There’s a whole lot of talk about the weather — and not just here in south-central Indiana. When the National Weather Service says to pay close attention to the weather situation in your area, you’d better listen!
“Prepare now with necessary supplies to protect yourself from the dangerous cold.”
No worry about the necessary food supply here after our Walmart excursion. Also purchased was a bajillion rolls of Charmin Ultra Soft so we’re good in that regard too.
And I’ll be sure to have my family close by — some jolly and some downright grinchy…
This morning the special weather alert said the wintery weather would begin on Tuesday evening. By 4:00 PM, it was changed to Thursday evening. Either way, it ain’t lookin’ good for the Ville.
“Dangerously cold wind chills well below zero, strong wind, and accumulating snow.”
If that’s not enough to scare ya — and it scared most people because local stores are crazy busy and already getting low on all those necessary supplies they were warned to have on hand — this part came next in the special weather alert:
“Wind chills of this magnitude can cause frostbite in less than 5 minutes. Hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.”
Then there was mention of “Artic air” and “additional snowfall” and “consider alternate travel plans.” And all I can think of is…
BRING IT! 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): Chubby Checker – best known for his 1960 version of the song ‘The Twist’ – once sued an app named after him which estimated someone’s penis size based on their shoe size.
The full entire year of 2023 I will be required to serve my civic duty.
Yes, seriously. When did they start doing it for a whole year anyway? And why am I picked so often? Perry’s been hanging out with me for more than 15 years and he’s been called to serve ZERO times. Me? This is my 3rd round. Judge Poynter and his staff are looking forward to working with ME. Not Perry… not Ben… ME.
Another room without fresh paint.
I moved stuff around upstairs to make another room look less like storage and more like a “real” livable space. I didn’t paint this room yet either but I will… after Christmas.
In the meantime, I’ve got better things to do.
Coco loves the new place. She’s doing her best to steal my hounds affection right away from me. I think she might be succeeding. 😬
TIL (Today I Learned): Only two companies have a higher credit rating than the US Government — Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson.
It’s no wonder I can’t get anything done around here… people 24/7. I accomplished not ONE SINGLE THING on the barndo yesterday.
I did get to watch my granddaughter play with the dogs.
And we solved world problems as she ate Flaming Hot Cheetos by licking off the hot outside before crunching the rest.
I helped Katie make peanut butter sandwiches with 5 loaves of bread for a fundraising lunch at the VFW tomorrow. And then I watched her catch a baby mouse in her hands (drop it and catch it again) — and lecture Merida for not being a good dog and doing it.
And finally, I attended an Otamatone concert featuring Colette and two highly talented Otamatones. Katie and I swayed with lit ignitors when Ben made a guest appearance.
TIL (Today I Learned): The Otamatone was developed in Japan and is a synthesizer whose body is shaped like an eighth note with sound emerging from a “mouth” on the notehead. (It sounds like screaming… sort of — at least when Coco and Ben played them.)
If I were to rate this past weekend on a 10 scale, it would’ve been above a 7. And there was a LOT of work done outside.
Bye bye playset!
The sellers have kids and had a playset in the middle of the back yard here. Free to a good home, the queen of dumpster diving, NaLona, was the first to jump on it. She enlisted brother, Tim, to help disassemble it enough for transport.
They about came to blows over how it should be done. My money was on NaLona. 🙂
Then came the big guns… the calvary to the rescue.
The dump is almost to disappear.
The sellers also used the edge of the woods as a dump. From tires and fencing to tarps and chairs — everything broken or unused was pitched over there. The dumpster diving crew hauled off one load of items they found valuable and should be back today for yet another load. We’re getting there!
Perry got the door open on the outside wood furnace (in addition to regular heating and air, the floors have radiant heat powered by it) and cleaned it up a bit. And then he fixed fence.
When you’ve got a good boss, anything is possible.
To complete a great weekend, you only need to throw in a your favorite people.
TIL (Today I Learned): Out of 465 documented cases of medical self-experimentation, 8 cases resulted in the self-experimenter’s death. 7 resulted in their winning a Nobel Prize. Another 5 won a Nobel for unrelated work.
The driveway went in yesterday and access to the barndo was blocked until after 2:00 PM. (More about the dreaded Barndo Triangle on shelleyerwin.com.) Ben sent a text asking about the progress mid-morning. He and Colette were wanting to head this way. It’s like the floodgates opened once the workers rolled out.
Where’s the grub?
First order of business was for me to cook a massive breakfast. Eggs, hashbrowns, biscuits, and sausage — and again, it was mid-afternoon by that time. We were almost finished eating when the Peskies arrived to critique the driveway and see the “kids.”
Katie is a fire bug in training.
Katie arrived the second she was off from work. She didn’t want to miss the action but most of all she wanted dinner. And she wanted to make more s’mores. Perry was at work so she was in charge of the fire. She and Colette gathered the wood and after a bit of blowing and relighting attempts, she was pretty darned proud of her accomplishment.
All of that to create the ugliest s’more I think I’ve ever seen. Who would eat this (other than Katie)??
TIL (Today I Learned): Lucky Charms were invented by a General Mills employee who chopped Circus Peanut candies into a bowl of Cheerios.
