Snow snow go away

The blizzard is over for now but more is expected tonight and we are bitterly cold. -37 tonight with the wind chills. I am ready for this to be over.


We ran at full speed all night at work. Chest pain city with all the shoveling and people with respiratory conditions having flair ups. Not everyone could make it in due to the weather so we were not staffed quite as well as I would have liked. And I felt like crap.

I still am having pleurisy but now it feels like it is turning into a chest cold. Bummer, a cold for Christmas, hopefully just a cold. 2 more nights to go. At least I have everything done for Christmas and can just work and sleep and not think about getting out and doing anything else.

This winter weather seems like it wide spread, I can't believe all the places that are getting snow that never get it. And is it officially winter. Is that today or tomorrow?

Surprisingly not many accidents now. The majority of them are the first day until people get it through their heads they need to slow down. Now it is broken limbs from falling and frostbite type things along with the chest pains and things I mentioned earlier. Yup, love Iowa.

Well. Rick did make it home yesterday and did have plans for supper. Tonight he is making egg pie. It smells so good. I am hungry. I never lose my appetite, LOL. And it is time to eat so bye all and take it easy this weekend.

Digging out

I slept lousy as all the background noise is people digging out of their caves. Snowblowers and snowmobiles, ATV driving by and the big plow. People getting stuck and then yelling instructions back and forth as they try to get out of my ditch innocently buried by the snow. Now who would have thought there was a ditch there? Thing is most are my neighbors and should by now I have a ditch in front of my house.

So I slept poorly. And woke up with pleurisy. Ever had that? It's an inflammation of the lining of your lung. Makes it really painful to breath. Probably brought on by breathing in the cold air. And a throbbing headache to boot. Ah yes, the beautiful Iowa winters have done me in again.

Actually this is more like the winters I remember as a child. It was like this every year. For the last several years we have had mild winters. Still cold but not snow like this. Well last year we got that 14 inches but that was in March and didn't last long. This snow is destined to be around now until spring. And we are going to be adding to it.

Rick isn't home. He doesn't have the cell phone on and I have no idea if he is stuck somewhere or just running around. Should I plan supper or has he got a meal planned. Should I be making plans for someone to bring me to work? Should I have a search party out looking for him. Did the old van bite the dust. Who knows. Time will tell. Of course he will get a little nag from me about not having the cell phone on.

Oh man, breathing just hurts. I wonder if my inhaler would help something like this?

Well enough of this post. Sounds pitiful. Zoey was just out and now has to do leaps to get across the yard as it is deeper then her tummy. Kind of hard on the old girl and she isn't as thrilled as she was a couple of days ago either.

Well, think I will heat up some ham and beans for supper. Heck if he has something planned or not. By all.

Blizzard

We had 10.5 inches last night and a full out blizzard. 21 people were late or absent from work and we all worked late while waiting for our replacements to come in. I was charge and was really sweating it as my replacements was one of the last to arrive. Remember I had been up for 25 hours by then. No way could I do another 8 and still come back at 7 pm. Our street hasn't been plowed so we plowed are way through with the old van. Now we see something leaking that looks sadly like trani fluid on the snow. Oh no. Not the old van.

My son arrived safely home all 30 miles and then had to park a half a block away as his street isn't plowed either. This snow was on top of our 5 inches and we are expecting another storm Sunday. Good old Iowa weather.

Well, bed time for this tired nurse.

I remembered my MIL's old Danish Christmas postcards so thought I would post one of them. Aren't they cool. Very old from the early 1900's.

Weird headline of the day. Plane hits cow, pilot able to land safely.

We are expecting more bad weather today. Sleet followed by snow. Now I guess I don't mind the snow, but the sleet is awful. My youngest son has to drive over 30 miles in this bad weather. And yesterday my oldest son had another scare with his work truck.

It started sliding and when he corrected it went up on 3 wheels then slid again and then the 2 front wheels went up and the spring suspension broke bringing him to an abrupt stop. It almost rolled. Now remember, this is a huge garbage truck. There was a very good chance he would have been gravely injured or killed. 2 weeks ago it burst into flames. I didn't realize what a dangerous job his is until he got it. When he lived in Phili he got his job because someone was killed. People throw away cans that explode, bullets, people run into them, all kinds of things.
And he has to be out in all this type of weather. They never cancel. And my youngest sons job never closes for weather. Of course my job never does either. So here we all are having to be out in weather they tell you to stay home in. What fun.

In ice storms I always think of the power company workers and city workers out fixing our lines and cleaning our streets. Praise god for them. We just had one of our radio announcers freeze to death in his own home when his power went out. So they have a very important job. So kudos's to them.

I start my long stretch today and won't be off except Monday now until Christmas day. We are usually busy as I have mentioned for this season so it makes it go fast.

Please stop by Nancy's. Her mother passes away. Such a sad time for many people.

Well, time to actually get some work done before work. I am going shopping to get Rick on more visit and I am going to stop and donate some money for Christmas to the American Red Cross. That is my gift to myself. Take care all.

Yippy, the snow stopped

Zoey would be happy if it snowed every day as she loves it but I can live without it. Makes driving difficult. We have had several accidents since yesterday and I can't help but wonder about the bicyclist. Did he stay in the motel another night? I hope so.

The sons stopped over yesterday and my youngest with gifts for his nieces and nephews he wanted me to wrap. Oh mom, you do it so much nicer then me, suck up suck up. Of course I will have to run them to the mail. Hope they make it on time. Talk about waiting until the last minute. They were both thrilled with the cookie baskets though.

I have to go the post office anyway. A gift I bought Rick arrived broken and I have the insurance claim ticket now. I hope they don't give me a bad time.

Today is Donna's surgery so I am keeping her in my prayers and sending her warm healing thoughts. I hope Dutch got through her surgery without incident and will soon be back with us.

Well, time to wrap presents and get ready. We are going to be up to 14 above, a heat wave. Yesterday I was shoveling snow and it was 9 above. I didn't even have my coat buttoned it felt so much better then 12 below. However I put my wrist and back out doing that little bit. I feel so useless some days.

Well, off I go. Take care all.

The Other Battle of the Bulge

Weather like below, of which I am guessing we have 6 to 8 inches so far......







And cookies like below are creating my own battle of the bulge, can't exercise, LOL.

Actually both of the baskets are now full and ready to be delivered to my son's houses. They will be thrilled. Not sure if it will be today though. It was suppose to stop snowing around 1 but so far it shows no signs of stopping soon. I can drive with the old van in this weather. Thank goodness for all wheel drive. But its the other people on the road that worry me. I am grateful neither of my sons have to work tonight.

The cookie dough comes like it looks below. I swear these taste just like home made and are so easy. My kind of cooking.


It's beginning to smell alot like Christmas, la la la la la


By the way, there is a meeting of 650 global scientists going on right now that are fighting the notion of global warming. They want to know how someone could have been awarded the Nobel Peace Price on a notion that has no basis in scientific fact what so ever. They demand to be heard, no silenced. I'm listening. See, I am in good company.

Could use a little global warming right about now, its +9 out and falling, as is the snow.

Battle of the Bulge

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Bulge,

bet you thought it was about my on going and not very successful battle of the bulge, Just thought I would toss this in.