It's that time of the year....

It's that time of the year....

Friday, February 4, 2011

Dug Out…

My daughter came over this morning and in below zero wind chill we dug out my car.  I had to come in once to warm up my fingers as I was thinking I was close to frostbite.  However my daughter didn’t come inside once to warm up.  After shoveling out my car and warming it up we went to Kroger for groceries.  There were only a couple of carts available in the store.  People were packed like sardines inside the store and the carts were overflowing.  I got enough stuff to last me through the next snow which is predicted for Sunday and Monday, calling now for 6 inches.  I thought of Paul while shopping and wondering if he had any more shoppers that wanted to buy a ‘tird pound of ham.’ 

We are set in this area to break all kinds of records this winter.  With almost a month to go, snow totals are expected to exceed the 1978 –79 total.  I well remember the blizzard of 78 .  We lived 1block from  what was one time the Civic Center in my little town.  All interstates were closed around us.  We lived just a few blocks from Interstate 57.  For blocks around our house there was row upon row of semis just parked with the motor running.  The Civic Center had been opened up and several hundred people took refuge there during the storm.

Our son had started south on 57 during the storm when he went in the ditch with his car on his way to work.  I remember the tow bill on that but thank heaven he was safe.

I fixed the salmon patties and creamed peas yesterday.  So good!  The salmon patties are delicious cold too, which is what I had for lunch today!  I sent the cookies home with my daughter so I am safe from them.  I did buy brown sugar at the store this morning so I am good to go in the baking department.

I hope you all have a good weekend.  Stay safe and be happy!

Red heart  Beth

12 comments:

  1. Hi Beth,

    Weather is unpredictable in lots of places and records being broken. Scotland now has winds of 100 miles per hour and some lives have been lost I believe. It is very windy and blustery here, but nothing compared to what Scotland and other places are having. Not a touch on what has and is happening in Australia either of course. Stay safe and warm, glad you are well stocked up. Hugs Nita

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  2. I remember that blizzard we had back then. We were suppose to go to a party but decided to stay home, good thinking on our part lol.
    Have a good weekend Beth!

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  3. Stay well, warm and safe...we're heading south Sunday and will stay until early April. Wish you could come too!

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  4. Our little southern storm gave me a great deal of respect for you hearty yankees! Say safe Ms Beth and please don't lose count on days till spring. I am depending on you!

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  5. Holy smoke, she never came in to warm up even once? When you 2 got to the store, could she even put her fingers around the handle of the cart? Wow, she is tenacious!
    We had 70 degrees on Wednesday, 38 on Thursday and 40 today. It was calling for rain which started late this afternoon, but it turned to sleet. Now they're calling for snow. Will wonders never cease, lol.
    Wish you were next door, Beth. We could bake the daylights of all of this shut-in time :D
    XOXOXO

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  6. We're supposed to get a little freezing rain, sleet or light snow this evening but I'm hoping that's all we get. We dodged the bullet on the storm that hammered the Midwest and Northeast. Be careful excavating the car. There was a story n tonight's news about the annual jump in back and shoulder injuries as well as those from falls on slick surfaces and heart problems,all because of over exertion when shoveling snow.

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  7. Glad you're dug out. Even if you hadn't planned on going anywhere it's just nice knowing you can.
    I remember a couple blizzards from when we lived in the country at Windsor. One the kids were kept at school. And Garry was stranded in another town as they wouldn't let anyone out of town. The other one was when a neighbor nearly froze just a short distance beyond our driveway. When it got daylight and his wife hadn't heard from him she started calling neighbors along the route he took. We couldn't see a thing...Garry walked to the end of the drive, thought he saw a dark spot through the snow. Sure enough it was him...took a bit to rouse him, then Garry helped him back to our house to thaw him out. So there was a happy ending that time. I'm sure one of those times was '78, just don't know which.

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  8. Glad to hear you managed to get to the store Beth, and all stocked up. Your daughter is a little trouper. Enjoy your weekend xSheilax

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  9. Funny the mail ran here the next day despite the foot we got with drifts too. All cars were off our streets though and they plowed through the night. Garbage DID NOT run though and so it was piled high on top of those mounds everywhere. Nothing like getting a can stuck in a snowbank covered in 6 inches of snow thrown from a plow! YUCK! Got my supplies two days ahead of time.. Sure glad I did!! Take care stay well and warm Sis!

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  10. That sounds like the kind of snow I've seen in Cook City, Montana. We spent some time snowmobiling up there and the cabin we stayed in could only be entered via a long tunnel of snow! We have virtually no snow left and it's already 36...I think that part of the country is taking all the horrible weather for us.

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  11. Here, just like Chip..that's our weather. He and I don't live that fr apart and we often have similar weather.
    THANK goodness for your daughter and her strength. And I am so grateful you were able to get to the store. Bad times like that have by passed me mostly..but not always, and we've only had maybe 10-15 really really bad deep snows that kept us weather bound up top of our hill.
    Take care dear Twin.
    xox

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  12. man,I lived west of Chicago during the 78 winter and remember the snow piled up so high it covered the top of my daughter's swing set in the back yard. The wind chill factor that year made it 60 below! That was the final straw for me, we moved back to California Feb 1979.

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