THE BIG ONE Part 2

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day!

The snow began last night around 10 p.m. and it is still snowing here at midnight a day later.  We still had lots of snow and ice from Sunday.

Here it is last night.  Doesn't look too bad right?

And here it is this morning.  This was when we had only 7 or 8 inches.

You can see by the flags how the wind was whipping out there.

As you probably guessed the city was closed today.  I was so glad I didn't have to go into work.  I don't know how I would have gotten there.  It was too bad to drive and even the buses all stopped running.
 
There was a lull in the afternoon where it rained and then stopped.  Some kids came around, knocked on the door and asked to clean off our sidewalk.  I asked them to do the car too.  They did a good job.  After they left Joe went out and put down some salt.

The car is still snowed in.

A few hours later it started to snow again.  We got another couple of inches.  10 inches in all.

My poor patio set.  Will I ever see it again?

My mums are buried and my flag almost.

My poor herb box.  Chives, thyme, parsley, oregano.  Are you still there?

I made vegetable soup for dinner tonight.  I had a can of chicken broth and added potatoes, carrots, an onion and some mini meatballs.  I also made some garlic bread.  It was so good.
 
It stopped snowing for awhile and instead poured rain and sleet.  Now it is snowing again and we are to get another 6 inches overnight.

Just ignore the reflection of the TV in the glass.  I didn't see it until after I downloaded the picture and I'm too lazy to go get another one.

The snow is even sticking to the brick wall of the building across the street.

 So we are in for another long snowy night.  But in spite of it I still have so much to be thankful for -- a warm (well sort of) home, food in my stomach, electricity (7,000 households without), and so much more.  God is good.
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Thursday's weather
SNOW!!!!
High:  37 degrees
Low:  24 degrees
Sunrise:  6:56 a.m.
Sunset:  5:34 p.m.
10 hours and 38 minutes of daylight

THE BIG ONE

2 days to Valentine's Day

Two days to go to the sweetest day of the year and we are being hit with a nor'easter.  It has already begun to snow.  We are supposed to get snow, sleet, ice, freezing rain and finally rain from now until midnight tomorrow.  We are supposed to get an accumulation of 12 inches.  The last I heard my sister is supposed to get 16 inches.
 
I have been planning on taking Joe out for breakfast on Friday morning for Valentine's Day.  We will have to see if that is still feasible.  And Joe's sister's funeral is on Saturday.  Don't know how we will get to that either.  The only thing we can do is wait and see how it is.  It's supposed to get warmer and the streets should be salted by then so maybe it won't be quite so bad by then.  This winter has been just so bad!

We got the word tonight that the library system is closed tomorrow.  I'm so relieved to not have to face driving in this.  The mayor has called for a snow emergency for the city.

So since I am not going to work I have lots of plans for tomorrow.  Let's hope my energy level stays high (at least for half the day) so I can accomplish things.  I want to get a couple of loads of wash done (isn't there always wash to do?), get caught up with the dishes, bake some cookies, make some vegetable soup, clean the living room...  I certainly will not be bored!

Hopefully I will also have some pictures of my Valentine's decorations to show you too.  They are really pretty.
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Wednesday's weather
Sunny/evening snow
High:  27 degrees
Low:  23 degrees  (I will look back on this with envy when it's 100 degrees this summer)
Sunrise:  6:57 a.m.
Sunset:  5:33 p.m.
10 hours and 36 minutes of daylight
It's the big one, folks!

FAMOUS PEOPLE JOE HAS MET -- STEVEN TYLER

Rather than focus on the major snow storm headed our way beginning tonight (10-12 inches predicted), I thought I would give you another segment in the continuing series of famous people Joe has met.  As I said before, Joe has met more famous people than anyone I know.

Today I want to tell you about the time he met not only Steven Tyler, but all of Aerosmith.

  
Joe was down the shore with some friends of his and they were sitting at an outside restaurant dock having lunch.  They saw a motorboat coming their way with a group of guys in it.  The boat pulled up to where they were sitting and one of the guys that Joe recognized as Steven Tyler shouted at them asking where the nearest refueling station was because they were almost out of gas.  Joe and his friends said they didn't know and called a waitress over to give them directions.

Joe had ordered a bucket filled with ice and some bottles of beer.  He said to them that they looked thirsty and asked if they wanted some beer.  The group in the boat all said yes and Joe threw some bottles to them.  He said Steven Tyler started talking to him and he was really nice and personable.

By this time the waitress had given them directions to the fueling station that was nearby, in fact they could see it from where they were.  They thanked her and headed off, got halfway there, ran out of gas, and had to paddle with their hands the rest of the way there.

 
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Tuesday's weather:
Sunny
High:  27 degrees
Low:  15 degrees  (brrr...)
Sunrise:  6:58 a.m.
Sunset:  5:32 p.m.
10 hours and 34 minutes of daylight
It's getting longer!