A Tale of Two Cities …

This last week Tobey decided to fly to Phoenix to surprise his mom for her birthday. It was a great plan and one that came off without a hitch. My mom only lives three houses away so she was in on the surprise. He flew from our little regional airport to the Mesa/Scottsdale airport and my mom and another neighbor picked him up. Ruthellen was definitely surprised when Tobey arrived on her doorstep because she was expecting a conference call from him.

They had a good week together. Tobey helped with some chores around the house, chauffeured to some appointments, and accompanied her to play Bingo and cards. Ruthellen even won bingo on her birthday! YAHOO!  Temperatures in Phoenix were a balmy 90 degrees and sunshine. Lucky them!

I, on the other hand, had a little different week. Beautiful weather in Colorado on Monday gave way to a front on Tuesday bringing freezing temperatures and snow! While my sweetheart was wearing shorts and flip-flops, I was bundled up shoveling 8 inches of snow! That wouldn’t have been so bad, but I was substitute teaching all week so I had no choice but to go out in the mess!

A snow storm swept through Northern Colorado, Wednesday, October 26, 2011. The storm caused massive tree damage in the area and left thousands of residents without power. Luckily, not me!

The sun returned on Thursday and Tobey returned on Friday. The streets are clear now and the snow is melting, but we have a big job ahead cleaning up broken tree limbs and raking the leaves once the snow is gone.

Tobey is not looking forward to any of it and is thinking we should become snowbirds. It is definitely something to consider!