This is what I am dealing with. A break from this would be nice right about now. I am concerned about the wind predicted because that can cause a power failure. Patty
Truthfully, the stress and worry about that storm yesterday left me pretty tired out today.
That’s why I mostly stayed away from heavy-duty topics. I just wanted some cozy, cuddly animals (sanity medicine). 
We are not done yet–we are anticipating another storm by the end of the week. We are also into some insanely low temperatures (for New Jersey)–single digits for most of the week at night. How does 1 degree grab you?
My neighbor (bless him) will dig out my car after he does his car and his wife’s car. It won’t be for awhile because the snow is quite deep–10-11 inches. That will take some time.
This is the worst winter I have seen in many years. And we’re still in January. There were a number of years when we had no real snow at all.
Tomorrow I will see about arranging a grocery delivery. Those should be up and running by then.
I hope you all had minimal impact from the storm.
God bless everybody.
Patty
We’ll take a break from Global Warming this weekend, here in the Northeast, to experience what weather forecasters are calling “a colossal snowstorm” that will dump either a foot or two feet of snow on us ( http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/snow-storm-travel-disruptions-aim-for-nyc-dc-boston-philadelphia-friday-saturday/54870622 ), depending on how badly the guy on TV wants to scare his audience.
Here in suburban New Jersey, what that forecast means is total panic. For some reason, people pay no attention at all to the fact that no one in these parts has ever been snowbound. So they descend in crowds upon the supermarkets and frantically buy up batteries, milk, toilet paper, and loaves of bread–like they’re gonna need weeks’ worth of basic supplies, otherwise they’re gonna wind up like the Donner Party. (You know–the wagon train trapped in the California mountains by snow, had to resort of cannibalism, etc.)
I remember one time, some years ago, on a Sunday afternoon, when the weathermen predicted “the mother of all snowstorms” and everybody took it seriously, and you had businesses and public agencies announcing right away that they would have to be closed on Monday, can’t expect them to remain open during Snowmaggedon. And, oops–not one flake fell. That caused some hard feelings.
We shall see if it really snows. But I’m not looking forward to our regular Friday morning grocery shopping.
Okay, there isn’t really a rhino in my yard. But if there were, it’d be this kind of rhino.
But it only looks like the Ice Age out there: snow on the ground, icicles hanging from the eaves. God has not forgotten Spring. It’ll be here by and by. All the birds around here are singing about it already, even though it was 5 Global Warming degrees out here this morning.
