There is a major Winter storm going on that has mostly passed by Roseville. We haven't received the deluge that we were promised, but we are only two days into a week long storm. This is what is now known as an atmospheric river, but has always been known as a Pineapple Express. The storm is warmer and the sad fact is that we received about 60 inches of snow in the Sierra last week and it is now raining on top of all of that snow which leads to flood concerns. We have received about two inches of rain here in Roseville, but Grass Valley about 45 miles northeast of here had over 6 inches of rain in 40 hours and several creeks and rivers are over their banks. The rain is right now beginning to slow down and dissipate, but there is more on its way overnight and all the way into Friday of this next week. What we need and it will happen overnight each day is the rain to turn to snow and help to stop the runoff up in the Sierra. Reno was under a flood advisory today and the river that runs near downtown is expected to crest its banks about 9 PM tonight. They are expecting lots of rain and 4 to 6 feet of snow up in the Sierra.
Darla and I have taken it easy this weekend, sleeping in both days and relaxing with books yesterday and some golf and football on TV. We have been on a Netflix binge the last two weekends working our way through the first two seasons of Frankie and Grace and the remake of The Gilmore Girls. We will move on to House of Cards, which we used to watch about three years ago and got away from. We went to church yesterday afternoon and then on to dinner last night at La Fiesta Altena in Roseville last night. We had a Groupon and decided to brave the storm after church and have some dinner. It was a nice.
I met with Neil on Thursday, prior to the big storm and played golf at Bartley Cavanaugh , a course in Sacramento near the Delta that I had never played. It was empty at the course when we got there at 8:30 and teed off at 9:30 after having breakfast in the clubhouse. I shot 43+43=86 and my shoulder and torn Achilles tendon are still a concern. I see the orthopedist on January 25th. I had a good time with Neil who is now retired from his position as Tournament Director and is actually slowing down his golf as he will not buy the annual pass this year and will play about twice a month (like a working guy). He shot a 96 on Thursday and we had a great time together just catching up with what is going on in each other's lives.
I see that Dad and Shirley are back from their December cruise as I saw they attended Sherry's 50th birthday party on Saturday night. I didn't see any pictures of Dad, but assume he was there as well. I also see Dallas has had their regular crazy weather with 80 degrees one week and snow the next week. I don't miss it. Our weather is pretty predictably cold this time of year, but we get days in the 60's with sunshine and it is nice.
There isn't a whole lot going on right now. Darla has a nice pot roast in the oven and it smells good. Work continues and I am trying hard to get everyone on board with ramping up marketing to increase our new business and work on existing and new relationships. I am trying to lead the way in marketing, but I'm busy working on reviews right now. I have several marketing calls lined up with several of my producers in the coming weeks. I also have a reservation on Friday at an Escape Room venue. There will be about 24 of us that try to work as teams to get out of the rooms. We will break into teams of six and take on the rooms. It should be fun.
I am looking forward to Dallas taking on Green Bay next week. Really either the Giants or Green Bay would have worked for me. We still owe Green Bay from the "no catch" catch that Dez had two season ago and the Giants squeaked by in two wins over us this year. New York had a more formidable Defense and Green Bay's offense is more fearsome. We are at home, well rested and ready for the challenge.
The two pictures above are of my favorite granddaughter. One was of her playing in the leaves from the front yard in front of her house and the other is of her in her Chewbaca mask with her friend.
I will be back at the keyboard next week with details from the Escape room event and news of the week. I hope all of you are well. Ciao.
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