Hey all, Iced in today till about 11 am. Good things it was a weekend. I did venture out for mundane shopping and of course Wally World was packed. At least the last ten years of campaigning for safe driving in this weather has paid off. Everyone seemed to be doing about 35 and slowing for the intersections and being patient with one another. Home now and catching up on emails. Stoked the fire and put a pot o joe on. Its grilled cheese, chips, salad, and tomatoe soup tonight! The temp only dipped to about 28 here but thats cold for us and cold enough to cause a few inches of ice everywhere. Luckily we're on one of the strands that keep the little men peddling regardless so we have lights

BRRRR...it is so cold here. I now know why "old" people move to warmer climates. Tonight is suppose to be the coldest night so far. It is minus 5 already not sure what the wind chill is. Cold enough so children stayed in all day at school. Plus with the full moon this week....wild things!!! Richard, glad you finally made it home safely. Patti, got the bathroom done yet?? Tomorrow is Friday!!! I'd like to be hibernating! Enjoy and Happy Thoughts!

Lori, I am too rational to be part of the passional airport nut force. One 80 year old guy told a pilot that he hoped the pilot's plane would crash and that the pilot would die. How crazy is that? I was very glad to get home 48 hours after I was supposed to. I know the Detroit airport very well now and I have to recommend Rio Wrap at Gate 60 as the winner of best food at the airport.

Richard, you sound amazingly calm considering all the trouble you've had with your flights. Or maybe the scream just isn't coming across on the blog.

my extra time in new orleans was great. i found a friend that i had not seen in 23 years this morning. he has a really nice gallery and studio where he does his work. his name is thomas mann. check out his stuff on line. thomasmann.com, i think. i am now stuck in detroit. i got here and had a 3 hour lay over that was followed by a 4 hour delay that was concluded with cancelling the flight. now it is just drudgery to get home. i have a collapsible toothbrush in my brief case and that is about it. people at the airport were yelling at each other. i have a free hotel room and a $10 voucher for food. yahoo- i'll be super-sizing breakfast with that. i can't wait to have some real home cooked food. one more po' boy sandwich and i will die.

Good for You! What are you going to do???? How much did you get in Maine? Today started out below -11 but warmed up to the 20s and the sun was shinning. Maybe another snow storm on Wednesday. Guess we'll have to wait and see. Richard have a good flight home. Do you fly into Burlington? Boston had limited service today. Happy Thoughts...

In the spirit of non-one here to say me nay....I have begun to remodel my bathroom!!

i am stuck in new orleans because of the snow up north. i am not stressing out. i can't take a whole lot more of the french quarter, but i will head over to the garden district today. i am currently on the phone, on hold right now, waiting to try and improve my flight. i have been bumped out to tues. at 3. i need a little voodoo to help me out with this one. i only have 72 more minutes to wait . . .

We now have a blanket of 12 or so inches of fluffy white snow!!! The guy came early to plow, lucky for me, Neil was home so he could go out and shovel the pathways!! It is 5 degrees with wind chills below zero, which made for light fluffy snow instead of the heavy stuff. Hibernating today!! Have a good day.