I'm almost 59 years old. I've been online for 33 years - starting with my own dial-up bulletin board system in 1993 - and continuing with AOL, my own dot.com web site, Myspace, WordPress, Twitter / X, Flickr, and Facebook.
PEPPERMINT WHITE CHOCOLATE MOCHA
This beverage is a festive combination of our signature espresso and steamed milk with creamy white chocolate and lively peppermint flavors.
I also enjoyed the oven-toasted Sausage, Egg, & Cheddar Sandwich.
Starbucks – It’s what’s for breakfast !
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 !
Sky: Partly Cloudy & Foggy
Temperature: 67°F
Relative Humidity: 100%
Winds: Calm
Barometric Pressure: 30.11 RISING
My thoughts:
1. It’s the calm before the storm (or the freeze). Tomorrow morning at this time air temperatures will be up to 20 degrees colder (upper-40s), and the following morning they could be as much as 35 degrees colder (mid-30s). The Walk-A-Thon will resume on Saturday morning when it’s back in the milder low-60s at 7 AM.
2. You can tell where the party-animals live here in my neighbourhood. Their dumpsters are overflowing with leftover holiday week garbage. The dumpsters that were still able to be closed from the top are where the retired folks live.
3. Dogs can be party-animals as well. I came within inches of stepping in some of their ‘holiday leftovers’ during my walk this morning. It was a close call !
4. Near my neighbourhood’s main entrance a frantic lady accompanied by one of our uniformed security guards stopped me and asked me if I had anything to break in to her car. It seems that she locked her keys in it. I had nothing. If that ever happened to me then I would call AAA.
5. After the above incident I realized that I was falling behind my 25:25 pace for a 1.3-mile walk, so I picked it up a notch for the final 0.8-miles. I picked it up so much that I finished this morning’s walk in less than 24½ minutes !
(This is an update to my weather forecast of 4 days ago.)
New Year’s Day – Temperatures will likely exceed 80°F before beginning the rapid plummet into the 70s, the 60s, and the 50s during the afternoon and evening hours.
Wed. Jan. 02ND – Expect an early-morning low temperature in the upper-40s; however, wind-chills will be in the mid-30s ! Mostly Sunny, Windy, and Cold for the remainder of the day. We may not hit the 60°F mark, and wind-chills will make it feel like it’s in the upper-40s to lower-50s all day long ! It will be our coldest day here in Homestead since February 16TH 2007.
Thu. Jan. 03RD – Patchy frost is possible in Homestead / Florida City with near-freezing temperatures possible north and west of the cities. Expect an early-morning low temperature in the mid-30s with wind chills in the low-20s ! This could be our coldest morning in nearly 5 years – since January 2003 !
Afternoon daytime high temperatures will rebound back into the mid-70s by this upcoming weekend.
I was officially off the road and out of my car at precisely 2:51 PM EST this afternoon, and that’s it for 2007. I drove just a little over 7,500 miles this year – 37.5% below the national average of 12,000 miles.
My New Year’s Eve plans for tonight consist of me enjoying a peaceful and quiet night of television and computer in the safety, sanity, and comfort of my living room. I will reflect back at 2007 – a year that was filled with the highest of highs and minimal lows. It was indeed the greatest year of my entire Life – thanks to this fantastic journey following Him.
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