That looks so inviting Lara I do hope they clear the snow from in front of your door Wren....

I think Ruby is peering - she's just been really good at hiding it! Darned spellchecker! Sweet relief!

Hurrah!!!!!

great I'm glad. i was concerned

To be able to "sneak" a tiny post here and there.

My cervical fusion seems, so far, a success as the horrific pain and nausea resulting from the pain are both out of my mind and body. Surgery was Jan 2, pretty recent, and I feel blessed to have had it and now be home. They did far more work in there than originally planned, the hurt of surgery is definitely there, AND the hoped for realization this will have put pain in its place seems to be dawning.

Being Colorado raised, I know well my personal fondness for snow, playing, working, sculpting, and driving a long road trip with my family warm and safe as the sussuration of it alongside and around us when we move through its sound dampening blanket of the countryside. When I was healthy, before the wreck which changed my life walk, I used to look forward to shoveling by hand not only ours but the walks and drives of our neighbors....... kind of a ministry of gifting, you know? Did that all of the way back to my childhood....sharing.

Some of those snows were four feet in a single dump of white. In our own neighborhood I had donned my snowshoes in times past, then stepping across the six foot privacy fence of neighbors to make sure they were OK as we were truly all snowed in.

Hot chocolate..... sounds good.

We would scoop a place clean for our little pet to do his "thing" in the out of doors. He always seemed to know what that little plot meant, and he used it. He is more grey now, and I no longer can shovel snow, but those fond memories of just being in the crisp cold are glad visitations of my mind to times past.

Please all, be bundled, warm, and snug in your comfy places of respite.
Love and hugs,

OH, and by the way..... THANK YOU for all of the prayers surrounding this most recent of my surgeries to reassemble Humpty Dumpty. I feel the better for it.

Mark56

Second day of no mail delivery.

Same here.... no mail. Don't no why they're not delivering.

I sure wonder/hope that we get mail today ...
Yesterday I managed to drive to the bank and Walmart, and I am a devout driving coward. LOL -- I'm expecting three packages from eBay (a new saucepan, a new Bible and a bird book) and three packages from other places (a new turtleneck & skirt, new filters for my vac and a new part for that vac)
I WANT MY STUFF!

From what I have read, shipping deliveries were already delayed prior to Christmas, so with this latest storm, they've probably not been able to catch up yet. I read that FedEx and UPS were having problems. I'm a little surprised that anyone in the storm areas would expect mail at all. I guess it would depend where it's coming from and the route it takes to get there... e.g. planes, trucks, whatevers.

Weird thing is that we ordered some vitamins from the US prior to Christmas and they arrived at my door only a few days later. LOL I guess it was easier to fly out of your country than in your country.

edited to add: just found this.

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/abo...6_weather.html
Severe Winter Weather in the Midwest and Northeast Causing Delays
Service Update
That lists postcodes and states affected and was updated Tuesday, Jan 7

http://ltl.upsfreight.com/news/servi....aspx?p=update
SERVICE ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014 -- UPDATED 2:30 P.M.