Wacky Weather

Here's some data about our snowfall amounts up here in Orono, Maine from last month, December of 2007:
--42 inches of snow in our area

--that's 13x more snow than they had here the previous December, 2006 (3.6 inches)

--it was the most snow in a December since 1952

--it snowed 17 of the 31 days in December

Crazy, eh?

But wait, there's more.

Today, Tuesday, January 8, 2008 saw a new temperature record set up here. It got up to 55 degrees Farenheit (that's 12.8 degrees Celsius for my visitors from outside of the US) breaking the 61-year old record of 50 degrees Farenheit (10 Celsius) set back in 1946.

Here's how I see it: we're just clearing space for more snow because I gotta believe there'll be more coming our way before winter is over.

And I'm just fine with that. Because as you know: when life gives you snow, go sliding!

Gifts are Great

I hope all of you had a great holiday...those that celebrate it. Mine was pretty good. I bought myself a 32" flatscreen LCD HD television. And I gotta tell yah...BEST GIFT EVER!


In other news, while cruising around Bangor I found this cool little store, Country Goods. I grabbed these cool things there.

I'm attending Bangor's first ever Film Festival tonight. The fest is tonight and tomorrow afternoon/evening (Friday and Saturday, December 28 & 29). This is totally the kind of thing I love. I hope it's successful so it becomes an annual event.

It snowed about 3 inches over night. Looks nice, eh?

That's all.