I was already pretty blasé about this concert. And then today happened ( Read more... )

Sunday, while decorating the house, my dad and I got to watch the weather out the window. Rain. Then thicker rain. Then...I don't think that's rain any more. Then I think it stopped for a while...and then toward the end of the decorating, I thought I heard pellets against the windows. It's back! We already knew the weather was supposed to get ( Read more... )

There's a saying around here that if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes. It can be five minutes, it can be fifteen minutes, but there are times when the weather changes drastically in a short amount of time. Today is one of those days ( Read more... )

For such a relatively short snowfall event, its effects are lingering. By the way, this goes down as the 5th largest snowfall in Chicago's history. We got roughly 16" in my town ( Read more... )

Mom called just before 8 to give us an update. It's been quite a day for her family. Because of all the snow and having a garage off an alley, my mom's older brother almost didn't make it to my grandfather's; he was supposed to spend the first night with him. However, his roommate couldn't get out of her garage. If grandma would come get him, ( Read more... )

It would stand to figure that the worst weather day we've had all season would be the day my grandfather gets released ( Read more... )