Having survived two tornado watches and one warning last week, we thought we'd start this week off with...SNOW! Actually we have very little here, but Lebanon Va, which had a tornado early Sat, now has 4 inches of snow to make the clean-up effort a little more interesting. March is always nutty here. The biggest snows we've had in the past 20 years ( Read more... )

Greetings from Winter Wonderland:  Bluff City Edition.  Freezing rain on top of 4 inches of snow has created a beautiful and DANGEROUS landscape.  Poor Bill had to brave it at 6 a.m. this morning.  He texted that he got there OK -- stupid drivers being the main danger.  Just heard a salt truck go by.  This is good, since the temperature is finally ( Read more... )

Bill is back!  Not without some difficulty, though, as his Oklahoma flight was delayed, and he missed his connection in Atlanta.  He caught another flight, and got to Charlotte around 7, about 3 hours later than expected, which is not bad for the airlines, these days.  At least he didn't spend the night in the Atlanta airport ( Read more... )

Today will be busy but hopefully that will make the time until I see Bill seem shorter.  For some reason (PMS, anyone?) I have really missed Bill this week.  Maybe it's because he's several states away as opposed to one state away.  Yeah, THAT makes sense ( Read more... )

Well, it's back to Hickory today, and I just honestly don't want to go.  I have had a wonderful time in Kingsport.  It has been great to see Mom and Sis, who have gotten along spendily I might add.  I spent a great 2 hours at Chop House yesterday visiting with the Sylvan Gals and the National Guard wives -- not to mention having the best grilled ( Read more... )

Here we are, back safe and sound, in Hickory.  The weekend was nice, but I was extremely tired through it.  The afore-mentioned trip to Bath and Body works did take place, but Chelsea opted to stay home with B (my mom), so it was just L and I.  I fell in love with the Twisted Peppermint scent, and since I had a coupon, I bought the lotion and the 3 ( Read more... )

C and I are on the way to TN after I pick her up from school.  I have six boxes of stuff in the back of my SUV that will be deposited in my mom's basement (thank you, Mom).  Bill is going to see his parents in Charlotte this weekend.  No, we didn't have a fight; we just decided to take a weekend each to ourselves and do our own thing.  We have done ( Read more... )

This is James Scott.  He is a British actor on Days of Our Lives.   He is the anti-hero type:  doing horrible acts, but for the good of his family and the woman he loves.  You know the deal... or at least all of you soap watchers do.  Ok, I admit it.   I love the bad boys on TV:  Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sonny from General Hospital, ( Read more... )

But Terri, shouldn't that be "all's well that ends well"?  Frankly, I don't care if it ends well or not; I just want it to END.  Yep, folks, I quit my job on Monday.  I came to the realization that this job was none of the things I had asked for when I first applied:  part-time, a few hours a day, and no or very limited evening work.  I am, in ( Read more... )

Yesterday I began having some knee pain that was pretty nasty, esp. if I bent my knee a certain way.  Then the swelling began, and my arthritis reared its ugly head.  This morning, attempts to walk on said knee ended in my falling into a chair (how's that for luck?).  Sooooo....Bill took a sick day, took C to school, and I spent most of the day ( Read more... )