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I need to get a Kindle. Those reading apps that you mentioned...are they available on a regular tablet? You have me interested now.

All schools are cancelled in our province today, 12 to 14 inches of snow is forecast with this storm.

I had Valarie load a kindle app onto my tablet. Then I use what I said to read free books. I delete the e-book after I read it to keep from having too much on my tablet. I even have a direct link from the Amazon book store to my tablet. But I use that sparingly.
Your DD could probably help you with all of that. I will say, Valarie did buy a kindle ( I think they go on sale right before Christmas here) she loves it.

Good morning !

!!!! You didn't get my card until yesterday !!! I mailed it before I received either of yours which was way before Christmas.

I think Libby and Hoopla are apps that can be loaded on a Kindle or your phone. I have them on my phone and sometimes listen on my phone but usually listen on my iPad. Talk to a person at your library and they will help you.

My Kindle is old but I love it.

I can't look back now but didn't you say it took my cart d something like 24 days to reach you ?? The USPS mail was crazy this year. When I mailed my Gifts out to my youngest DD on the east coast this year, I mailed these 1 or 2 days before the deadline for promised Christmas delivery. They were supposed to arrive in December 16. I was lucky......some arrived the 23rd, and some arrived on the 24 th..then 2 gifts arrived on the 26th.

I can't look back now but didn't you say it took my cart d something like 24 days to reach you ?? The USPS mail was crazy this year. When I mailed my Gifts out to my youngest DD on the east coast this year, I mailed these 1 or 2 days before the deadline for promised Christmas delivery. They were supposed to arrive in December 16. I was lucky......some arrived the 23rd, and some arrived on the 24 th..then 2 gifts arrived on the 26th.

Good morning. Mail was so backed up here during the holidays that they paid the workers overtime to work on Sunday for two weeks.

I have more storm clean up to do today, I can safely say we have enough to keep the pipes and septic lines from freezing....now it can stop for the rest of the Winter.

Around here some postal workers have to work on Sunday. With Amazon and such offering Sunday delivery, I guess they have no choice.

Sunny and quiet here today. But the weather forecasters say the winds are coming. We shall see.

Junie I got 2 cards from you. I got the 2nd card you mailed before I received the first card you mailed. Go figure.

Supposed to get more rain tomorrow. Hate I've got to work.

It is raining hard right now (11:41 pm). And supposedly it will not quit until the afternoon. And it will get colder ( below freezing I hear)

So even if the weather guy says no, I am thinking we will all be skating on ice. I sure hope not.

The postal service has sure been crazy this year, Sheri. Be safe going to work.

Hoping it does not freeze up for either of you, we are getting another snow storm tomorrow. My house will be 'banked' really well now.

I need to get some baking done today, the baking is easy....the 'not eating it' is hard.

Amen !! I have stopped drinking my iced tea and am substituting water..(no sweetener that way) and am not eating after supper until lunch the next day. I have read that is good to do. The morning part is easy, but I love to sit by myself and have a snack or 2 at night. That is an old habit, and that is real hard not to do. But that is what I am doing. At least until my Drs. Appt. the 24 th. That day I will see if doing that makes a difference.

Giving up chips is the hardest thing for me.

Me too, Sunny. I have been trying to sometimes have them with say lunch. And then only so many. Good luck.

I am going to pick up some pks of flavored rice puff 'chips' this week, maybe they will 'cure the crunch' that I want.

Let me know if that works. I may have to try that.

Snow to begin here around 3pm tomorrow.
Wind chill between -2 to -20. They are forecasting cold temps all week, with above freezing for during the day on Thursday...only Thursday..

Our snow turned to freezing rain through the night...what a mess outside.

Oh my goodness. I am ever so sorry. Keep safe my friend.

It didn't start raining Friday until about 3:00 so I drove to work dry but it was pouring when I came home. I got soaked walking to my car after work. I'm so glad the temps were above freezing.

Very windy this weekend which is ok since it's drying up the rain.

I went to the gym after church today. I'm going to try to get back in the habit.

We got snow here in Portland, OR... If you've never heard that before then read it as "theres nothing but 3" of ice everywhere in the city" lol... The transit authority completely closed the train lines on Saturday and Portland beauro of transportation has advised everyone stay off the roads since Friday...

It looks beautiful, until you get on it and realize the layer of snow is dust and then start sliding away lol...

Good for you, Sheri !! !! We did not go to church today. Wind chill was in the minus degrees. It was even cold in the house. And then around 3:30 the snow started.

Good gracious me, James. I hope that you are all able to stay in the house until this ridiculous weather goes away.

The good news is I finally had time to take down the Christmas Tree. Tomorrow the last of the Christmas decorations in the living room will be taken down and put away. Better late than never.

It is still way cold here today. In the low single digits... Burr. So keep warm.

Good morning though.

We found out that our hot water heater burst a pipe the night before the freeze, 4' standing (now frozen) water in our basement... Can't get it pumped until it warms up, so heating up water in the microwave/stove when we need it, though Trey's discovered he hates bathing in the sink lol... He's never had to bathe in a lake before (ahh, long summers as a kid on Coeur 'de Alene Lake in Idaho with no plumbing), so it's all foreign to him lol.

I'm not sure what our wind chill has been lately, at night it's been about 12 though; the wind has been howling all day though, don't dare go outside unless we have to...

Oh my SO sorry James. I don't suppose there is a way you could crack up the ice to remove it from the basement is there ?? ( just me thinking out loud)

So sorry this happened to you.

Not really, it's a pretty large space... Just kind of have to wait for the thaw so we can attempt to get it pumped out lol.

James, call your local fire department...they usually have sump pumps to loan home owners for emergencies such as yours.

The cold is everywhere, it is -minus 33*F here at the moment....my rafters are 'popping'.

Oh my..now that temp is COLD !!! I feel like we should not be complaining in comparison to your temps. Keep warm.

Yes, you should be complaining. ~That is normal cold for here...we will have days in the minus forties in February, hence why we need snow to insulate the ground. Mother Nature dumped another foot of it last night on us..we have gotten three ft of snow in 8 days. That's what I get for 'needing it'.

James, I do hope you can get your pipes taken care of and that you have insurance. Pipes bursting have always been a major worry for me. I have seen the mess it does to houses. Here (for the ones without wood stoves) when the temps dip very low, people leave a tap drip to keep the lines from freezing.

On occasion at home when I was growing up we would have to keep taps dripping and cabinet doors open to prevent freezing. It did work though. So that was good.

I have a hard time making myself work in this cold weather. I cannot wait for spring.

They still do it here in the older houses.

Good morning !!

Sweet dreams everyone.
keep warm.

Junie, how far are you from Springfield? We were just watching on the news where their local plumber had over 300 calls in one day for frozen pipes. Is it that cold where you live?

I answered this..honest I did

Take #2

Sunny, did you mean Springfield, Illinois or Springfield, MO ?

Springfield Missouri is 262 miles to the west of us.

Springfield, Illinois is 218 miles northeast of us.

I think you mean Illinois ?

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It stated Springfield, Missouri.

It had me worried about you as well.

We used to leave our water dripping on cold nights too. Worked.

I see the cold weather snap is hitting everyone, Iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida.

Well our pipes are ok..but then we have a full basement under our house so most pipes are protected, and the outside is brick so that helps insulate the 2 places where the pipes face toward the outside. I am cold in the house, but at least the pipes are not freezing.

I would love to have a full basement. I'd have to build it up though, our ground is too wet here.

It is snowing again.

Sorry it is snowing....again.

Going to be cold and rainy tomorrow. So probably ice on the roads as well. I am getting real tired of this type of weather.

Here it is either snow season or mosquito season.