Couch 246: Choose Change

I think we're about done with our winter so to speak here. it's 54 F right now at my house, supposed to get up to 61 today.

Being prepared for winter can be the difference between life and death for some of the moat vulnerable groups. Texas lost access to electricity. We've had the same after snowy conditions.

It may happen or it may not, just think it is better to have something and not need it than to need it and not have it.

If I have Nutella and I have bread. That's me happy.

When I moved into my new place, I found two thick blankets in the cupboards, so didn't have to buy my own.

My first batch of water kefir seems to be fermenting well despite the colder than usual house. I am on the second fermenting stage now - I have a jar with apple/grape and a jar of ginger/apple/lemon. Water kefir is less picky than kombucha it seems.

When I lived in florida - I knew people who had never seen frost on their cars and they freaked out when it happened - a friend of mine came over in near hysterics because she thought something had happened to her car's paint

That's spring for us.

It's -3 degrees C where I am currently. (26.6F)

My best friend is at -5.

I am sitting here at the top of the hill at bicycle guy’s house watching it snow. The trees look like they’re covered in powdered sugar.

We are having a dusting of snow - I despise snow. It sticks in the dogs' paws, makes everything sloppy when it melts and refreezes, and causes people in my city to lose what little sense they have - including those giving out unsolicited advice ranging from the obvious to the clueless.

Can I just say, I don’t watch football much, but I totally would have watched the Buffalo game if they’d let it take place in a blizzard.

Wimps.

Did you pay to watch Taylor Swift's boyfriend play? What a blatant mean hostile money grab that is.

Christ, no. And yes, it is.

Did i say misogynistic? I meant misogynistic.

I aspire to the the level of holt's mother

That would have been interesting to watch. This year has been lacking in snow games (or at least the ones that aired in my market). The Dolphins-Chiefs game last night was ridiculously cold--I think a wind chill of -25 F (actual temp of -4 at kickoff). There was ice in Andy Reid's mustache at one point.

The ncaa football game between Iowa State and Kansas state was the snowiest game I saw. It looked miserable for them.

my sister said it was -10 F at her house in Missouri this morning. brrr!! some of the people in their area have lost power, hopefully my sister's and mom's will stay on. that is just too darn cold.

Yikes that's -23.3 degrees. That is cold.

I hope their power does stay on.

It is -1 at my house - waiting for it to get up to the high of 6 so I can take the dogs out for a small quick walk

LT - I bet there was ice in his shorts too!

It did not get up to a balmy 6 - we walked at 3F (according to weather channel - it feels like -11). But the dogs were happy and would have gone further except I was worried about their toes.

Have they changed the way this site looks again? Instead of brown when use the psych central -it is now white and weird. I hate it when they mess with it

Mine was weird briefly, but seems to have returned to normal again. Maybe they were doing an update or something?

The pretty snow turned into ice crystals and everything is frozen. We are iced in at the top of the hill. It’s unlikely I will make it back to my cute new house tomorrow. There’s another storm warning in effect for Tuesday so I am probably going to have to miss work and stay here in the icy forest in my fuzzy slippers under a cozy blanket next to the warm wood stove until Wednesday morning. Darn.

PS- Things I am (genuinely) grateful for…
Hot coffee
Hot water
Firewood
Generator
Well-stocked fridge with lots of cheese
Fuzzy slippers
Tire chains
Bicycle guy’s fridge-stocking foresight
Internet
Etc.

Try format skin "black smart". It is formatted like i am accustomed to, but yeah mostly typing on white. But at least there are boxes.

Hmm…not grateful for bicycle guy?

I mean…we have been snowed in together since Friday…and there’s only so much bicycling before we have to like, talk to each other. Heh.

Actually we get along well so I’m pretty grateful for him too.