<p>Went up to the mountains with my cousin and a friend for a celebration of my cousin’s 65th birthday – lot’s of fun, but we drove up in heavy snow, and drove back three days later in heavy snow. Luckily the friend is a retired Army colonel who is as cool and collected in snowy mountain driving as you could hope. Still, good to be home. </p>
<p>I’ve got a long list of tasks awaiting me this week before we head out for Thanksgiving. Just got an overdue notice on a book I haven’t even cracked open, so it is sadly going to go back to the library unread. </p>
<p>The happy news about Boysx3 absolutely made my day. Miracles abound. I’m sure Thanksgiving for her family will be especially meaningful this year. </p>
<p>I love “cool and collected” snowy drivers. I don’t particularly resemble one
But its not the snow I mind…its the other drivers, who year after year, seem utterly unprepared to adjust their driving habits!</p>
<p>Mcson and I were marveling the other day about how someone managed to roll a car in their own driveway (the car landing on its roof.)</p>
<p>He said his working theory was that folks in these parts repress snow so vigorously each year that they just completely forget what snow is when winter rolls around again ;)</p>
<p>We’ve gotten about a foot and I’m quite delighted that my Mon and Tues work is at the home studio. This will be my first winter where I only have to go downtown twice a week. Excellent side benefit to the cost of the build out! </p>
<p>I’m with you KMC. First snow last night and I saw 2 cars off the road driving in and Rochester didn’t really GET anything. Only really a dusting. Now it was wet so there is ice underneath but unless you were out of town yesterday you should know that.</p>
<p>Shower was a success. She loved the cradle and the quilt as well as the knitted blanket. Everyone enjoyed the food. Now on to the next event. :)</p>
<p>I bet the shower was lovely RM. So wonderful that you hand crafted such beautiful baby items that will be cherished.So glad you enjoyed creating the baby items!</p>
<p>We are used to the snow around here. They are very good about snow removal and get to it pretty quickly. </p>
<p>H and I went to one of the Garth Brooks concerts this weekend to celebrate a friend’s birthday. While not a huge country music fan I have to admit the show was awesome! What an entertainer he is! </p>
<p>Just finished reading Gillian Flynn’s debut novel, Sharp Objects. Like Gone Girl, it is very creepy!</p>
<p>I so enjoy all of your posts and feel bad about not responding as I used to. I am just buried in work here. I don’t mind that. What is stressful is that it is ALL of a type I have never done in my life. So I can’t do anything quickly. Here’s an analogy. It’s like an orthopedic surgeon who has spent 25 years fixing knees suddenly filling in on a backlog of shoulder surgeries. </p>
<p>RM, congrats on the shower. MP, great opportunity to learn a lot that could be useful later, I hope.</p>
<p>I agree. Folks who can’t drive in snow bug me. The rules are simple: Don’t accelerate, don’t brake and don’t turn (or when necessary, do so very gradually).</p>
<p>And here I thought I was the only one who didn’t get the magic braking and ice steering option when I bought my car. Maybe it is an option on the 2016 models. Unlike your son, kmc, I have a different theory: some people are idiots. I have on more than two occasions seen someone buzz by me at high speed in bad conditions only to see them turtled with the wheels spinning some time later. I’m really glad there are seatbelts, airbags and structural roof supports in cars these days.</p>
<p>Glad the shower went well, RM. </p>
<p>MP – I second NM’s suggestion to be kind to yourself. It may take you some time to get up to speed, but I’ve no doubt that you’ll be a great help to them as you do. And good for the brain to learn new things. How is PieSon doing? I was thinking about him yesterday. </p>
<p>Here’s to a quick learning curve, Missypie. But there must be something refreshing about learning about shoulder surgeries when all you’ve ever looked at is a knee - maybe? I’ll imagine it’s a bit like being thrown in the deep end of a pool and after splashing around suddenly realizing you can swim. I know you can swim… and even in splashing, you’re likely to be getting somewhere. Metaphor exhausted.</p>
<p>This massive snow front is blowing through and massive lake effect snow (like 5" an hour) has miraculously missed here by, I swear, a hair as the winds carried it northeast. We were very much warned yesterday to be ready. Because I have no garage here, I pulled my car under the overhang to a side entrance. No snow, bright sun… but brrr. Even tonight radar has it barely dipping over and then this massive snow front moves towards… well, Rochester! Admittedly, it’s cold! </p>
<p>I had called for a hair appt trying to squeeze in at least a trim but caught a break when someone had cancelled thinking the weather was going to cancel it for her. So, had my hair cut and colored today - and I will fully admit that I really wish I had someone who I felt did a great job. Cut a lot off for good reason, but same old same old it’s very dark. I think I am beginning to see why many brunettes go blondish. It seems my complexion has changed so that brunette hair washes me out. Does that even make sense? </p>
<p>Tickets to Book of Mormon arrived today - and scared to death I am going to forget them or something! Hoping for good weather - and guessing that after teens, even 40’s would seem great!</p>
<p>Well might be moving toward Rochester but hasn’t made it hear. Buffalo was hit hard and some of the towns to the west. We have a dusting. Can still see grass. I think we are supposed to get some snow showers today but we’ll see. It is cold though - a whooping 16 degrees this morning as I drove to work.</p>
<p>I’ve actually gone darker as I’ve aged. I have light brown hair and have gone a darker more chestnut shade. Looks better on me now. Probably because I just don’t get enough sun to really get a tan any more.</p>
<p>Have been avoiding posting here. Got a call late last week from my brother. His toddler age grandchild drowned. I have no details, but nephew and wife live in a very warm part of the country where almost everyone has a pool. They are needless to say shattered. </p>
<p>Oh, FallGirl!!! So very sorry to hear this news. I hope you and your extended family can find some comfort together and in your faith. What a terrible tragedy. I will keep you in my prayers. Take care.</p>
<p>Hugs, fall girl. Terrible news but never be afraid to ask for our prayers. I can’t imagine how your brother feels, let alone the parents but we’ll send you all the strength you need to help them.</p>
<p>As a pool-owner, its doubly a nightmare for me. My sisters think I’m a spaz, but I don’t let my young nieces and nephews sleep in the pool house for just such a reason, not that that’s any real assurance.</p>
<p>FG - how incredibly heartbreaking. The grief must be consuming. Things happen in an instant. Life changes in such a flash. How do you even begin to console your child at the loss of theirs?</p>
<p>Fall Girl, what a terrible thing to have happened. I hope the parents will be supportive of each other; I’ve heard of parents who blame each other and never get past that. </p>
<p>So many things can go wrong in raising a child. We should all be so grateful when our “I took my eyes off him for one minute and…” stories end with a funny situation or a mess to clean up rather than a death or a permanent injury. We all do it. No parent or caregiver watches a child every second. This is a good reminder to me to be less judgmental of others. ( I am thinking of a particular situation that involved my youngest, tubing down a river, and a small waterfall.)</p>
<p>Thanks,all. I guess I felt if I didn’t post, maybe it really didn’t happen…
I have thought so much about my nephew and his wife and hope this does not end up destroying their family further. They have 2 other young children. Also very hard for my brother, he still struggles with the loss of our brother several years ago. I wake up every morning and just pray that they all get through another day.</p>
I’ll imagine it’s a bit like being thrown in the deep end of a pool and after splashing around suddenly realizing you can swim. I know you can swim… and even in splashing, you’re likely to be getting somewhere. Metaphor exhausted.</p>
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