And now it’s time for some ice day pictures. My back patio is covered in ice (except for the bit that’s under the umbrella - just a hint: if you have a patio umbrella, close it before it gets covered in ice). I was slipping and sliding all over the …
Or, to be more accurate - ice day. It’s 10:50am local time and it’s still below freezing out. That in itself is rare here - add to the fact that there’s a coat of ice over the whole city and people are freaked.
Ah yes, the “ice storm” as it’s being called on the news. It was interesting to hear thunder and see ice falling at the same time. Here are some pictures (if you are a northerner, don’t laugh).
Icicles start to form along my roof:
Sleet starts to take over …
My city is currently being held hostage by an ice storm. (Hey, this is central Texas, it doesn’t take much ice to cause complete and total panic.) Personally? I think the bad weather is a conspiracy to keep me from eating junk food.
You see, it’s once again time for my …
This just really cracked me up. I have visions of college students mobbing poor mail-room clerks and demanding their bongs and sex toys be delivered to them…NOW!
There’s been a weird power struggle going on in my house. Usually, when I feed the cats, Freya hides behind a box until Miri’s had a bit first and then Freya will join in. This Wednesday, after putting down their food and going back into the kitchen, I heard some …
I finally finished the cross-stitch project that was supposed to be a Christmas present for my mom in 2001. Whew!
Sometimes I dislike his opinions, sometimes I don’t…but I always respect him for saying what he thinks. In a recent interview, Bill Maher talks about the comment that got twisted and taken out of context…and probably lost him his TV show. Looking at it now, he says it …
Oh my. Bono’s on the list of nominations for a Nobel Peace Prize. Amazing…and wonderful. He’s helped put together some inventive campaigns for international debt relief and AIDS prevention/treatment.
