Monthly Archives: December 2008

Tweets for Christmas Eve

Posted on Thursday December 25th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Tweets for Christmas Eve

09:49 It is snowing hard again & we may not get the rain we’ve been wanting later.

11:44 Broke out of the house for the store then walked down town to take some pictures.

12:23 Looks like the rest of the presents I ordered won’t be coming until after xmas. Call them surprises.

12:29 4 toy mice & 4 xmax ornaments found under the couch, no wonder why the little buggers were digging at it.

16:00 The snow is melting off my Dakota!!! May get mail and the packages Friday…that would be a great B-day for me. =)

16:06 It is now raining!!! Very cool……..grin As long as it doesn’t turn to freezing rain….we are all good.

18:05 The rain was a tease….it was freezing, but didn’t last long. We can hear the dripping of snowing melting off of our roof.

18:13 Got my Merry Christmas text from Mom. =)

21:36 Watching Get Smart on demand, drank a glass of wine fast….feels pretty good.

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Postal Humor

Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Postal Humor

I just learned a valuable lesson.

When you get a knock at the door, and live on a hill with a shit load of snow/ice on the streets, and you answer the door and see a postal person with a package and yet, you don’t see a postal car anywhere nearby…..

DO NOT LAUGH!

She wasn’t at all pleased with me and actually shoved my package into my chest and yelled at me for laughing…

I have no idea how far she walked, but it “shocked me” since I wasn’t expecting it so it made me laugh…. some people just don’t have a sense of humor.

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Breaking Out

Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Breaking Out

We just got back from the store and I can say this with the knowledge of living in middle of Indiana corn fields for 18 years and having countless blizzards and countless feet of snow.

*THIS IS THE WORSE I HAVE EVER SEEN*

I say that due to the fact the Portland area (and my friends in Seattle say the same thing) is *NOT* in anyway shape or form ready for any snow storm at all. The *ONLY* hope is getting back to the 40’s like we are suppose to Thursday/Friday.

Yes, I know Buffalo and Canada and a million other places get way worse snow/weather, but the difference is, your areas are READY and use to it. This area isn’t even close to being ready or use to it. This would be comparable to Miami getting 12” of snow for a week, it’s that bad.

I still haven’t bought chains for my Jeep which is mandatory, since we haven’t gone to the mountains yet I didn’t see the need… I wish I had them now.

Since we live on a steep hill they are plowing the streets that run East/West North and South of us (Our street runs North/South) so we had to get some speed and ram our way through about 50’ of 3-4’ deep of snow and Thankfully, my 4 wheel drive made it, of course getting home was a bigger question since we need to drive uphill and of course when I was going as fast as I could going up the hill to plow into that deep snow a car just had to be coming from a side street… not that I stopped at the stop sign.

But we made it….

We walked to our downtown and snapped a few pics

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Tweets for Dec 23rd

Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Tweets for Dec 23rd

11:10 Didn’t think we would need chains unless we were headed into the mountains. =( Something we need to fix.

11:33 It is not warm enough to melt everything, but it looks like there is less on ice on the truck & jeep….I hope.

14:07 Don’t know if we got mail today…..don’t know if I want to bundle up and go see….it is snowing again.

14:39 No mail, not surprised…still have 2-3ft drifts on the road…main road through town is plowed, but we are side streets & a hill.

15:53 The snow drift on the deck windows has slid down some….that is a start. Don’t think the trash will run again, but need to do it anyway.

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Tweets for Dec 21st

Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 by | Comments Off on Tweets for Dec 21st

08:50 That wind is wick as hell. The car across the street is buried in a snow drift.

11:11 Holed up at home, we need to get better weather stripping for the front door. There was ice & snow around the towel that I put there.

11:43 More freezing rain & snow, no warming on the way & we are @ the beg. of the Gorge, extreme winds, we will not be going to the gym tomorrow.

15:45 We have freezing rain sticking to our windows, our local stations refuse to show our weekly news shows. ….ggrrrr

16:22 Now it is snowing and windy….looks almost like a complete white out.

16:26 KATU is reporting a lot from our small town due to the winds and 84 being closed from us to Hood River.

19:32 Got some work done, trying to get my mind together to finish a blog entry I started last night.

20:48 New blog post: Winter Storm & Trip pt2 

22:27 New blog post: Classic 

22:30 Got the laundry put away & some wine in me…..feel pretty good. =)

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