Our sky this morning.

Presents wrapped? Check.
House clean? Check.
Grocery shopping completed? Almost: picking up prime rib today.
Company arrived? On the way!
Snow falling softly outside? Nope.

Really, if you look back at my posts this time of year they all say the same thing. Rain instead of snow. Temperatures in the 40’s. No snow. Bah Humbug. Etc. Every year it’s the same old song, and this year is no different. It can snow back in Colorado, it can snow in Las Cruces, NM where my in-laws live, and it can even snow in Texas. But New Jersey? Nope. Isn’t snow supposed to fall in the North and not the South?

We’ve had about an inch of rain over the past three days. As if we needed anymore of that! The ground is already so saturated that you sink into our yard when you walk on it. Mud is rampant and brought in on the bottom of dogs’ paws. On my freshly scrubbed floor.

But enough of our un-wished for weather! Be gone I say! On with Christmas!

As I type my sister and her hubby are trundling on a train towards us. They will arrive this afternoon and we will pick them up at the local train station after they make their connection at Penn Station in New York City. It will be nice to have them here for the holiday.  We have plenty of good meals planned for their stay and a visit to the Oakland Diner (better known as the O.D.) so her hubby can see the diner where they filmed Danielle always eating in The Real Housewives of New Jersey. (They even have a salad named after her.)

So, I’ll be busy for the next few days with company. If I don’t post anything beforehand or during their stay, have a safe and happy holiday wherever you are, no matter what weather you have!

Puddled reflections from last night’s rain:

as I lay in bed last night listening to the rain pound on the roof I said - that SHOULD be softly falling snow at this time of the year.  It’s HARD to be a skier in NJ.  Have a merry and a happy!

Maggie, I know! Not a lot of snow in Vermont yet either! I’m sure you are frustrated! Have a merry too!

Happy Holidays to you and Rick, all the ‘kids’, and your sis and hubby.  Maybe I’ll meet her one of these days.  From me and my ‘kids’.

Same to you Carolyn! I assume you are having the same rainy weather pattern?

Sorry you didn’t get snow but your rain reflection photos are very nice. I will try to send some snow your way.  We are double what we normally have this time of year.  It was nice having snow on the ground for Christmas, although it made it a little slippery for my guests.  Hope your Christmas was great…Happy New Year too!

I hope you had a really good Christmas.  You mention Real Housewives of New Jersey - I am addicted to the Real Housewives and have just been watching the RH of New York.

Debra, thanks! Yes please do send some snow this way! Not too much, just a few inches please. Hope you had a good Christmas too!

Joyce, yes thanks we did. How about yourself? I watch RH of New York too and am waiting for the next season to start. I understand that three or four of the regular wives will not be on this season and new wives have been added. You should watch RH New Jersey and you will be just as addicted. I love it because I don’t live very far from where they all live and they are always showing some restaurant or shop that they go to and I’ve been there too, or at least know where it is!