JM :>Yep, *San Diego* of all places had snow today.  Plenty warm
JM :>here in Berkeley, though.
I think old Mother Nature must be bored or something.  She sure is fiddling 
around with the weather lately!
JM :>behind all this.  He decided last week that spring had
JM :>finally come and turned off the pilot light on our heater.
Sounds like me...I decided about 2 weeks ago that I was NOT going to wear a 
coat anymore...stupid idea (g)!
JM :>from "Country Reins" today (lord knows how they think I can
Never seen it...can you believe it!
JM :> On page 21, they offer a pair of portable dryers for your
JM :>paddock
JM :>boots.  The idea is, you put them into your shoes right
JM :>after you wear them and they dry them out so you won't get
JM :>mildew.  But they say that you can use them to pre-warm
JM :>your boots before you head out on a long winter ride.
JM :>
JM :>I saw this and thought:  who's going to want to pre-warm
JM :>their shoes at this time of year?  Then I read my incoming
JM :>echomail.  ;-)
Hee!  Actually, I have my boots on and off so many times in a day, that it 
probably wouldn't work.  However, we have forced hot air heat with nice heat 
grates in the floors, so that works really well!  My boots, hat, gloves and 
coat are all strategically placed near the kitchen vent during the 
winter...of course I have to remember to "hide" the boots at night, or the 
pups make a feast of them.  My slip-ons have had the tops chewed off (g), and 
I now know what boots with Thinsulate look like inside.  It also helps to 
have multiple pairs.....
Our 24 inches of snow is now gone in some spots, and down to about 6 inches 
in most (except for the hugh plow piles).  There's about 8 inches left in the 
arena, so I just might get out there to ride today.  Weather has been in the 
high 50's since the storm, and is supposed to continue in that vein for as 
far as the eye can see.  Let's hope so!  And, of course, the sun is really 
strong, so that is helping more than anything.  Everyone's big fear was a 
rain storm that would melt this stuff too fast and cause flooding, but thank 
goodness we escaped that.  We'll be spending the next couple of weekends 
cutting and burning the debris.  It just kills me to see all the beautiful 
trees that got devestated.
Good to hear from you!
Meg  
 
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