It was about 15 degrees this morning with a wind chill of 2 above. Last night the wind was blowing I bet a constant 50mph by my house. It was blowing hard enough to move all 200lbs of me across the yard.
Elicia had tried to start a fire before I got home & smoked the house out, so she put it out & I started one when I got home. When I went outside to grab more firewood. I noticed that my stacks along my fence had blown over. That’s a lot of wood to restack. They were probably 6 foot tall & 8 foot long, & I had three of them. Are windows I now know leak really bad I could feel a breeze coming through the living room. The wind was blowing hard enough that every once & a while the stove would let off a puff of smoke into the room. The air would come right back down the stovepipe. That made it difficult to keep a fire going. So after the smoke detectors went off I had enough. I sent Elicia & the baby upstairs & I took the burning wood hoping I wouldn’t burn the house down, out of the wood stove & threw them in snow bank outside.
It rained all morning & than it turned to snow by afternoon, so all that water on the ground first froze stiff last night. I tried to open the door on my truck this morning & it was froze shut. I took the jeep to work today so I would have four wheel drive if I needed it. The wind was howling out of the north so bad this morning that you could feel the truck loose traction. The roads were 100% snow & ice covered. Now, answer me this, if you just had a storm & the roads were completely covered would you not think the truck would be out putting brine down before the storm & salt/sand after the storm. Nope not in Iowa, I didn’t see one single truck on the road. This being the first snow of the year & Iowan’s who drive like idiots anyways not knowing how to adjust & drive safely in it, I was in danger a few times this morning. I will be staying off the roads until they clear up. Not that I am scared or can’t drive in it, but I am fearful for my vehicles & my family if I go out they. Those morons could hurt me.
Thanksgiving is next week, WooHoo, turkey & football, I can’t wait. Elicia’s family is invading our house this year. I am kind of excited, now before I say this I am a straight MAN, but I like to cook. So I am looking forward to cooking a turkey. This will be my first year. Grandma Ruby makes some slamin carrots & I have grandma Oliver’s pickles to complete the meal.
Christmas is approaching fast. I am been loading my iPod with all my Christmas music. I started listening to it the other day & it makes me want to put the lights up. I still think it is wrong to turn the light on or put the tree up before thanksgiving.
My Thought For The Day:
As you are sliding down the banister of life, watch out for the newel post at the bottom, it could cause serious bodily harm.
2 comments:
I have my lights up and my tree on, it made it feel very Christmasee last night
I put up a Christmas tree on the main floor last Sunday and we're doing another one in the basement family room on Saturday night. It has a calming effect on all the children - and is cheaper than Ritalin.
:^)
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