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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

This Roller Coaster called "Life"

We used to love roller coasters...

but as we get older they have lost thier thrill- -

Now all it means is stark fear &

a churning stomach...

This roller coaster we are on now

is... Life!

We just got an email from the company

that said they had

ALL KINDS OF WORK

for us saying.

there won't be any work

for a few weeks??!!

AND

the big check that they had gotten last week

the bank returned??!!

Not sure what all this means but do

Wonder if we can become a

Charitble contribution? (trying to smile ;-)))

On a bright note we are seeing a tiny bit of

SUN today ;-)

and Bill & Brad are coming for dinner!

Monday, February 11, 2008

Still on the map!!

"just waitin..."

Finally the wind has dyed down!!

Thinking of all those in the sunny south this morning ;

-0 Count your every little blessing -
whether it be that irritating grain of sand

in your shoe, the streaks of sun burn in all the wrong places

or the squint wrinkles from the sun glaring off the ocean ;-))))

CUZ up here in the North its STILL snowing ;-)))
We can hardly take in ...

Makes chores twice as much fun when

you get to shovel inside the barns and out -
and I don't mean manure -

I mean SNOW!! Its sneaks in to every open crevice -

last night I had to climb the fence and go in the barn

the back way & then shovel snow from
the inside out so I could get the door open!!??

Something wrong with that!!

An Elderly lady up here used to say -

"As the days lengthen the cold begins to strengthen"

So far all her little "Old Farmer" sayings are right on!

Bruces work in the shop is a bit delayed this morning

as he is on "drift removal" duty ...

He came in with numb fingers , toes

and ruldolph looking noes!

Congrats too all of Bruces cuzins that had

wee little cuzins!!

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Sunday Snowstorm... (AGAIN)

View out our office window today

This Amarylilis Mom West

gave me at Thanksgiving time

its blooming for the 6th time since then

& the 7th bloom is on its way!!

View out the window toward the sugar shack!

Wow this weather...

Its blowing and snowing and minus 1

with wind chill of minus 23 degrees -
After we do the chores we are coming

right back in the house and staying there - -

They were not sure if they were going to cancel meeting...

but we knew we were NOT driving anywhere

for any reason today!!

They were predicting this so we got groceries, Friday!

Bruce was wishing this morning for a farm house

& barn like Nana and Grandpas - all attached together --

Then he started telling the tales of when they moved down

from Pittsburg & hauling cows in the Model T...

I borrowed Jeremys camera

and took some shots out our windows -
When we got out to the barn though

I was wishing I had taken it out there -

EVERYWHERE where snow could come in,

it had - there was a 3 foot drift

inside both the chicken coop door

and the pen where Annie & Bos & D live....

Any part of your body thats exposed

out there in NOT going to be happy!!

Latest update...

A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 7 PM EST this evening. The combination of developing lake effect snow and powerfulnorthwest winds of 20 to 30 mph... gusting around 45 mph... willresult in periods of significantly reduced visibilities due toblowing and drifting snow through early this evening.Visibilities down to a half of a mile will be common with briefperiods of whiteout conditions. Daytime snowfall accumulation upto 1 inch is expected today. Wind chills will range from 10 to 25degrees below zero through early this evening.Travel will be very hazardous due to the snow... blowing snow and drifting snow.