We lost electricity early Monday morning about 2:30 am and went 14 hours without any. At about 36 hours we had only had maybe 5 hours of power. Now we are in rolling blackouts but the entire time we have been able to stay warm. However, a cousin in Arlington has had no electricity since early Monday morning, as do hundreds of thousands of people in Texas. My friend in Alice, near Corpus Christi, not only hasn't had electricity since early Monday morning, but now they have no water as the pumps are out and are supposed to boil water (with no electricity). Needless to say...
Again, we are OK right now. But please keep people all over in your prayers because so many are hurting from pipes bursting and destroying their homes, from homes catching on fire and dying from carbon monoxide poisoning (I think 18 children were admitted yesterday).
Our area has had around 6-8" of snow and most businesses are closed. There are warming stations set up all around. As the power will let me, I will read your messages as they cheer me up.
Stay warm and take good care of yourself and check on your neighbors. Blessings & Hugs!
Good afternoon Mary Kay,We are thinking Spring even though we have a snow storm coming tomorrow into Friday hope you have a nice Wednesday take care and stay safe Hugs, Robert & Ceil
Hi there. Well it is finally warming up here. At least its a lot warmer than it was here lately. Its 10F here right now and supposed to get up to 19F. Itt doesn't sound like much but lately it has been in the single digits. Getting my housework done this morning and hopefully going to go eat lunch or dinner, whatever you may call the noon meal with my husband and son later. Take care my friend and have a good day. Cheryl
Hi there. Its a bitterly cold morning here. Its -13F and feels like -29F. My husbands work truck didn't want to run right this morning so he was late getting to work. Not doing a whole lot this morning. Just staying warm. I do have the laundry going. Hopefully tomorrow won't be as cold. I'm ready for it to warm up. At least the sun is out. All that snow we were supposed to get didn't happen, I'm very glad. We got maybe a inch of snow on the ground. Take care my friend and have a good day. Cheryl
It's a very wintry morning and everyone is just waiting for the big snowstorm. Forecast is 8-10 inches today and overnight! My shrubs out front are already almost covered from the last snow. Hope your weather is being good to you! Hugs, Nancy
Hi, my friends, thank you, thank you, thank you, for all your wonderful comments. They have lifted my spirits. I do hope you are healthy and happy, and doing fun things.
Oh my gosh, it has been so long since I have been able to spend any time here on The Hill. I'm quarantined/out of work since March and I am busier than I have ever been. I started replacing rotten siding last November and a freak snowstorm dropped almost 2 feet of extremely soaking wet/heavy snow. So, there sits the bottom of my front wall all torn off and waiting until Spring for me to finish, along with my porch, torn off the house listing/sinking backward. There are buckets under it to keep it solid/sturdy.
In September refer died so I had to have a new one installed. It was on it's last leg and not cooling, and at the bottom was freezing veggies. Well, the delivery guys were kids and couldn't grasp the basic fundamentals of the mechanics of the mask, so I ended up catching the common cold (rhinovirus). I wore 2 masks, so that pretty much proves to me what they are saying about: my mask protects others not so much me; but others masks are what protect me more than mine does. I do have N-95 left over from working construction the last 45 years, with a double bandanna on top of that.
All the holidays have been quiet 'cause I can't go anywhere & no one can visit. The virus has been wicked spiking here in NH; and now we have the variants. So I am so careful, washing anything and everything as it is brought into the house, and lots of hand-washing.
Working on taxes now, and getting rid of clutter, and sorting/sprucing-up/repairs/maintenance/deep cleaning. Oiy!!! Then with what's been going on since all of 2020 with that putrid, fly-infested, steaming, orange pile of pig diarrhea, desecrating our Democracy and the Capital. I can't even process any of it any more. I'm in the Twilight Zone!!!!
Well, have a great Valentine's and Winter, I'm still planning on getting here on The Hill a whole lot more often. Stay happy and healthy and have fun.
Enjoy your 
