Spring Weather

We are finally getting a taste of Spring weather. The snow is finally all melted away. The neighbors are cleaning up their yard and I asked them to rake the leaves off my flower bed. Now the tulips can come thru. I heard that even the flowers are hibernating longer so that is good. There was quite a lot of ice and snow over the flowers. It is good to see the snow gone at last. It was a very hard winter.

Weather

This has been the worst winter in many years.  I have stayed in the house for days at a time due to snow and ice.  The ice is the worst.  I have seen young people falling down, thinking it was okay to jog.  It is supposed to warm up starting tomorrow.  It may even get above freezing by the weekend.  Of course, we have to have a little more snow tonight and again on Saturday.  There just seems to be no end to it.  I sure hope March comes in like a Lion and is nice and goes out like a Lamb.   We are going to appreciate Spring this year as never before in years.

Doctor Appointment

Doctor appointments become a way of life as you get older, it seems. My husband had another doctor appointment today 30 miles away and yesterday we thought we were going to have a blizzard today and wouldn't be able to go. But it stopped snowing and the sun came out and melted the ice and snow on the highway and the roads were actually quite good. We stopped in our favorite fast food Mexican place and ate and by the time we headed for home the wind had really come up and it dried off most of the highway. So that was good. I am glad we didn't have to reschedule that appointment. Now it is done and out of the way. Now for the dentist next.

Bitter Cold and Snow

We have had one tough winter this year. We had a couple of good years so I suppose we were way overdue in this area for a snowy, bitterly cold, windy winter. There is ice everywhere and if you don't watch your step very closely, you will find yourself lying on the ground with broken bones. The emergency wards are full of people with injuries. Once the snow melts a little and freezes back into ice, there seems to be no getting rid of it and then a little fresh snow covering it, is an accident waiting to happen. We are really going to appreciate Spring this year.

Oklahoma Ice Storm

Have you been watching the effects of the ice storm in Oklahoma and now it is in Kansas City and crept into Iowa too. Saw highway pictures of Des Moines and the streets looked pretty icy. I read a blog this morning and the gal had pictures of their home and how the trees were falling. One just missed her brother, who had been standing in that very spot just minutes before a huge tree came crashing down. Thousands are without light and heat. We can be very thankful we don't have that here but I really feel sorry for those without heat as it is very cold this time of year.

Snow Again

It is snowing again and that is just going to make it more slippery than ever because we have a lot of ice underneath. Now you can't see the ice but you will know it once you go flying through the air. My brother says he has fallen twice already and once right on his back and bumped the back of his head. Then he fell on his knees and they are in bad shape to start with so it sure didn't do them any good. I hope he stays in more and doesn't fall anymore. I think the ice melt companies are making a fortune already this winter.

Grocery Shopping

There is a storm coming so I headed for the grocery store and stocked up. I hadn't done that for quite some time so it was well overdue. We had a bit of snow last night and it made the freeways slippery, so they said. Guess some cars were spinning off the highway. Everyone needs to learn how to drive safely again in winter.

Monday

Here it is 5 days since my surgery last Thursday. I have been using ice packs off and on and they help. I have cut back on the pain pills and I am not so sure it is good. We baked a delicious meatloaf that my daughter brought. Also have enough baked potatoes to peel and fry up tomorrow night. A lady from church said she is bringing chicken tonight so that will be good too. A friend from Britt called to check up on me this afternoon. I got a card from my aunt today. It's fun to get mail.

Ice Storm and Blizzard

We have really got it now. First it rained a little, then it sleeted for hours and hours and overnight and covered everything with a sheet of ice. Trees breaking off. Then the wind came up and the lights went out this morning and didn't come on till 6:30 tonight. House got down to 62 degrees. Good thing we are well insulated but still worry about pipes freezing under the house. Then when we couldn't see out the east side of the windows due to all the ice on them, it began to snow so we couldn't see out of the other side either. The battery radio was on and the weatherman is saying "well folks, it's no longer a winter storm warning, it is a blizzard". NO KIDDING!!! Tell me about it. I can't see outside to see what's going on, the lights blink once in a while. We just got the house warm again and it's snowing like the dickens. Are we having fun yet? NOT!