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Well it is about time a new Coffee House was opened.
Good Morning. We have ice here..

Sorry for the ice, we just got over a week of it...what a mess.

It's calling for a week of flurries, at this point it is better than all the freezing rain.

Yes, freezing rain is not a nice thing.

Good morning, again.

Rain today but in the 40's. I'm going to Ginger's for a week on Saturday. She and Chris are going somewhere AGAIN so I'll be staying with Colt.

Well hey Sheri, I am glad for Ginger..and you and Colt will have fun anyway, right ?

The 40's......yay for you. I wish it would get that warm here. I doubt if that happens here anytime soon. I am just hoping that the roads improve enough by Thursday so Rod can get to his appointment. I am hoping by Wednesday, the temps will be above freezing.

Have fun with Colt, does your daughter travel a lot?

It is snowing and windy, I won't complain though...we need the snow to insulate our ground before the deep freeze sets in.

Good morning. Sunny I hope you do get some more snow then. Insulation is a good thing.

My daughter travels all the time. They're all 3 going to New York in 2 weeks. BUT I got a flight alert due to the storm coming this way so I've cancelled by flight. It takes me almost an hour to get to the airport and we may have freezing rain Saturday when I'm supposed to drive there and in MS they may have freezing rain too so it might be treacherous for her to have to pick me up from the airport there. Just better to wait. I'm not sad about it. Better safe than sorry and I sure don't want to be waiting around the airport for hours and hours due to cancelled flights. I'm glad for a little cold weather. I think it kills off some bug larvae - maybe not but I like to believe it.

Glad you will be safe, Sheri.

I hear the whole state of Missouri has canceled schools. I know the area here has no school tomorrow.

Ice in Winter is awful, better safe than sorry.

Yes, I agree better to be safe than sorry.

We've gotten a little snow which is a big, exciting deal for us, but I think it's sleet right now because my back steps look like they're covered in a sheet of ice. I'm staying put. I've been doing a lot of reading which is nice.

Yes, sheet ice is not a good thing.
Take care.

01-11-25

The sun is out, the wind is slight and I am thankful that the apron to our garage no longer has any snow or ice on it. So yay !!! Snow is still on the ground, however treated and scraped roads are about 95% clear.

Your ice has hit us, the roads are a skating rink this morning. This has been the weirdest Winter....I am so glad that I do not have to travel. So many people have been late or missing work this year, it is crazy.

Sorry Mother Nature thought to share our weather. Stay safe & stay warm, Sunny.

"They" say our temps will get above freezing this afternoon. Time will tell.

The ice here has melted but it's cold. I went out early this morning to fill bird feeders and the ground, which is usually soft with a bit of give under my feet, was hard and unforgiving - not icy but frozen, which felt weird. I imagine you guys deal with this all the time. Other than that, I've been inside for 3 days. I'm ok with that

Good morning, I am hoping that you are all getting better weather this week.

Well S. Missouri is getting a few nice for winter days, then supposedly another round of extra cold is on it's way thru.

Still inside other than feeding the birds. Didn't even go to church Sunday. Tomorrow I have an appointment to get a haircut so I'll have to go out. I've got to get my hair trimmed!!

My bank is going all digital so I'm changing banks. It's going to be a headache.

Oh good Lord..I hate to hear that. I actually walk into my bank fairly often. I would hate for it to go all digital.

Lucky me, I do not have a hair appt. until The middle of February. Be safe, Sheri.

And oh, our roads were good we finally were able to drive to church Sunday.

All digital? How does that work??

I assumed she was speaking of online banking.

Yes. My bank is going to all online banking which means if I need or want cash I'm going to have to go to an ATM which will probably charge me between $3.00 and $5.00. I rarely go into my bank but sometimes I go to the ATM and take out cash and I don't have any loans but how does that work - if a person needs a mortgage how is it done?

I was wondering that as well. Plus there are several other things one needs to go INTO a bank to do. And also what about Safety deposit boxes ?
I guess it is time to find a new "busy" bank, huh, Sheri ,?
I will say that a company bought our long time bank at home and there is like 1 teller in it, and you have to make an appointment to do anything of substance. My bank used to be full of busy workers and customers. Ya gotta wonder.

...and what about the elderly (or people like me) that do not have a 'smart phone', how will a person cash a cheque?? What a mess this world is heading for.

Not to mention did you know that if say I write a check to one of my grandchildren, their parents cannot use the Internet to cash it ? The person whose name is on the check has to have a bank account at said bank to deposit/cash a check.
I have no idea what is going to happen. So now I have to write one check to a parent and tell them who it is for. ( My DD does not want me to send cash thru the mail)

I have no idea what will happen. I guess our money will all be direct deposit and we best have a debit card.

I did it today and it's taken me hours to change everything over and I still don't have it all done. I have a few things, thankfully just a few, that are drafted so I have to change that information and my dental insurance site won't let me so I'm gonna have to call them tomorrow. What a mess.

So you found another brick and mortar bank ?
If so good for you !!

Good luck Bestofour. I am thinking of opening an account at another bank...just to be safe. That way if one goes digital such as yours, I'll already have a start. We lost our local bank years ago, then lost our ABM machine. I have to travel almost an hour to go to my bank, then our ABM machine is only open different hours on different days in the lobby.

Sounds like a plan Sunny. Good luck !

51*F and rain yesterday and eventually in the single digits today/ tomorrow. We shall soon all be sick.
Good news is we also had high winds so the roads will be dry and clear.

Good Morning

Yup, yesterday we had freezing rain. I had GB here because my daughter had no power for 7 hrs, she only has electric heat. She sent him down when we got the warning the night before.

Today it is storming, it is a white out. Thankfully GG is writing exams and had none scheduled for today since they did not cancel school.

We are getting a major freeze up starting tomorrow, we are already getting the frost bite warnings. Mother Nature is 'loopy' this year.

Sorry for the loss of power. I hope it is restored soon.

Glad you got to keep GG home and safe. May that trend continue. And yes, Mother Nature is very confused this year. At least that is my thinking.

Sunny, I'm surprised school wasn't cancelled for a white out. How are you supposed to get there?

Our high tomorrow and Wednesday is 31° which is cold for us.

I do have a brick and mortar bank. It's actually the same building. Since the beginning of the world, I think, local government federal credit union (for people working at the health department and fire department and things like that) and the state employees credit union (teachers, department of transportation and I don't know what else) have been in the same building, using the same tellers, same drive through windows, same safety deposit boxes - it was like one bank but separate somehow - different interest rates and other stuff I guess. I was able to join the local government federal credit union when I worked at the local hospital (not sure why because it's not a government facility but I was given the opportunity and took it.) When I left the health department and went to school nursing and retired from school nursing - my retirement comes from the State of NC. That made me eligible to bank at the State Employees Credit Union. I never changed my account over from local to state because I didn't see a reason to do so. It is the Local Government Federal Credit Union that has been bought out by Civic, which is a credit union but the only offices are the main offices in Raleigh, NC which is at least 4 hours from me. Thankfully I was able to switch over to State. If I had stayed at the health department, which is considered local government, I would not have been able to move to the State.


This is the notification that comes up when I tried to find a local ATM.
"Other ATM networks may charge an ATM fee that Civic will reimburse, up to a total of $20 per month per debit/ATM card."

And I think the Raleigh branches are not actually banking buildings. The 2 branches in Raleigh are administration stuff only.

It's confusing I know but I'm glad I was able to get moved.

I am glad it all worked out for you, Sheri.

They only cancelled 3/4 of the schools in our province but it should have been all of them. Thankfully GG had no exam yesterday so she was home either way.

It is minus -30*F this morning, we are back to plugging in vehicles to start....it is supposed to warm up though in a few days. I am thankful for wood heat this morning.

It sure is quiet in here.

Yes it sure is. I bet most all of us are snuggling up under the covers, trying to keep warm.

Have I said how much I dislike winter ? 'cause I do.

Sunny is it really -30*F or is that with the wind chill factor? I can't imagine -30.