There is mention of that, that WHITE STUFF again, today. For tonight, and possibly into tomorrow. WE--STILL--ARE BLANKETED! (You know you like that irregular syntax for emphasis. You know you do.) Granted, most everywhere (save the sidewalks right next to the road where the snowplows relocated mountains of snow so that no one can walk anywhere) has ( Read more... )

The roof sounds as though it's going to cave in. I keep hearing (what I believe to be) the snow and ice scraping it's way down as it slips towards gravity. I haven't yet been outside to check, and I fear that if I did so at the moment I'd end up like the wack-a-do antagonist from "The Lovely Bones".  Or, at the least, with a concussion. Then again ( Read more... )

I am sick. And my charming, darling children were trying to help. They brought me breakfast in bed. Cornflakes with milk. I had already had oatmeal (made with water), and being that I'm all congested, I wasn't going anywhere near the milk (dairy can increase congestion. We always avoid it when we're congested). So, after they went downstairs, quite ( Read more... )