OT Bracing for some winter weather in MO.

Crazy weather, that's for sure.

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:40:57 -0600, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote (in article ):

Yuck! If it's in consulation Leslie, it will be coming my way tonight. I have to work today until 3:30. I'm hoping I can get all my running around done after work before the bad weather starts. So please don't send it my way early!

Maureen

Be sure to wash and dry all of your towels - about 70 would be a good number. You're going to have to dry a lot of furry toes before life gets back to normal. Polly

I'm as ready as I could be I have coffee, food, the propane magically lighting by remote fire place and I was outside at dawns early light putting that ice melt stuff down on the front stairs and drive since the poor poor UPS man is suppose to deliver stuff today. I'll try to catch him as he gets out of the truck and tell him to leave the stuff below the stairs. (8 concrete stairs not covered by the porch) Gassed up both 4 wheel drives. There have already been 2 fatal wrecks just north of our house this morning. I have begged, pleaded, threatened, attempted to bribe hubby for a generator set up for the house because we too tend to lose power, but he's dead set against it. I'm about to take matters into my own hands during his next business trip Now if I had just bought that red-eye treadle I've been drooling over ;-)

Just watched the weather report for NE Louisiana and they are saying we might get the freezing rain on Tuesday AM. I sure hope not since I have to be at work at 5 AM!! I grew up in Florida--not used to this!! LOL

Take care, Leslie. We're expecting snow this weekend, but as of now, the icy stuff is supposed to miss us. Let's hope the forecast for your area is wrong!

global warming. I was hoping to wake up to a bit of snow but no moisture of any kind. We really could at least use rain.

H> Crazy weather, that's for sure.

Well the rain is here in Mid Missouri and it's expected to start icing tonight into tomorrow morning. Keeping fingers crossed that it misses us.

Take care to all involved and stay warm and nice and dry........

Leslie - hug those furbabies for me today.

Cindy from MO

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:51:02 -0600, Jan wrote (in article ):

During our last storm, I was kind of wishing I had a treadle too. I could have at least sewed while it was still light out. Of course, there is always handwork. My guild just had an EPP workshop on Tuesday, so I'm prepared if the power lines go down again during this icestorm. It's supposed to start here tonight and continue through Sunday.

Maureen

Ah, yes, winter in the Midwest! Will be think of all you folks, Leslie, and sending warm thoughts from Tucson. Don't forget the basics--soup, TP, dog food....and tequila, so you can make me a margarita if I happen to drop by.

Got the margaritas and happen to pick up some of the green apple Smirnoff's. Bracing for a long and chilly and certainly rainy night.

Well now... I'm hitching up the dogs to pull me over to Cindy's house! I have coffee, but I didn't think to stock up on all the appropriate supplies :-)

Jan RCTQ Coffee Diva

C> Got the margaritas and happen to pick up some of the green apple Smirnoff's.

Take care mid-westeners! I feel your pain!

Patti in Seattle (Currently a balmy 26=B0)

The first sip of the Smirnoff's was a wee bit interesting and shocking but oh it tastes really good.

Anyone who wants to come on over, I'll send the directions.

Wooooooohoooooooooo some more furbabies.

Come on over.

We are expecting mid-20s tonight, here on the south-central coast of Calif. three days ago it was 82 degrees at 5PM.

The helicopters are fueled up and spraying the crops with a mixture of something to hopefully protect them. All hands were on deck to bring in as much of the crops as possible today. The high today was 50 degrees.

G> Southern Missouri is expecting as much as 6 inches of rain and we live

Leslie, my heart is with you. Although I envy your propane fireplace. Stay warm and keep all the furbabies close. My poor pup was so terrified during the storm (seven hours of 50-80 mph winds with hard gusts tearing pieces of our roof off) that he nearly collapsed. I wished I had tranquilizers for him. I hope you stay connected. I am also considering a treadle sewing machine. I read recently that Janome makes one for the Amish community that is quite good. I'm going to look into it. Something tells me that power outages may become mroe common.

Take care and stay warm Sunny