In what classic comedy/farce did this exchange occur?
He: We must get this woman to a hospital.
She: What is it?
He: It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
Answer on Tuesday!
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
Recovered!
Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone! I have ceased worshipping at the porcelain throne, for which J-Man is grateful. I have never been one who could hurl with grace and dignity. I'm sure he looked at the whimpering, stringy-haired glob of protoplasm on the tile and questioned the wisdom of a certain question uttered almost 38 years ago.
That's okay. I do the laundry. I clean the porcelain thrones. His best option is to keep me around, blubbering mess though I may be.
The snow is almost gone now. Temperatures hit 69 today, and are supposed to be in the 70s all weekend. Check out the weather pixie on the left, there. What a change from Monday! This morning Tandi came running out to greet me as usual when I pulled into the driveway. I scooped up some snow from a shady place, made a snowball and threw it. New Toy!! Wow! Look what the cold white stuff can do!
The snow being wet, it packed down really well, so the shape lasted long enough for her to actually go fetch it, bring it back to the driveway, and bat it around to watch it roll, before it finally succumbed to a couple of good strong bites. Now if it would only squeak...
Well, I have several nights off, so I'm hoping to finish a non-sewing surprise project for a friend, finish arranging the sewing room, catch up on everyone's blogs, and maybe start preparing the taxes. What are your weekend plans?
That's okay. I do the laundry. I clean the porcelain thrones. His best option is to keep me around, blubbering mess though I may be.
The snow is almost gone now. Temperatures hit 69 today, and are supposed to be in the 70s all weekend. Check out the weather pixie on the left, there. What a change from Monday! This morning Tandi came running out to greet me as usual when I pulled into the driveway. I scooped up some snow from a shady place, made a snowball and threw it. New Toy!! Wow! Look what the cold white stuff can do!
The snow being wet, it packed down really well, so the shape lasted long enough for her to actually go fetch it, bring it back to the driveway, and bat it around to watch it roll, before it finally succumbed to a couple of good strong bites. Now if it would only squeak...
Well, I have several nights off, so I'm hoping to finish a non-sewing surprise project for a friend, finish arranging the sewing room, catch up on everyone's blogs, and maybe start preparing the taxes. What are your weekend plans?
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Nasty Virus
I've succumbed to a nasty GI virus that's going around. Hope none of you gets it--it's miserable and painful.
See you in a couple of days.
See you in a couple of days.
Monday, March 02, 2009
The Day After
Well, it snowed until about midnight--a hard, fast, blowing snow. Cathy, a gal from Louisiana, happily took a ruler outside and reported an unofficial 6 1/2 inches. By morning, cars were up against guardrails, trucks had spun out and were blocking highway lanes, and it took Cathy 10 minutes to open her frozen car door. I don't think she was quite as enamored as she had been at midnight. We had lots of call-ins, so it was almost 11am when I got off work.
This is what I saw:
Getting home was a little easier than getting to work, but the wind was blowing hard, and the roads were still treacherous. Folks were starting to get out and shovel sidewalks and driveways.
After dozing in J-Man's recliner for an hour or so, Tandi and I decided to tackle ours before the temperature drops and everything ices over.
Tandi was beginning to adapt to the snow, running pell-mell through the yard everytime the snow plow went by. I finally had to put her back in the house. There were clumps of frozen snow clinging to her coat, and I didn't know what the ice and snow would do to her paws. She wasn't happy about it, but we just don't have experience with this.
After about an hour, the driveway was clear again.
We didn't lose any trees this time, just a few branches off the oak tree. The Bradford pear trees, which are very susceptible to the additional weight of snow and ice, had just started opening their buds last week:
Tonight the temperature is supposed to plummet to the teens again, so I expect we'll see a few more of these tomorrow:
I'm betting the schools will be closed again.
This is what I saw:
Getting home was a little easier than getting to work, but the wind was blowing hard, and the roads were still treacherous. Folks were starting to get out and shovel sidewalks and driveways.
After dozing in J-Man's recliner for an hour or so, Tandi and I decided to tackle ours before the temperature drops and everything ices over.
Tandi was beginning to adapt to the snow, running pell-mell through the yard everytime the snow plow went by. I finally had to put her back in the house. There were clumps of frozen snow clinging to her coat, and I didn't know what the ice and snow would do to her paws. She wasn't happy about it, but we just don't have experience with this.
After about an hour, the driveway was clear again.
We didn't lose any trees this time, just a few branches off the oak tree. The Bradford pear trees, which are very susceptible to the additional weight of snow and ice, had just started opening their buds last week:
Tonight the temperature is supposed to plummet to the teens again, so I expect we'll see a few more of these tomorrow:
I'm betting the schools will be closed again.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Blizzard
Yep, you read that right. March 1, and we are having a blizzard here in the mountains of Western NC--well, in some places. Asheville has almost nothing, but southeast of there, we have whiteout conditions.
I would post pictures, but I'm at work (finally), and don't have access to do that. Even driving J-Man's 4WD in first gear behind a snowplow, I almost couldn't get enough traction to get out of my neighborhood to get to work. It rained all night and all day, so there's a layer of ice underneath the snow. The hospital was on generator power when I got here, but it's been restored within the last 30 minutes.
The hospital has contracted with a nearby hotel to provide us with rooms as needed--and will pay full price of the room if we share, 1/2 price if we decide to stay alone. Not a bad deal. It's supposed to stop before morning, but if it's still bad, and we have power at home, I'll sleep at the hotel a while. If there's no power at home, I'll get home to J-Man, however long it takes. He suffers so when the power goes off, because so does the heat (not to mention running water), and if I'm there, I can drag down the oil lamps for heat and light, and cook on the gas stove.
Tandi is not pleased. She doesn't like anything messing with her "bathroom", nor does she like cold, wet paws. Thank goodness she finally got housetrained! lol I still have to accompany her out there--as if I could make it warm and dry. Or maybe she figures if she has to be inconvenienced, so should I.
I would post pictures, but I'm at work (finally), and don't have access to do that. Even driving J-Man's 4WD in first gear behind a snowplow, I almost couldn't get enough traction to get out of my neighborhood to get to work. It rained all night and all day, so there's a layer of ice underneath the snow. The hospital was on generator power when I got here, but it's been restored within the last 30 minutes.
The hospital has contracted with a nearby hotel to provide us with rooms as needed--and will pay full price of the room if we share, 1/2 price if we decide to stay alone. Not a bad deal. It's supposed to stop before morning, but if it's still bad, and we have power at home, I'll sleep at the hotel a while. If there's no power at home, I'll get home to J-Man, however long it takes. He suffers so when the power goes off, because so does the heat (not to mention running water), and if I'm there, I can drag down the oil lamps for heat and light, and cook on the gas stove.
Tandi is not pleased. She doesn't like anything messing with her "bathroom", nor does she like cold, wet paws. Thank goodness she finally got housetrained! lol I still have to accompany her out there--as if I could make it warm and dry. Or maybe she figures if she has to be inconvenienced, so should I.
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