Sunday, Feb 3 Good morning; nothing scheduled away from home. I slept in again after dreaming and coughing a lot during the night. John says I should not eat a big dessert right before going to bed. Okay, will try to remember. He cleaned up the kitchen counters, and made several loaves of bread. It smelled so wonderful while cooking and then while cooling, until I could have a piece. We didn’t take photos this batch, and he changed a few ingredients, but neither of us can taste a difference. I worked a lot on the computer and a little on receipts, but not as much as I should have. Did finish my reunion web page draft and get it off to a few cousins. Have notes back from two of them. Made those changes and some others a geographer friend in NJ offered. It’s amazing what one misses in proofing their own work. I did manage to tally my volunteer hours for January and turn them in (email). Oh, darn, I forgot today to send out my playlist for Feb (starting this Thursday) for people who were not there last Thursday. Guess I’ll do that right now while thinking of it. Okay, all done, and also contacted the new director of Royal Vista (friend of a friend of mine), as we will be there this week on Thursday. It’s already 11:00 p.m. and we need to hit the hay.
Monday, Feb 4 Not going to town today, just for one thing. It’s another stay-at-home day, because of not wishing to drive 25+ miles for one trip.
We got lots of cleaning done, and I have worked on bills, emails, and other stuff. Managed to get out another edition draft of the reunion page to cousins in GA and FL.
Tuesday, Feb 5 Tomorrow I will combine trips. My car needs gasoline and there are bills to pay and appointments to keep. John will likely go along with me and do some shopping. He needs to get a new (different) light for our washroom. He’s decided he’s tired of the fluorescent one in there. Wednesday, Feb 6 I was really coughing and sniffling all last night and this morning, so I just went to the noon food bank soup kitchen to play but skipped exercise. Been trying to sort out several things this afternoon. Tonight we made a test batch of cupcakes to gear up for an affair at the
and chocolate chips with fudge frosting on top
Adult Activity Center for next Friday – day after Valentine’s Day and a chocolate desert extravaganza.
Thursday, Feb 7 Today is the first Thursday of the month; that means we are at Royal Vista. Afterwards we went to the pharmacy and got my cough syrup with codeine, which my doctor prescribed for me this morning. I’m already getting better. I also took a nap for 1.5 hrs tonight before dinner.
Friday, Feb 8 I’m skipping exercise as need the rest and until I get better. The coughing is less and I slept all night!! Still congested – just less of a need to cough. Sunny here today and 43 at noon.
John says: This weekend is supposed to bring a serious snow storm to the US east coast. The potential is there in the atmosphere but slight changes in movements and speed can still greatly affect the outcome, although it is now (Friday evening) snowing. Forecasters have already shifted the expected greatest snow depths a little to the east and the western edge no longer extends into NE Ohio. They still show Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts in the 24+ inches band. Really interesting though are the strong winds and thunder. Not being common these will get mentioned much but also indicate the ingredients for the storm are sweeping to the northeast very rapidly. Thus, snow depths as great as forecast may not show up. We’ll know by Monday morning. Still, it is unlikely to match the storm of 1888. Here is a good report about ‘America’s Greatest Snow Disaster’ with interesting photos. The eastern storm was preceded by intense cold in the west as mentioned under the first photo. The region is a reservation of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes. The claimed -56.8o F. is sufficient to bring about what, in Siberia, the Reindeer People call the Whisper of the Stars.
When someone mentioned the blizzard of 1888 on a blog John likes to read another person commented that it must have been difficult dealing with all the snow without power equipment. Another person responded thusly, “They did have power equipment. Here’s a 4 HP snow roller. Snow rollers predated snow plows and were used to pack the snow so 1 and 2 HP sleighs could pass readily.” Another article is here, with a similar photo (centered), and underneath and to the right is a photo of the resulting traffic.
Hope your week was great.
Nancy and John
Still on the Naneum Fan