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We Survived Winter Storm Fern

Well, we survived Winter Storm Fern, but just barely, it feels like!  Haha!  If I told you I still had little ice patches in my backyard two weeks later, would you believe me?  Because we do!  If I never see ice again, it will be FAR too soon!  It's View Post

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Gearing Up For Winter Weather

We are gearing up for winter weather in our home.  The forecast calls for a historic winter weather event beginning Friday night and continuing into Sunday. I am NOT looking forward to this, and I'm praying that the worst of it will miss us.  Here in View Post

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We Had a Storm

Happy Wednesday!  Wow, this week is going by so fast!  I'm having a hard time getting it together this week.  I think having a Monday holiday always throws me off.  However, I was glad for a long weekend for my hubby.  He was able to have Monday off, View Post

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Old-School Weather Channel Music

Y'all.  Y'ALL!  I have discovered an old-school weather channel video on YouTube that plays the old Weather Channel music and gives the Local on the 8's forecasts, starting in the early 80s!  It just happened to pop up on my YouTube feed a couple of View Post

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Wear Your Coat; There’s No Heat!

When I was growing up, there used to be a commercial for a business on our local TV station, and at the end of every commercial this particular place of business did, they reminded folks that might be stopping in to "wear your coat; there's no View Post

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The Ice Is Gone! Hooray!

I am SO happy to report that the ice is now GONE!  It really warmed up Monday night, and by morning, the ice was no more.  It is raining now, but I'll take rain over a week of ice any day!  The garbage truck finally ran, and we also received mail View Post

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Thawing Out From The Ice Storm

Oh, my word! We are finally starting the thawing out from the ice storm process!  It is going very, very slowly.  This was my backyard yesterday morning: And this has been me basically all week!  Haha!!   We got all of this last View Post

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Southern Winter Storm- Tuesday Update

Good morning!  Checking in with the Southern Winter Storm Tuesday update!  We have made it through another day and night of frigid temps and sleet/snow.  All in all, I think we only got about two inches, with the majority of it being ice.  I saw tiny View Post

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