Weather:

 I really don't like to write about the weather but the weather here in N Carolina is so different than when we lived in the mountains of Colorado that it is worth mentioning. It is far more rain and clouds for more dismal days. In Colorado it was snow but it generally lasted for a day or maybe two. It accumulated over seven or eight months and most days were sunny. Not so in N. Carolina as it can be rain for several days. Also, the snow is much more pretty as it covers everything. When the sun shines it glimmers like millions of diamonds and is breath taking. 

The forecast for here is rain for roughly a week with one day in the middle of the week forecast for sun. We have received as much as  five inches, according to our rain gauge, at one time. The forecast for our area in Colorado is three days of snow and then it will be sunny again. That is unusual as mostly the storms only last for a day or maybe two. This wet is going to take some getting used to. In Colorado we would shovel and blow the snow away after a storm but here it stays wet for days. What a difference we have to adjust to.