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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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? [...]

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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 [...]

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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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