December 9th, 2009
I got to work, bright and early at 7:15am, like I was supposed to. Nothing on WTMJ or on the newspaper’s website about the clinic being closed. By the time I found out, Gary was long gone, with the car, and I had to slog through the snow in my shoes. Minutes after I get home, I get a phone call telling me that the clinic was closed until noon. An email, timestamped 7:21am, awaited me, when I logged into the company email. That was too late for me, though! So, I go through my morning, catching up on Tweets and Facebook. At 11:10, I get another phone call saying that the clinic will be closed all day. I was glad to find out, before I had to walk over there. At 7:15 am, it wasn’t snowing at all. Now it’s snowing quite hard and it’s windy to boot.
So, here are some pictures from a short while ago.
Jasmine in the snow
Looking down my street
The backyard
Bush next to the house
Across the street
Neighbor's trees
Tags: 12-9-09, blizzard, cold, snow, snowstorm, visibility low, windy, winter
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December 8th, 2009
It’s been snowing a little bit harder, but I haven’t been upstairs to peek, in about an hour, so it might have all changed by now. LOL! I took these pictures earlier. The brighter one was taken by Gary. It took a while, for the snow to start accumulating because it was 33-34 F, outside.
Neighborhood at 5:30pm.
Snowstorm kicking it up a little bit at about 9pm
Christmas Lights at 9:22pm
Jasmine, around 9pm
Tags: 2009, blizzard, cold, December 8, snow, snowstorm, windy
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December 8th, 2009
This afternoon they changed the Winter Storm Warning to a Blizzard Warning through midnight on Wednesday! It will be very windy, visibilities will be low, and of course, the possibility of 12+ inches of snow! Not currently precipitating, although, it snowed lightly during the day today. There are some ugly looking clouds, out inthe distance. I don’t think it’s too far away. Going out with the dog, should be interesting, tonight and tomorrow!
Tags: 2009, blizzard, cold, December 8, snow, snowstorm, windy
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December 8th, 2009
I have no idea what the evening hours will bring. So far, it’s just snowing lightly and accumulating a little bit. Right now, it’s nothing to worry about, but eventually, the snow will become heavier and the winds will get stronger and we will get one heck of a snowstorm. We could possibly get a foot of snow and will probably have a snow day for school tomorrow. I don’t get to stay home, because I have to work at my clinic job, but I bet the clinic closes early, too. We’ll have to wait and see.
I finally found my Lands End sweatpants. I haven’t known where they were, for months and with the cold weather upon us, I wanted an extra option to wear to my school job, to keep me warm, since we are outside with first graders, for 20-25 minutes. I’m so happy!
I need to get caught up on my dishcloth pictures. Some on my camera need to be downloaded. I”m so behind.
Tags: 2009, December, December 8, possible blizzard, snow, snowstorm, winter
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October 29th, 2009
We raised 3 caterpillars from start to finish, at our house, and we fostered 3 other caterpillars, for a friend, until the chrysalis stage, when they got moved to the friend’s house. Those also hatched into adult butterflies. The milkweed plants flowered beautifully and then turned into multiple seed pods per plant, thus assuring next year’s milkweed crop and a new batch of caterpillars to watch! My kids and I learned a lot about the different stages of the caterpillars as they are growing and the ultimate joy of seeing the adults emerge a few weeks later. The last one hatched in the last week of August and would have had a chance of making it to Mexico. We’d like to think that he made it!
Newly-emerged butterfly
Newly-released monarch butterfly
Butterfly on milkweed leaf
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October 29th, 2009
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July 7th, 2009
We had a great 4th of July, spending most of the day with friends. We watched the parade, then went to my girlfriend’s house for a cookout. We ate yummy burgers and then went outside to make and eat s’mores. In the afternoon, we went to a short patriotic play, poking fun at the electoral process, ate Chinese for supper and then went to the fireworks.
We’ve also been watching a monarch caterpillar, in the house. Yesterday, he changed into a chrysalis and we missed it! One moment, it still looked like a caterpillar and later, he was green! LOL! We know more, what to watch for now, and will pay closer attention!
I also needed to get caught up on posting my KAL dishcloths. I had both May and June cloths to post here! I’ve just been so busy.
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2009 May KAL Lazy Daisy
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2009 Mid-May KAL – Cabbage Patch
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2009 June KAL – Flag
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2009 Mid-June KAL – Joanne Washcloth
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Monarch Caterpillar 7-3-09
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Monarch Chrysalis 7-7-09
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