LP & Ice

Hey Ms D~

Your area must have been hit with ice?
Do you have power? (If you don’t, you probably won’t answer 🤔)


Going to work last night was relatively easy, but I went the longer, safer way to get there. It was really annoying to have salt fly up on my window and I couldn’t use my frozen windshield cleaning fluid or frozen wiper blades. I did some serious squinting.

I put an ice cube on my porch last night to monitor the melting factor. There is no melting. With the windchill it is 20°. (-6.7 Aussie).

I had to look up what an ice storm is. I've never heard of it before.

Record cold this weekend across the US. Minus 33 degrees(C) in Denver on Sunday- with a forecasted high of -28(C).

I love these occasional cold snaps- it will be like +7(C) a week from now which feels practically tropical in comparison.

Hope everyone stays safe!

Damn. Can't say I'm jealous but then I'm not looking forward to another 37 degree (98 f) day tomorrow.

Much the same here, Lyn.

we have had a few stinkin' hot days but mostly its been really mild and rather rainy.

Dawn hoping you are well and warm...  So far the ice we had was almost gone so hit the grocery stores on Saturday....  I overstock during bad weather for us and the critters.... 

This nasty stuff is beginning again!!! One time I wish the weather-know-it-alls-half-of-the-time were wrong!!!  

Be careful on the roads!!! I've seen times when this kind of weather pretty much shuts the entire city down.... 😢

They cancelled work tonight.

I have been with this company 14 years this month and have never seen them do that.

I don’t really know what to do with myself. I got up anyway and made coffee like my “normal”(for Madara lol).

But now what?

🤔


I’ll do it*!

(*The action and my new name)

I mean that her dogs will figure out someway of accommodating my dogs if the need arises.


That’s a good neighbor.

Why am I awake in late afternoon?
I have no idea about time right now.
They sent me a message just now about canceling work again tonight.
I have almost 30 hours off.


So my neighbors and I are getting really chummy right now because we are all stuck here and want to make sure everyone is OK.




My one neighbor just told me that her dog died on her couch a couple of weeks ago.
He was a good dog. I met him several times. He really was a good dog and I’m glad he got to go while sleeping on the couch.


It made me think, though, I have never had a dog die naturally.
I’ve always had to put them to sleep.
What is it like to have a dog die and find their body? I have no idea?

I’ve always held them as they took their last breath and brought them home and buried them in my yard.

Is there a better or worse way to handle this?



Lily is starting to show signs of her old age, This cold weather makes her joints and hips hurt. I can see what she goes through. She’s just going to be another one that I have to put out of misery. Why can’t I have a dog go to sleep on the couch and die?

My ebay friend had her doggie PTS yesterday. He was curled up in her lap in a big comfy chair.

They gave him a calming injection first and then the canula.

This morning she reported a double rainbow in the sky.

That sounds very tough....MsD & Dawn.

Oh no...frozen pipes...hope they don't burst😫

Nowhere near as bad as you get it.... When we lived in the south of the South Island (NZ) we experienced a once in a 50 year snow storm.. burst pipes everywhere 🙁. We lived semi-rural..had a water tank and pump..the pump froze. Had to bucket water out of the tank. Long waiting list for new pumps. Took our washing to unaffected neighbours or friends houses.

Fire Service filled up peoples baths (who had no water). 

The days were sunny and the girls had such fun playing in the snow (which stayed on the ground for two weeks). Was school holidays.