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Posted 11/24/2007 9:44 PM (GMT -7)
I hate the cold - because of the Fibromyalgia.  I just don't do well in the cold.  I like the first couple of snowfalls because they are so pretty.  As Sadsong said a few posts back, we had our first real snowfall.  Kids are happy, I'm not - oh well. I have always wanted to go to Alaska for a visit during the warmer months.  It looks like it's beautiful country and would like to see it.  A friend of mine went there several years ago and loved it.  Once I can get over the Agoraphobia, I will be making plans to go to Alaska. Wen
Posted 11/24/2007 10:06 PM (GMT -7)

I am feeling like I have been gone forever............ok, now I turn my back and you all go wacky, falling trees, and birds in ovens............

I am in North Dakota, that is right next to the North Pole for those who have no idea where I am. devil

"The Great Snow of 1717" blanketed New England in a series of four storms, leaving nearly four feet on the ground and drifts up to 25 feet high. I am hoping to get home before I am in the middle of a rerun of this storm............

i do love the cute polar bears and the icebergs.  Ok so those are not icebergs but ice cubes in my diet coke and I have only encountered a dusting of snow, but brrrrrrrrr, it is cold. lol

Lyn, my, Sister of the North Wind, I am sending you warm hugs.

Cowboy, hoping headache is gone by the time you read this.

Missing you all something awful.   Hugs..............................

Luvs ya

Lil Sis/Kitt

Posted 11/25/2007 11:45 AM (GMT -7)

  Oh Kitt, the town of the North Pole is here in Alaska up north by Fairbanks and yes it's a real town, and there some outfit that you can send christmas cards to and the likes and will post mark it from the North Pole Alaska Post Office for you (it's great for the kids to see it posted from the North Pole)

Cowboy up

Posted 11/25/2007 1:22 PM (GMT -7)
Wen........great to see ya here........hoping the weather clears up there in Alaska so you can go with me and Lil sis ...........sorry your fibro acting up sweetie ...take it easy if possible ......please........I have planned since young to go to Alaska and I will GET there .....yes by what I see it does look so Beautiful ....
Luvs ya ......SIS........have to go do laundry but will be back soon

Kitt....Lil sis ........your huggles are the best thanks .........I am sending lots back
Cait sends her love and says she is thinking of you ..........talk to you when you get back
Am doing tons better but for family crud ya know ...........

Cowboy.......We are supposed to have a severe ice or freezing rain coming in later tonight .......hope not....... snow I dont mind the freezing rain and ice storms are really not my cup o tea .........
Keep me posted on your weather as I seem to get what you have had or usually do........
Hoping all is well........stay safe and try not to overdue it ....ya right like you listen .lol
Luvs Ya
S.I.S.
Big Sis
Cowgirl Out and colddd

** Is Santa Around by chance **
Posted 11/26/2007 7:30 PM (GMT -7)
Kitt, we could have it worse here...lol. Howlingcat, thanks for the wind and snow...did I mention LOTS OF WIND...Holy moley...I didn't order this yet..uff'da. Kitt hope all is well. Turkey day was goot for me. Sorry to hear about your sis. Take care all and anyone south, send heat. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Hugz. Kota/Nicole
Posted 11/27/2007 6:41 AM (GMT -7)
Kota
We had so severe storm yesterday I had no internet and I dont know for how long I will today .....
I had to go out to get Cait and I was driving barely seeing a foot in front of me ......all over the road .........Yeppers wind was not good either

Hoping all are doing okay officialy winter is here..........Christmas less than a month away .......

Be well
Luvs
LYN
Posted 11/28/2007 4:23 PM (GMT -7)

Hey Guys,

Back in Minnesota where it is 70 degrees........lol.

Yesterday morning, the day of funeral, the temp was -18 in North Dakota.  My brother drove all night to get to ND from Wisconsin and ran into some bad weather in Minnesota, had to wait 2 hours on freeway to have an accident cleared ahead of them.......................then he ran out of gas.  DAH, he is older than me and has not learned you never let your gas tank go below 1/2 in the winter.

He lucked out and was delivered gas by a service station for $3.00/gallon.  Maybe he is not so dumb as gas was cheaper on the freeway then at the station.  Oh My!

Well Lyn  you have the first ice storm....congratulations for getting one ahead of us. :)

Hugs to All

Kitt

Posted 11/28/2007 4:51 PM (GMT -7)

frozen noses and uncooked turkeys what an interesting time you guys all have this time of year lol! Freezing! I suppose if worst comes to worst you could have turkey jerky instead (do they even still have that stuff??)

Thanks for the words of kindness Lyn :-) It means much muchness coming from you big sis, I just hope I can keep this all up!!

Twiggy, I know you'll make such a fun and fabulous mum, what a great blessing this time of year (or not if you feel like the side of a very large house!!).

My computer crashed just after I last posted so I have been moping around casting death glares at my hard drive, but it sems to have gotten over it's hissy fit now (fingers crossed) anyone doing anything special for x-mas this year?

Posted 11/29/2007 10:13 AM (GMT -7)

Hey there Meg,

I may get out of bed that day if the weather warms up..........lol.

I will surely be spending the holidays here at home in Minnesota with snow, snowballs and beautiful evergreens coated with more snow.

I am so glad your back with us and keep on posting.

Gentle Hugs

Kitt

Posted 11/29/2007 12:46 PM (GMT -7)
Another day on the frozen tundra of Eastern Nodak...uff'da. At least the wind isn't blowing a hundred miles an hr today. Jack frost will surely come tonite as it is suppose to dip down to zero or less...Argh!!! I'm ready to fly away to Hawaii:). Y'all have a goot day and take care. Stay warm. Kitt I heard the cities are suppose to get snow maybe tonite...Better there than here:) Hugz. Kota
Posted 11/29/2007 1:32 PM (GMT -7)

Kota,

I will be sure to send the snow your way as what is wind without the snow........not a blizzard. tongue   Here is one for ya kota and anyone who lives in the big city.

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Ole and Lena was at the kitchen table for the usual morning cup of coffee and listening to a weather report coming from the radio.

"There will be 3 to 5 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. All vehicles should be parked on the odd-numbered side of the streets today to facilitate snowplows," the radio voice declared.

"Oh, gosh, OK," said Ole, getting up, bundling up and heading outside to dutifully put his car on the odd-numbered side of the street.

Two days later, Ole and Lena were at morning coffee when the radio voice said:

"There will be 2 to 4 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your vehicles on the even-numbered side of the streets."

Ole got up from his coffee as before. He bundled up, shuffled off, and put his car on the even-numbered side of the street.

A few days later, the couple was at the table when the radio voice declared:

"There will be 6 to 8 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the ..." Just then, the power went out.

"Park it where?" Ole asked in the dark, "What should I do?"

"Aw, to heck with them, Ole," Lena said, "Don't worry about it today. Just leave the car in the garage."

-Author Unknown

Posted 11/29/2007 11:47 PM (GMT -7)

  That's a good one lol, but it looks like we here in Alaska maybe getting a nice cold spell coming on and by the way if we do this meeting I need to know what size you are because I may just take the two horses with me as it's less fuel to tow the two horses the the big trailer and you can email me on this K. and all is welcome hubby and kids and Lyn I hope that Catt will be there as well and we can have a good time camping if you all wish and I better not having to wear my cowboy outfit lol well maybe my cowboy hat to cover my bald head lol bet you didn't know that lol and we still don't have the snow on the ground but at least it's not below 0 for right now.

  Cowboy up

Posted 11/30/2007 7:54 AM (GMT -7)
I wrote a longgggggggg post back to this Cowboy n got the anti spam .... so am gonna just do a short one lol

I am only under 100 lbs and Cait would only be with me Howie and I are separated he has moved in with another gal ......

Kitt isnt much bigger nor is any of us I believe

I really want this to happen and I will build me an igloo if i Have too lol k or sleeping in tents is the ultimum thrill ................

I am so into nature


Megs ....Glad to see you posting again.....evil eye eh ,,,hmmmmmmmmmm love ya S.I.S.

Lil sis glad you are back you have been missed and I do need some time today to find out why posts wont post and grocery shop......Loves always .Big sis

Kota......we had such beauty along with the ice storm all over he trees ect ........took many pics

More bad weather today but will get thru it lol.....

Wen.....Love to you always
S.I.S.


Cowgirl out an so hoping this will come to be ....
Big sis out
S.I.S. out
Lyn
Posted 11/30/2007 8:07 AM (GMT -7)
LIl sis

LOVE that story sure gave me a chuckle or two ya know just when I need it

Big sis out
Posted 11/30/2007 8:54 AM (GMT -7)

Good Morning  from Nanook of the North............4 degrees outside but the weather woman says it is going to get  cold.  Is she nuts, 4 degrees is cold.  I can't believe she went to school and is paid mega bucks to look good in a parka and predict it is "going to get cold."

Going to follow Lyn's lead and go to town, yes I did say go to town.........in  my sleigh, and do some shopping.

Cowboy, I weigh more than Lyn.............ho ho ho. I sent you a message my Alaskan friend.............lol. 

Take care all and stay warm.

Kitt

Posted 11/30/2007 10:06 AM (GMT -7)
Another chilly...no cold day on the tundra of Nodak...Uff'da. I didn't order this and feel like the Grinch right now. Bahumbug! Anywho, wishing ya'll a cozy day. Send heat pllllllllllllllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzz. Take care. Kota/Nicole smurf
Posted 11/30/2007 12:17 PM (GMT -7)

  Kitt that was a great story, the only reason I'm asking about size is to know which size saddles to bring.

  Lyn is Catt still taking riding lessons? I think you will like my horses as they are pretty well trained for trail riding

  and can you believe it we still got no snow and it's been in the mid 20's (nice and warm for an Alaskan winter EH) hope y'all enjoying all the snow Now quit hogging it all and send it back here jeez i can't even go riding my snow machines yet!!!!!!!!!!!

   Cowboy up

Posted 11/30/2007 12:40 PM (GMT -7)

Hey Cowboy

Winter Strom Warnings for us for tomorrow.............is 7 inches of snow a storm?  lol

OK, saddle size, well make mine a training saddle.  I would be a medium, I love red leather and Gucci is my favorite designer.  LOL...............

Sending snow your direction, so be warned. yeah

Big Sis, I think you should keep your ice storms, you  can make snow cones with the ice. Hugs for you and stay warm.

Keep the embers hot everyone.

Kitt

Posted 11/30/2007 4:28 PM (GMT -7)
Kitt, the Creator knew you needed that snow more than I so feel blessed. We are suppose to get more than our counterparts to the west of us...uff'da. Anyway, hope you have some goot reads or crafts projects to do. Hugz. Kota
Posted 11/30/2007 7:29 PM (GMT -7)

Hey Kota,

I will take this one as I know you really get the blizzards out there and everything shuts down. Even Ole and Lena stay home.  lol

Hugs to ya Sister.

Kitt

Posted 11/30/2007 9:19 PM (GMT -7)

Ahh blizzards!! You lovelies fill my head with beautiful pictures.  It's currently too hot to go outside here (ok I'm a wuss) but at least 110 and no sign of any precipitation in the near future.

Dang! Can we have some of your snow? This drought is a killer. Booo.

So happy to be back and to hear about all your fun yeah and festivities and positivities (ok made that word up!!)

Posted 12/1/2007 10:33 AM (GMT -7)

Hey there Meg,

It is snowing and icy on the roads.  Come to Minnesota, the land of 10,000 frozen lakes this time of year.

I am a blondes of sorts so I can share this story, no offense to blondes :-)

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It was snowing heavily and blowing to the point that visibility was almost zero when the little blonde got off work at Wal-Mart. She made her way to her car and wondered how she was going to make it home. She sat in her car while it warmed up and thought about her situation. She finally remembered her daddy's advice that if she got caught in a blizzard she should wait for a snow plow to come by and follow it. That way she would not get stuck in the snow drift. This made her feel much better and sure enough in a little while a snow plow went by and she started to follow it.

As she followed the snow plow she was feeling very smug as they continued and she was not having any problem with the blizzard conditions. After quite sometime had passed she was somewhat surprised when the snow plow stopped,the driver got out, came back to her car and signaled for her to roll down her window. The snowplow driver wanted to know if she was all right, since she had been following him for a long time.

She said she was fine and told him her daddy's advice to follow a snow plow when caught in a blizzard. The driver replied that it was fine with him and she could continue if she wanted, but he was done with the Wal-Mart parking lot and was going over to Kmart next.

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Hugs to all

Kitt

Posted 12/1/2007 11:55 AM (GMT -7)
LOL lil sis great one.......not to much bigger ........gaining wieght Tube feeding scared the crud outta me ...

Meg.....now I want some of your heat and i will gladly trade you a couple days of this D storm and ice and snow BUT only a couple of days as I do love it ................

Kota...Stay bundled up my friend and I am not sending it your way this time ......Am I ??
Am sending lotsa heat though k ..luvs.....Lyn

Cowboy
eas Cait is still taking riding lessons dont ned to many more she is great on a horse............likes it bareback more than sadle ( think this has to do with wrong size from beginning)

Me I will by the time saddle is needed need a medium ( eating 4 to 6 sundaes ....caramel daily) as was told by doc no weight put on by this Tuedsay am being tube fed ,......NOT on yer life.....Black preferably to match accessories ...lol...............nah I can do the bareback too ...........for a lil while lol

Love ya all

Cowgirl out 'and going for sundae..........hoping I get tired of them soon
Big sis out with love
S.I.S
Lyn

AND I am eating again ....yahooooooooooo
Posted 12/1/2007 1:29 PM (GMT -7)
LOL...I just got outta a hot shower and am still freezing. Snow is still continuing to blanket the tundra on the prairie(Did I mention I live in the Little Apt. On the Prairie)? UFF'da. Feeling like the grinch...course it is partially cuz a day w/o sun is like a day w/o my coffee...lol. Take care and stay warm or cool iffin ur where it is hot. Peace Out! Kota eyes
Posted 12/1/2007 1:33 PM (GMT -7)
Lyn, and the rest of your hilarious posting friends, HELLO!

I am admitting to being a "butt-inski" into others' business, (a term my dad used to always use.) I was just cruising around the forum looking for a good site for anxiety/agoraphobia which is a major issues for me and getting worse, as it does in a cyclical and unpredictable fashion, and found you folks here. I completely forgot what I was looking for after reading may of your recent posts. Good snickers, and some great laughs, and some jokes/stories to copy and pass on to my blonde friends, my wanna be blonde friends, and all the others who just enjoy a good chuckle!

Therefore, although I am not a contributor to this site, I am compelled to pass on a few things: Where I am there is currently 9 inches of snow, more coming down, and absolutely gorgeous, not melting as the temperatures are hovering in the low 20's. I wish we could post photos on here as the view from my deck to the Wallowa and Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon is absolutely astoundingly beautiful!

I "discovered" several years ago during a particularly wretched time, after Christmas decorations needed to come down, that I so very much enjoyed the little white lights I had indoors around windows. Later, I put away the other seasonal decor but always left up my "magic lights." Coming home from work, or wherever, I would leave the house lights off and rely on the soft and comforting glow of the magic lights. I kept them up many years, only taking them down when I moved to care for my parents. Mom (who had Alzheimer's) couldn't stand the lights, reminding her, in the glow and reflection of other windows, of planes, hundreds of airplanes diving toward the house. Naturally they came down! My delight of little white magic lights has stayed and admittedly an obsession has grown. Last week, after the big turkey feasting, snow playing etc. I got out the lights. I seriously got out the lights! There are now enough white lights indoors, around the windows that no lamps or any sort are necessary as the sun goes down. I LOVE IT! And, I think the tiny local airport may like that I am sending out a beacon of sorts to warn small planes they are nearing the mountains!!

I was up until 4 a.m. doing some computer work, (research AGH!) and what is usually a tedious task became quite bearable with my white glowing lights! I get mesmerized by them. My daughter and some friends are traveling in SE Asia and have been there already for several months. I sent her some photos of the house, highlighting all the lights, and sent them off to her. She was able to retrieve them when going to a small, very rudimentary internet "cafe" (term being very lightly used) in Northern most Laos where they are doing some serious mountain trekking. I got a response from her which was hilarious. She could hardly write, it seemed, just laughing with me about this obsession with white lights, how pretty everything looked, that instead of all my snow and cold weather she was enjoying 80 degrees and just now with the rainy season ending there, much less humidity. Then she attached more photos of where she is and the difference in our photos made me laugh even more. She is in the rural wilds of a remote and lushly green, poverty stricken area of Laos where there are not only little white magic lights, but usually no lights at all.

Anyway, just a long note to let you know your site and your comments boosted my spirits this morning.
And as for you, Lyn, you MUST eat. You sound no larger than the footrest in front of my sofa!!! Enjoy those sundaies, especially if they are giving you strength back and so that you can become the undercover cowboy that you have so completely left hidden from the regular site I visit with you on!

Have a good day, thanks for the uplifting stories, your fun message exchanges, and a necessary boost to the spirit (it's not dark yet so the white lights aren't able to be comforting yet!)
Linda (undercover snoop....)
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