Staying warm

It's been a wild weekend, snow yesterday, wind started last eveing and has not stopped and we may be looking at the coldest day (today/tonite) for the Winter of 2015. But, it is pretty outside, if you ignore the swirling snow and wind, lol. Sun is out but it has not reached 10 degrees yet! So on that note I will certainly,

 

 

With some,

 

And,

Take care, enjoy your Sunday!





Happy Valentine's Day

A bit late with my wishes, but the thought was there all day. Getting ready for the cold, brutal weather
that is headed our way. We had snow off and on today and it's not done yet. Sometime this evening we are going to be hit with a snow squall that will produce whiteout conditions and bring the cold, cold air with it.

Having said all that, we have the tub filled, wood stacked, candles and lanterns at the ready along with sloppy joes and tomato sauce made. The weather people are anticipating lose of power and if that does happen it could be longer then 24 hours. We have a Winter Weather Advisory, High Wind Warning and a Wind Chill Advisory. Winds will be 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 50 to 60 mph. This was not how I would chose to spend my Valentine's Day, but it had to be done or we could be in trouble when this hits.

Have a good evening, stay warm and safe if you are in this latest storms path.

 

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th, day before St.Valentine's Day, hmm I bet there will be lots of voo doo going on, lol.

Hope everyone is well and if you are in the East, hope that you are staying warm. It is down right brutal out here in Eastern Pennsylvania and it is going to get worse before it gets better. So, today we are going out to run errands, fill the tank in the Jeep and do what we have to do to prepare for the snow, dangerous wind chills and possible power outages (yep you read that right) power outages for longer then 24 hours could occur to do the High Wind Advisory that goes in effect on Saturday evening until sometime on Sunday.

Take care, have a great day and I will post a picture (s) of what I spotted in my yard the other day ( you will love it).



All Ready For The Big One

So, by now everyone must know we are waiting the arrival of Sandy, no not a friend! Hurricane Sandy, Tropical Storm Sandy, Pain in the butt Sandy, I could go on but I think you get the picture. I cooked some one pot meals today in case we lose power which I am sure we will, but I can heat them up on the woodstove. Even our power company thinks so too. I got a e-mail yesterday to be prepared for three days without power and this evening I got a call from the robo and it said be prepared to be without power for seven, ugh. Les and I covered things, moved things and stowed away things. If Sandy should take them,then we were not meant to have them :-). Candles, lanterns, matches, dry wood are all at the ready. We have a half and half celler, half dirt floor and half cement floor, so there will be water, not much we can do there, no generator, just never found the cash to buy one and have it hooked up. Storms windows are pulled down, bathtub filled up (so we can flush), cause once we lose power we lose everything, no water, no toilet, no heat, no stove. Ducks are snug and kitties are too. Stay safe all my East Coast friends and family, keep us in your thoughts.

April??????????

Feels more like early March and with wind chills to boot!! Hope everyone is having a great Spring so far.

Full Moon

Tonite is the Full Flower Moon, so named because blossoms were abundant everywhere at this time. Maybe, for some but not all. Here is PA we are locked into yet another wet and windy week. It doesn't look like we will see the Sun until late this week. My perfect excuse for not doing gardening, LOL. No, really I would much rather be outside, but if it needs to rain let it rain during the week. Les & I work on Saturday (outside) at a auction and then on Sunday we have a antiques show (again outside) that we will be setting up at. Soooo, let it rain this week, sorry gardening friends, I know you will forgive me.

Special Day

Thirty-Seven years ago today, May 4th, 1974, Les and I were married in a small chapel in the town that we grew up in, Metuchen, NJ. Unlike today the weather was beautiful. Blue skies, puffy clouds and WINDY!! So windy that I have a picture of us leaving the chapel and my veil getting wrapped around a column. I can still hear all the women gasping and runny to help me as I was being pulled backwards! So, what did we do today you ask? Nothing, Zip, Not a Thing. We did go out to our favorite seafood place nearby for a very, very, good dinner, drinks, dessert, coffee, in others words THE WORKS. Hope you have had a day just as wonderful as ours.

It's Back

I think Old Lady Winter came back. Had three inches of snow on the ground at 8:00 a.m. and it has been sleeting, raining snowing off and on all day. Only about 33 degrees. Tonite, it all changes to snow and we are expected to get a coating to 2 inches. It just won't let go of us. It was a good bad to stay put and work on our books. Take inventory out, put inventory in. Pay sales tax and get get everything ready to send off to the accountant. Yes, I'm one of those who waits and waits. LOL. Just noticed that the wind is picking up a bit, great we will probably loose power!! Have a good evening folks.

December, It's Here

For all of us who thought it would never get here and we had time for this and time for that, well gals, me included it's time to wake up an smell the coffee, or evergreen, or hot chocolate!! Very rainy day here and windy. Les and I are off to a Holiday Party tonight, hope the weather clears by then. I'm enjoying reading all of your blogs about your holiday decorating, it is getting me in the mood to pull out our decorations, mostly likely tomorrow and over the weekend. I will post pictures if I like the way it turns out.