Frost Alert

Brrrrr.... It's been cold in these parts the last few days... Yesterday morning we woke up to 28* weather. I was checking out Weather.com this morning and it has FROST advisories for this morning and tomorrow morning... [PS I don't think it would be soooo bad if I could talk myself into turning on the heat, but since I can't do that, 28* outside means fairly chilly inside] [PPS (or is it PSS) I think my Michigan blood has failed me....]

Frost Advisory for San Diego County Coastal Areas, CA

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST FRIDAY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: PRIMARILY IN WIND SHELTERED LOCATIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

* IMPACTS OF FROST: SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED.

Grama Rama

My grandma is in the hospital right now. They are trying to rule out what it isn't, to figure out what it is. My mom went over there on Saturday to run her around for her errands (like she normally does) and the door was locked. She went around the house and couldn't get a response. My dad was out of town, so she called her brother. He suggested that she call the EMT. The EMT and Fire Rescue had to jimmy the door open and they found her curled up on the floor in the bathroom. She had left her Life Alert on the bed post, so couldn't push it for help when she was in trouble. They believe that she had a minor heart attack, but want to rule out everything else as well (such as a stroke, lung blood clot, accidental overmedication, etc). My mom and dad have been at the hospital with her since it happened on Saturday (going home for sleep and a little break here and there). My mom brought her computer with her to the hospital today to show grandma some of the family photos and such on Facebook. Apparently she loved them all and was having a great day. My aunt posted a 'Christmas' shot of us grandkids from 1986.



The girl sporting the kitty sweater is my cousin Jennifer (who now has 2 daughters of her own). The boy on grandma's lap next to Jennifer is my cousin, now 25 years old, Casey. Next to Casey is my brother Kyle, who is about 3 weeks younger and of course I AM on grandma's other elbow. This was Christmas 1986.

The Sing Off

I was cheering for Pentatonix from the get-go (Urban Method was my second place pick)! I am happy that they won! Can't wait to hear their CD once it is released.

Just in case some of you don't watch the show, it is an ALL-VOICE show (no instruments, just singing, beat-boxing, etc). Pentatonix was the smallest group (only 5 members), but I swear they had one of the biggest sounds. Not to mention they were some of the youngest contestants (the 3 singers are only 19).

Here are a few of my favorite performances.

" Dog Days Are Over "



" Let's Get It On "



" Video Killed The Radio Star "

Christmas Tree

We put up our tree a couple weekends ago (since we were going to be out of town for the week of Thanksgiving we wanted to get it up the weekend before that one). This past week the bottom strand of lights burnt out. We went and got a new strand last night and rewrapped the tree. I am going to try and get a few good pictures of our decorations this weekend, but I took a couple with Ryan's iPhone (Hipstamatic App).

Hail! Hail! to Michigan

12 Days of Mayhem

Big 10 Coach

Yesterday Coach Hoke was named Big Ten Coach of the Year...

Today, he is already looking ahead...

"The most disappointing thing for all of us is we didn't win the Big Ten championship. At Michigan, that's an expectation. We've got a lot of work to do."