Is It Soup Yet?

 

A little nippy...
I think my thermometer is stuck at 14 below.
No matter. That's plenty cold for these bones.

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Good Morning;
Again, looks are deceiving. It is sunny and just beautiful outside-
The TV claims 18 below zero, without the windchill figured in.
Our windchill warnings should be past tense by noon. (Hope so).

There are no schools worthy of operating that ARE open. I believe most of Wisconsin schools have had a 4 day weekend.
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And somehow, even with the bitterest cold,
know that the darn weeds will survive.

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Even Prattville, Alabama has a severe weather advisory due to the cold!!!!
Good grief.

Back when my kids were in school, we lived out in the boonies. (Even MORE boonie~ish than where I live now). hehehe
There were days- and quite a few, that I did not agree with whomever thought they would be responsible for the safety of my children that day. Most of the time my little disagreement came from the fact that school was not closed. I tried to keep in mind that the principal did not live on Jaworski Road.

Jaworski was one of the last roads in Oconto County to be plowed out. Usually one of the neighbors would at least make a track down the road with his tractor. (This, generally as he came to plow us out). Not that we could go anywhere.

Back to the schools though. Know that this blog will not make me popular with any school administrators.

Do you know that when you do not agree with the administrators decisions that you have every right to keep your children at home, AND that they will have an "excused" absence for it? This is the law.
Use it when/if your intuition tells you something other than what you hear on the TV.

Know too that this was never a popular decision for me- (ALL of my kids LOVED school).
Still, there were a few times that getting to school was not the problem- Getting home was. A few times that the schools had to put their student body up for the night. But my own children were safe, warm and fed at home.

NOTE: My kids graduated in the 1990's.
Clearly this was NOT in the days when the rest of us had to walk to/from school, 10 miles, barefoot in the snow, and uphill both ways.

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Know that tomorrow when the sun comes up it will not be as cold.
So "they" say.

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The dogs are not impressed with the weather either; and have taken to doing their wrestling indoors.

Both are napping at the moment. (Nice, that).

They go outside in record time, and back in a flash, no arguments. And no running around the house at record speed either. Oh wait. They can't even GET around the house with all the snows... Another 3-6" expected tomorrow night.

Speaking of getting around...
Casey had picked her car up on Wednesday evening because she had two appointments yesterday. With my little illness I am not supposed to go outside at this point. (And I still feel like cold caca).
Since Casey was doing better than I there was no reason that I really needed to take her to those appointments.

• One was a blood test for an ulcer.
• The other appointment with "Dr. Mario", her pain management specialist. Sorry but I can never remember his name. He is quite Italian, and so is his name. "Mario" will have to suffice.

With credit due to Old Man Winter, know that both of those appointments have now been rescheduled for next week.

Her terrible tummy pain continues and she has resorted back to using her fentanyl patches.

Here are her own words from the comments in my blog last night.
"Hello Everyone!
I figured an update on here would reach everyone faster! I am doing about the same as I was all day. The pain I have now is stomach pain and it seizes up for seemingly no reason from time to time and that's when it's really bad. I wait it out and continue to keep up on the fluids.
I did steal some of Greg's sesame chicken and that stayed down so a little bit ago I decided to have a microwave dinner. I am hoping that stays down as well. At least a little something to make my blood sugars go back up would be nice. It even seized up on the little bit of jello I had earlier, so it is being very tempermental.
I am hoping this all will pass soon enough and I can get on the fast track to healing again!
Until then I will be waiting things out.
We (Mom or I) will keep you all posted.

Thank you ALL SO MUCH for the thoughts, powers, and prayers!!! I know enough by now to appreciate every one of them and to know they are all being heard and answered!!!

Love to EVERYONE!
~CaseyAnne"

So, there you have it, straight from the horses mouth! Please take a moment to visit her site and wish her well. (CLICK HERE for her own blog).


Stay warm.
Know you are loved.

XOXO
Anne

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Originally posted to my Y!360, Friday January 16, 2009 - 10:43am (CST)