Last time I looked outside at the thermometer, it read -9 degrees. Yes, this is negative nine degrees below 0. Baby, it’s COLD outside.

My stay in Colorado has been nice so far. I’ve been to my mom’s store to see what she does for a living. It’s an antique store in downtown Florence, Colorado and one of maybe 6 or more on two blocks. The main difference between her store and others is that she owns maybe 85% of the items in the store, and the rest of it is sold on consignment. So most of what she sells is pure profit. I realize after spending a few hours there that I couldn’t do that for a living. Antiques generally are boring to me. Now, put me in a technology or music store, I could probably live with that.

It started to snow on Tuesday night, was patchy through the day and didn’t stop until Wednesday night. So there’s probably a couple of inches on the ground. Most of it is going to melt by the time we leave for Boulder and Estes Park on Saturday but it’s nice to see it while it’s here. I really don’t have any photos either because of the fact that’s it so bitterly cold outside. Maybe I’ll snap a few photos tomorrow.

Man, I’m gonna be a big fattie next week. All I’ve been eating is chocolate, fudge, more chocolate, chocolate covered cherries, more chocolate, and some ice cream. I’ll also have some chocolate the next couple of days. Did I mention that I’m eating a lot of chocolate? Oh yeah, by the way, the number one food of this holiday is overwhelmingly chocolate. Mmm… chocolate.