What happened to Global Warming?

I think it's a lie! Still cold here! It started snowing at 8:30 this morning. I had already called and ordered more firewood, and was going to meet Bubba & Bubba after work. But they called me early and said that it was snowing pretty hard, so they wanted to deliver early. So I left for lunch about 11:30 and drove past more than one accident due to slick roads, but the wood got delivered & stacked. We were completely out, we had already used the entire rick (1/2 of a cord) that we bought in the fall and what we had left from last winter! But now we have plenty more. I called my boss to tell him I was about to head back, but he told me to not come back since the weather had gotten bad. Fine with me! I was also going to get groceries after work today out of necessity, so I went to Wallyworld and then decided to get the Otter from school early. Then we slid most of the way home!

It is very cold and I am ready for spring. Except that then we'll have the other storm possibility that this area is known for.

Anybody watching Heroes? We love it. Really fun show.

Still cold but the ice is gone!

Well, mostly gone anyway. There are still small patches here and there. But it's still pretty cold. We did have a couple of days about freezing and it has been sunny, but it's back to being winter again. Not that it ever really wasn't! We have another cold front on the way in but it is not supposed to be anything other than cold. However, since the forecasters never quite get it right.....

Interesting news article. Here's the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16891832/
My only comment is that if this does become law, it will be one that we will NOT comply with.

If anyone has tried to email the Otter for the last few days, it might not have gone through. Her computer crashed last Friday and it's now up and running again but she lost nearly everything. Her email is not working at all right now, she is getting some emails but she is unable to send any out at all. So if you sent her an email, don't take it personally if you didn't get a response! Bill's working on it but it might be a while.

I'm watching Huckabee, whose first name I forget, as a potential Republican candidate. He seems to be very conservative, absolutely pro-life which is extremely important to us, and looks good on a few other areas as well. But it's early still and who knows what will happen between now and the election!

I have a prayer request, one of our very good friends (Larry) has a biopsy scheduled this week because of a suspicious spot on his lung. It does not sound good. So I would like to ask for prayers for him.

And I get to make another sock monkey! That makes two I need to work on since both sides of the family are expanding - my brother is going to be a grandfather again! Les & Jacque and Kim & Kenneth. No promises that either monkey will be ready by the time the babies arrive, however! I'm just glad that sock monkeys will be needed.

Rain!

We got rain instead of snow today, which is a good thing. The storm stalled out way west of us and is heading north so this is probably it for us. I'm not complaining! The streets will be icy & messy in the morning since we'll be below freezing tonight but they will improve after a few hours and a little traffic. There are still several inches of ice on the ground, but it's melting off the trees and things that are off the ground.

I just read that a certain Democratic senator is forming an exploratory committee. We all know what that means, that she is going to run. I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER. Just letting everyone know my opinion at the start, so that we don't have any misunderstandings later on!

Is it going to be spring soon?

We are still frozen over. The schools are still closed and will be again tomorrow, probably Friday as well. The main roads are clear in some spots and not touched in others, the neighborhoods have not been touched at all and it is really treacherous out there. I was going to work yesterday and taking the Otter with me, but at breakfast the Otter had a sudden onset of what we thought were flu symptoms so she went to bed and I stayed home with her. It was just a bug, she was fine by the evening. She went to work with me today. And as bad as the roads are today, I think I'm glad I didn't even attempt it yesterday!

We had a small snowfall today. We have another shot at winter weather this weekend, so I am going to the grocery store tomorrow after work and not take any chances! I need to go anyway, but I was going on Friday however I have decided not to wait.

The dogs are funny, they are very playful when they get outside and Maggie bowled Frasier over yesterday. She was running at him like she does when they play except that she didn't realize that she wasn't going to be able to stop - and she slid right into him, they both fell in a heap! It's also funny when the Magginator decides she needs to run for whatever reason, it's like watching a cartoon where the character's feet are in a blur!

BRRRRRRR!!!!!

It's cold! We were supposed to get an ice storm that was to hit about 6:00 p.m. The forecasters seldom get it right, this time they were right about the storm but way off on the time. It started sleeting about 11:30 this morning, I left work at noon and drove to school to get Otter. I got there about 1:00, the roads were ok in places and bad in places. Lots of parents were getting kids early. The ice wasn't too bad at home, but the storm is big and it is heading our way. For about the last hour I've been hearing sleet on the window and the yard now has white spots. The street looks wet, Bill just got home and he said that it's really getting bad now. Lots of accidents and traffic is terrible.

I already had been to the grocery store but decided I needed more milk so I went to Wallyworld on the way to work this morning. So did a lot of people! They were nearly out of milk, I noticed that eggs were in short supply and I saw a lot of people buying bottled water & also things like toilet paper. 3 very important things: bread, milk, toilet paper. You don't want to run out of any of them! I'm glad I went this morning, for one thing I would not want to be driving at the moment and for another thing, I might have been out of luck if I'd waited!

We should be well below freezing until at least Tuesday. With the fact that this storm is mostly ice, there are probably going to be power outages. Our lines are buried, but Tulsa - where the power comes from - are not buried. We brought in a huge amount of firewood yesterday, so if we do lose power we are all going to sleep in the living room because the fireplace really does warm it up in there. I noticed that the dogs are not at all interested in going outside! They'd rather stay inside and sleep, for some reason. Very spoiled.

We've see a lot of birds, the back yard feeders had sparrows earlier and there was a large number of cardinals in the front yard. Otter's parakeet is talking to them, they apparently hear him chirping because they seem to be answering him.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!

At eBay that is. We took December off, it's not a big selling month for the type of stuff we sell and we wanted everything to be cleared before our vacation over Christmas. But now it's January, so I'm back to selling. Well, hopefully selling anyway! Not a lot of stuff, and unless I can find more stuff to sell it might not be a busy month! I think I might hit a thrift store or two this weekend. Also I am probably going to clean out my craft supplies and hopefully find my candle making stuff, since I haven't had time to touch it in about 4 years. I figure that if I haven't used it in that lenghth of time, I probably won't!