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whodat111/susan posted an update Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, 1:47am EST, 2 years, 4 months ago
Hi Potties! Another spell with very little news. I decided to get out this afternoon & then not move until everything thaws next week. With the weather that's supposed to be on the way, I'm more than a little relieved that we have the generator & the oversized propane tank (which they filled fairly recently). I'll just assume the power will go out since it does fairly often.
My 1st stop was to the PO to mail a couple of cat books to my elderly friend in SC. Her daughter may relocate her if the weather near her is supposed to be too awful. I need to see what's being said about the general Charleston area.
Took a few things by the booth & got to visit with Kathie & Terry for a few minutes. They're planning on going to ground for the weekend too.
Made a quick run on Walmart on the way home & I was surprised at how empty the shelves were & what huge lines were at the few registers that were open. I hate to think what it will be like tomorrow since so many folks wait until the very last minute to stock up on essentials. The only thing I didn't find was my pre-made extra sweet iced tea. I'll just make an extra round of iced coffee. Already have a decent supply of other drinks.
Since it rained a bit yesterday I stopped on the way down the driveway & burned the current batch of paper trash. It was in the low '50's so the fire felt pretty nice while I was doing that.
Shelly - Looks like PA may get hammered over near NY. Hope y'all are all tucked in for the duration of the storm.
Katie - Sounds like Iowa is getting slammed right now so is it safe to assume MO is next in line? What are they doing for your pancreatitis? I didn't watch The Handmaid's Tale but I read it somewhat recently. I didn't like it one bit. Like you I thought it sounded too much like some folks want the US to become.
I suspect I'm going to need my eyes "zapped" in the near future & I'm really dreading it. Bear had it done a few years ago & it didn't seem to bother him a bit. I'm such a wuss about my eyes being touched that they had to knock me out to do my cataract surgery some years back.When we existed in Chicago in the late '70's we went to a cat show in Kansas City. On the way back it was sleeting most of the way to Des Moines so we stopped there for the night. Got up the next day to find our station wagon with snow piled up above the bumpers. We got behind some "big rigs" on the interstate & crawled the rest of the way back to Chicago. Took us up into the night before we got to the house. This storm is sounding very similar to that one all those years ago. Really glad I live down here now.
The pro football games don't start until about 4PM so I'll sleep in tomorrow & then creep outside & top off all the bird feeders before the games start. The weather isn't expected to hit here until evening. I'm glad it won't hit until late since a parade & other festivities are planned over at Athens to celebrate UGA's championship.
The weather channel I'm watching right now said Des Moines already has gotten about 8 inches of snow & it's starting to freeze now. They may have power issues with the weight on the power lines & trees. Add in gusting winds & I single digit temps tomorrow night & I don't envy those folks one bit.
My "critter" has already come in for it's nightly handout so I may just feed the land sharks early. Once they're settled for the night I can turn on the heated mattress pad & crawl into bed with the current book & several burping cats.
Everybody hunker down (except you Gordon) & stay safe until things thaw out in a few days. I'm so glad I didn't live in the 1800-early1900's when houses weren't insulated & didn't have central heat or something similar. Later.
Susan