I still remember the winter break (8th grade?) when I was cat-sitting for your family. On New Year's Eve, I found ice in the cat's water dish. Your mom's beautiful hibiscus died and a few pipes cracked. Plus the fun my dad had trying to get someone to come out at 5 pm! Moral: don't shut cats that like to eat the wires to the thermostat in the basement with the wires!
Being from New England, I can relate to this and could see staying in California if my family were here. Now that I'm heading into the winter of my life, the importance of being with my family overrides weather. After 40 years apart and missing many important events, I'm finally ready to go home!
Wow, are you moving? I did live in Massachusetts for a year and can say that winter there was much better than in Illinois — more snow, but less bitter cold and wind. And it's much more picturesque. What part of New England is home for you?
We are hoping to find a home near my sister's in Windsor Connecticut. We can buy a house there for half the price of California. You get a lot more for your money out there. I'm not sure when it's going to happen, jobs and housing opportunities dictate timing. Its a huge undertaking but I feel strongly it's time. Yves family is also in the East, Montréal is just 5.5 hour drive. So it will be easier for us to visit.
I'm more comfortable at -20 F and dry than at 45 F and damp. I liked the colder weather when visiting my grandparents in Northern Minnesota for Christmas. Now Minnesota winters seem warmer and damper than my memory of Urbana winters.
I remember walking down the quad(Uof Illinois Champaign) during the winter of '63-64, wearing my nose-muff( a wool-knit prosthesis) to ward-off frostbite. I don't remember where I got it, but the memory is warming, not the weather.
I still remember the winter break (8th grade?) when I was cat-sitting for your family. On New Year's Eve, I found ice in the cat's water dish. Your mom's beautiful hibiscus died and a few pipes cracked. Plus the fun my dad had trying to get someone to come out at 5 pm! Moral: don't shut cats that like to eat the wires to the thermostat in the basement with the wires!
I'll never forget coming home to all those dead plants, and how you took in our kitty. It was hard to believe a little cat could cause that damage!
Being from New England, I can relate to this and could see staying in California if my family were here. Now that I'm heading into the winter of my life, the importance of being with my family overrides weather. After 40 years apart and missing many important events, I'm finally ready to go home!
Wow, are you moving? I did live in Massachusetts for a year and can say that winter there was much better than in Illinois — more snow, but less bitter cold and wind. And it's much more picturesque. What part of New England is home for you?
We are hoping to find a home near my sister's in Windsor Connecticut. We can buy a house there for half the price of California. You get a lot more for your money out there. I'm not sure when it's going to happen, jobs and housing opportunities dictate timing. Its a huge undertaking but I feel strongly it's time. Yves family is also in the East, Montréal is just 5.5 hour drive. So it will be easier for us to visit.
We are all lucky bastards here in CA! I love that map!
We sure are!!
I'm more comfortable at -20 F and dry than at 45 F and damp. I liked the colder weather when visiting my grandparents in Northern Minnesota for Christmas. Now Minnesota winters seem warmer and damper than my memory of Urbana winters.
I wonder how Urbana winters are these days.
I remember walking down the quad(Uof Illinois Champaign) during the winter of '63-64, wearing my nose-muff( a wool-knit prosthesis) to ward-off frostbite. I don't remember where I got it, but the memory is warming, not the weather.
Ben