Brrrrrrrrrrrrr
 

It's -16 here and there is at least two feet of snow on our picnic table.

There are several indentations in the snow outside our bay window...where I'm sure the deer slept last night..probably getting
some protection from the wind there.

I know lots of us are getting a hard winter..first one here in years so
we're being reminded of what it's like..I keep closing the cupbards under the sink that I'd opened to keep the pipes warm...habits die hard. *grin

How's by you Ducky? Doody? Abbie? BJ? Nikki?

Course those of you in warmer places can now rub it in!

What happened to that Arizona road trip! :D

I'm warmer!!!:yahoo:

:cool: It's in the teens here.

Well Ms. Alffe, it's been brutal. I believe yesterday morning we woke to -26 (not including the windchill) and most Iowa schools were closed.

Right now it's a balmy -17 degrees and rising! Next week a heat wave in the lower 30s! The weather man said so far a total of 56" of snow, I think.

Poor man in Des Moines! This morning a garbage man found a 65 yr old wheelchair bound man in his driveway. He was unconscious and had a small shovel in his lap. The garbage man found him because the LED light on the wheelchair was blinking. He got stuck in the snow last night and was outside ALL NIGHT! Needless to say, he's in the hospital right now. I can't even imagine...I nearly froze putting gas in my car last night.

even us Floridians are bundled up:cool:

30s last night and high of only 59 expected today
for us that is brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:o

tho as our paper points out
we are a sauna compared with N Dakota;)
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/new...l-florida.html

Brrrrrr is right! -16 here too. But we are suppose to get a heat wave tomorrow.. all the way up to 7 !! lol. Chemar, 59 sounds wonderful to me!
Want a house guest ;)

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Ok, you win Doody. *grin. I can't get that link to open Cheri and Curious...you're having a heat wave!

Nikki I thought we were going to Arizona! :D on a bus with Abbie driving and BJ bringing her dogs.

Did you check on my link in my last wonder? Check this out!!! http://www.kcci.com/video/18486499/index.html

That's just ridicuous Doody. and now I get Cheri's link too.

It's climbed up to 10 below but the roads are a sheet of ice cause it's too cold for the salt to work. :p

Yes that's what happened here too. Salt wasn't doing any good. Wouldn't melt. Plus when we had the blizzard conditions earlier this week, it just blew the salt off anyway. SO many awful traffic accidents this past week.

Daughter called me from Madison. It took them 6 hours to get there. The roads were pretty bad. She said they finally stopped counting all the semis pulled over to the side of the road! Their diesel starts to gel in this extreme cold and the trucks won't run. She said they were stalled all over the place.

We've gone all the way up to 6 degrees above! Tomorrow it's suppose to be 30. Wow, that'll be almost a 60 degree difference since yesterday. :eek:

baaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh
hummmmmmmmmm
bugggggggggggggg
on the cold
burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

:grouphug:
everyone stay safe buckle up when driving and stay warm.

love the link doody sister.:hug: some times we "fry" eggs on sidewalk when its really hot here. :rolleyes:

I am glad I live in florida:p
PEACE
BMW

Well. it was -5 when I went to work this morning and all the way up to -1 by 8 am. I refuse to look at the temp now cause I don't wanna know.
I thought of you , Alffe, while I was watching the weather channel and they were talking lake effect snows. If it were lake AFFECT snows, I would sure have to get behind that. I know it affects all of you all in a big way.
We too are supposed to go up to 17 tomorrow. Woo Hoo. Think I will stay in, bake blondies and play games with The Kid. He will win, but we'll have a blast.

Oooh, and a pot of beef stew. That sounds good too.

Stay warm, folks. Stay safe.
:grouphug:

MUST you always tease me with talking about all the stuff you're gonna cook and bake! I swear you do it to annoy me. :D

Stay warm!

where is that mans coat!!!!!!! thats crazy.... throwing water into the air and it automatically freezing :thud:
It was 8 this morning here, but thats nothing compared to those below freezing numbers!!!!!!!! BRRRR

It made it to 3 above here today...but it was -21 (negative 21) this morning. The high temp yesterday was -15 with wind chills at -48.

I wish we had more snow... if it's this cold we should at least have the snow...

We have maybe 5 inches of snow in the yard.... :(

I have missed every appointment this week due to the snow and cold.
Aw well... a little warm up this weekend maybe have a high of 34 but calling for more snow.


I hope everyone is staying warm... or cool depending on where you are.

hugs for all!!!
Abbie
:hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:

We are having a heat wave, it is up to -8 right now... but we had our boiler quit on us:eek: It is one of those newer ones that has a computer on it. It quit, is flashing a code at me, like it is helping me. Annoyed me so much I just shut the sucker off. Went up in the attic and got the extra space heaters.

I have been up over 24 hours. I was just heading to bed when I noticed it was getting chilly. Good thing I checked! After it went off, I did get it started again by following the directions in the book... but it wont circulate. Then quits and flashes that stupid code at me. grrrr Haven't even paid the sucker off yet!! Should be under warranty though. I imagine it will be some time before they can get to us. I told them we have space heaters, so go take care of those who don't! Have I mentioned that I hate winter? :p Warm hugs and hot chocolate for everyone :hug: Nikki

Nikki, you tell those people you are a caregiver to your husband and are not that well yourself! They need to get their butts out their...you should be at the top of their list.

It's -7 this morning but supposed to climb to 20 later today so maybe the salt will begin to work on our streets. And we only got a dusting of more snow...I surely hope Mr.Alffe's can email me the pictures he took...so I can send them to Doody and she can post them here for me. :D Abbie, you can't want what we have. *grin

:) Heat wave here -- seriously --- it was 19 this morning and it's going to hit 40 this afternoon!
You all are welcome to come visit. Bring a short sleeve blouse..... we'll go to the Mexican restaurant that has outdoor dining.

40?? Is this even possible?

Chips? Queso? Salsa?

I'm in. :D

Who else?

We are supposed to get to 47 today...and the skies are blue. I guess I won't whine for the 60's like I was tempted to before I read YOUR temps!

After you all get finished with Wren's salsa, pack her up and swing over here...there's an oyster roast today at the park near us (next to the school for those of you who have been here)...all you can eat with all the sides...plus music and face painting, etc. Of course you get the best Chinises food east of the Mississippi at the Moi house-hold if you don't like oysters...

Stay warm everybody!!!!

:hug: I can't handle the oysters. Too slimey for me, but the shells are pretty. :D I could wash them up and put a Hershey Kiss on them. :p

OK, Curious....Chinese food for you instead of oysters!

We have bought some beautiful angels made from oyster shells...a little spanish moss for hair, some cotton seed pods for wings....I have talked for a long time about making some myself...I am getting inspired though

I won't even mention the expected high for today, I'd get hate mail. I'll just say it is colder than normal here in Florida. I have a BIG pot of chile on the stove and will be fixin some cornbread later. Ya'all are welcome to come for dinner and to thaw out.

Dottie

JUst returned from the store...I've NEVER seen it so crowded..yes, the economy is awful but people are so worried about being stuck in with more snow predicted I think they are doing some hoarding...like milk, and eggs.

I had to get some 7 up for Mr. Alffe's tummy and some broth...it feels delightful at 18 degrees!!

Chili and cornbread sounds wonderful Dottie. :) And we could meet your doggies!

Oysters make me shutter...*grin. But the memories of that location made me very happy. :D *whisper...tell moi to put some air in that basketball.

rick and i went out for supper last night and had some of the best chips and dip at Coach's....I'll have to agree with the rest on the oysters... but i'll jump at the chance to eat some of Mr. Mois cooking!!!! :winky: Its very warm here today...I almost feel guilty. :o I hope you dont catch the crud from Mr Alffe. Its going around at the place i work at... I hope you get that broiler fixed soon Nikkey!!!!!! big hugs for everybody here.... I promised my daughter we'd take a trip to the mall to get her a pair of shoes to g with her dress for hte semi formal dance at school.
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I'm in - LOVE Mexican food! Alffe and I have a favorite Mexican place we go to here.

Makes my mouth water just thinking about it! Maybe next week if it warms up enough for the salt to work!! :hug:

Alffe...the salt sticks to the rim of a margarita glass, even in the middle of a blizzard

LOL Curious - LOL

I only know this, cuz someone told me. :Crazy 2:

fresh hot bowl of beef stew and 25 degrees....
things is looking up :D

Hee, yup! In fact, the margarita I gots in my hand right now, well...the salt is stickin real good! :D

Oh SHUSH Ducky! She cooked for me ONE time, and it was reel good. But she took me to some awfully wonderful places to eat. Made some dam good coffee, too, for our morning sits on the front porch! :D Those hill people in Ken-tuckee sure know how. ROFL

NO oysters, thank you, but Mr. Moi Sweet Cheeks is the BESTEST cook!!! And his dimples are, well....yummy.

And well, needless to say I've had the most scrumptious and delicious meals at Ms. Alffe's house! She let me have her ham loaf recipe and it is to die for! She just cooks, and cooks, and cooks, and cooks! Mixes a mightee good drink too. :D

:hug: for Mr. Alffe, get better soon!:winky:

We need a map.

Mark where each person lives and put an X right in the middle. Good place for a get together.

:p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :D

LOL Ms. Curious, but I'm tellin ya...I'd like to move that X over to the east coast in S. Carolina, cause well...it's just too beautiful there! Well now come to think of it...Ms. Alffe has a very large barn. :D

It would be such fun to gtg but where oh where is a central location???

Salt? *grin not on my dark brown drink! :D

Australia????? :D

Doody...you keep forgetting about the bats**t in the barn. LOL

Nashville?

10 hour drive for me & Doody
7 hours for alffe

who else?

Geography is not my strong suit...and my mapster is asleep...*grin
ten hrs. is a long drive....how close are you to S.C. curious?