Snow again!

We’ve had a snowier than usual winter. The most recent snowstorm on Friday turned the media into so many Chicken Littles. They predicted everything from 2-12 inches. That’s a pretty wide margin of error. We ended up with about 4-5 inches; some areas east of here got more. So I guess they were right.
They would [...]

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More snow?

I swear, it’s the snowiest February I can remember in 27 years of living in Southern Indiana. This is the 5th Tuesday in a row we’ve had snow or ice. I just love it! Really, I do.
It snowed during the afternoon today, which was no big deal until the roads quickly froze tonight, right about [...]

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The Ice Man Commeth

We’re facing yet another ice storm. It’s supposed to ice all day on Thursday. Normally I wouldn’t mind the ice, as I find it quite beautiful. But this time it poses a huge dilemma for my daughter and me, who  are traveling to Indianapolis early Friday morning for a gymnastics meet.
Now we are contemplating leaving Thursday [...]

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Cabin fever

Another day of staying home due to the snow and ice. Cabin fever is setting in (actually, it started yesterday). Yesterday was a day to hunker down, cuddle up, and watch the freezing rain and snow from the comfort of a warm house. This morning, the sun was shining on a dazzling, sparkly, and fluffy [...]

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Snow day

No school or work due to the snow and ice today! Thanks to freezing rain falling all night, there’s a layer of ice on top of the 3 inches of snow that fell yesterday afternoon. It’s quite beautiful, if you know where to look.

Spring seems so far away

Birds eating sunflowers in their ice house

Icy branches

Icy [...]

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Snow!!

My weather radio blasted me out of bed at 5 am this morning with yet another winter storm warning for a storm that probably wasn’t going to happen for another 12 hours. I realize it’s a warning, but I would prefer it to alarm me only when I need to take cover immediately, not in 12 hours. [...]

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Snow tease

We’ve been teased with the prospect of snow after Tuesday’s severe weather passed. Local weather people said a mix of rain/sleet/ice/snow was possible Thursday night into Friday morning. At 1:45 am and 3 am this morning, my weather radio blared a winter storm warning for our area. What was I supposed to do, take cover?
Schools [...]

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Back to winter

We went from spring weather back to winter weather this evening, all in a matter of hours. A strong cold front came through; now the wind is roaring in behind it. I don’t think I’ve heard such sustained fierceness before. The house groans and sighs as icy air is pressed through the cracks around the [...]

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Goodbye Christmas…

We finally took down our Christmas tree and decorations tonight. Yes, I know it’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. What’s a crazybusymom to do? I think this is the latest we’ve ever taken down Christmas stuff.
It’s not that we didn’t want to put it away, it’s that nobody ever bothered to do it. I’ve been [...]

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Snow!

It snowed a heavy, wet snow last night, which brought us a 2-hour delay for school this morning (just enough time to write a quick post). The kids were hoping for a day off school, but the weather didn’t fully cooperate. I love snow, possibly because I’m originally from northern Indiana, where snow in winter [...]

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