After fighting through the issues this week after upgrading WordPress I decided it was time to speed up the opening of these pages…At least as much as I can living here on GoDaddy with all of the other websites.

Gone are the picture badges for my other sites. Gone are the cutesy badges. Gone are the java plugins. Tweaked this and that. Hopefully the speed improvements are worth it…

As I sit here this morning the change in the weather is marked…Yesterday, the sun rose into a cloudless sky over a frosty field out back. Today the sun was a red glow through a mostly overcast eastern sky on a 60° morning. From 36° to 60° in 24 hours…Gotta love Texas weather.

I spent an hour or more out back with grandson #2 after he got up from his nap yesterday. Barefoot and fancy free with the sun and a 68°. That’s what we face in the run up to Christmas here. None of that foot or two of snow my friends along the Blue Ridge are “enjoying” this week. Tho’ they are living in the “Christmas Card” winter wonderland…If you have a facebook account, go check out Fred First and Grandfather Mountain for some great snow shots from the weekend…

Today the weather prognosticators are calling for some rain and 72°…Ditto for tomorrow. This is the weather I dream of all summer long…lows at 60 highs in the low 70’s…Merry Christmas to me.