The tree is up and we are in the full holiday spirit at the Michael house. The kids are super excited and this is so fun to be a parent with the kids 2 and 5 years old.
Every free night we have, we drive around to look at Christmas lights because it is such an easy thing to do with the current pandemic. We did get out and walked around the lights at the Columbus Commons. Limited Santa experiences this year, so we had to change up our holiday card photo. The kids love the lights and we have a list of other places we want to go check out.
Lots of projects going on as well. A friend asked for me to build her some window valances for her first floor. Pretty happy with how they turned out. I wanted to do a French cleat so it could be removed and decorated, but the trim around the window would get in the way and she said she probably would never remove them anyway.
Another friend requested a bunch of balm packs for frontline workers to help their hands from drying out. So I made a big batch of a special recipe of the Clean version that uses more shea butter for better moisturizing.
Summer helped me pack all of the gift packs. I still have a handful of the special batch available, if you are interested:
www.BalmByBuck.com. I will be doing a special 10% off for the next 10 days, starting on December 10th.
And I have still been running. I am doing the Runner's World Run Streak from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day. At least one mile each day. This is my 5th year doing it and it is a great motivator to get outside each day during a time of the year where excuses are very easy to stay inside. I went out to Clifton, Ohio last weekend to run along the gorge to the yellow springs and back.
It is an absolutely beautiful area and it is really cool how the Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve trails connect with John Bryan State Park that also connects to the Glen Helen Nature Preserve trails. It is just over 5 miles from end to end if you take the lower trail along the Little Miami River.
This weekend's long run was around the neighborhood. I tripped at mile 3, but kept going for another 7 miles. Knee was just a little scraped up. The funniest part is that I was running across Roberts Road and there was a line of cars waiting to turn and they all got quite the show when a grown man went flying through the air. I bounced back up and kept running. Evan and I went for a neighborhood run last night to look for holiday decorations.
We have some great news to share: warming temps and sunshine returning! Today we are starting chilly with temps in the lower 30s and cloudy skies, but a warm front will sweep across the area during the first half of the day and help boost our temps into the mid 40s for the afternoon with clearing skies during the second half of the day. Clear skies above us tonight, but patchy fog forming with lows in the lower 30s, so there is potential for some freezing fog. Mostly sunny tomorrow and warming to 50. Clouds moving in more on Friday with highs in the mid 50s. Rain moves in during the first half of the day on Saturday. Some areas may stay dry until midday or early afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s with rain likely for the second half of the day with a brisk breeze. Temps fall Saturday night and likely falling steadily during the day on Sunday. A few lingering rain showers early on Sunday then a few flurries later on. Then we look to remain dry until the end of next week with our next rain/snow system arriving around Thursday. It will be cooler next week with highs in the mid 30s/40s. So enjoy the warm-up over the next few days. Looking at the long-term models... One model (and this may/will change) has snow the evening of Christmas Eve! Stay tuned and have a good one!
Best,
Andrew Buck Michael
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