrees. Today it reached 72 here so I guess it's safe to assume that no weather is permanent, not even for an entire day. I wish we didn't have those nasty wasps. My husband got stung just yesterday on his hand and he's also allergic to them. He took an antihistamine right away but his hand still swelled up like a blown-up rubber glove. I know it's bad of me but I had to laugh. We watched it carefully to make sure it wasn't going to continue swelling and, as he didn't have any trouble breathing, he didn't need to use his Epipen. I think I might have to move where you moved, PQ. It would be great not to worry about wasps and I despise these nasty stink bugs! They don't just stink when squashed or frightened, they also destroy crops and they eat just about anything. They all but killed my tomato, pepper and potato plants this year. I had to go outside every day and examine each plant, pulling those stinky bugs off. I learned to keep a food storage bowl (with tight-fitting lid) nearby with soapy water in it so I could just grab it and throw the stink bugs right into it, then slap that lid on tight because they'd release that horrible smell immediately. They die pretty fast in soapy water but almost always get that stink out before they die.

I remember stink bugs when I lived in New York. If you stepped in them or they felt threatened they would stink bad. I don't think I have seen them down here. Summer before last I was stung by a wasp on 3 occasions. I'm severely allergic and have to use an epipen. Here where we moved last summer we don't have any wasps. We have lots of dirtdobbers but they dove have stingers.

It could be what is wrong with you. I never knew I was so sick. I just had no energy and couldn't make myself write or anything. Now I am back to writing. I don't write every day, but I do write 2 or 3 times a week. I see a big difference in me.