It is just dreary out and muddy here.

Sue in Central Indiana

Humid here and temps are in the 70's. Will change middle of the week. I'm headed to Branson, Monday week, and right now there is a 30 degree difference in temperature to what it is in B'ham.

I'm in the Texas panhandle, roads have been horrible the past few days but today it got above freezing and the ice is finally melting. Of course it will drop below freezing overnight but hopefully the moisture will be gone from the roads and not turn into ice again. A semi crashed through Outback Steakhouse in Amarillo last night! Scary.

Cloudy and 70 here in Georgia. At least that was the temp last time I checked.

Cloudy, drizzly and 70º here in Alabama.

When our daughter called today, she asked if we needed to hide the knives after being stuck inside because of the ice for 4 days (LOL)!

Hubby and I have been housebound since Thanksgiving due to ice. We finally broke freezing with 34°F late this afternoon. The trees are a concern - especially the ones in the neighbor's yard that still have leaves on them. The only time hubby has been out is to get the mail and to change the Thanksgiving flag in front of the house to a winter scene flag.

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We found lots of holiday-related things to do. Finished wrapping gifts, decorating indoors, and some just plain being lazy and watching football today. Made a loaf of banana bread today. I had one banana that needed used and needed two bananas for my recipe, so I took some banana chips and crushed them and soaked them in some hot water until they resembled a mashed banana and used them for the second banana. Necessity being the mother of invention - and it worked well. I also have been using whole egg crystals since I was running short of fresh shell eggs for baking today and yesterday. But that's a normal use item when eggs are high-priced. I only buy fresh shell eggs once a month until they get below $1/dozen again.

-Grainlady

Its all in my freezer, its time for a defrost!

Ha Hah! DS and I defrosted the freezer the day after T-Day. Grandson left the door ajar and it frosted up big time just before T-Day, so no choice. Sunny day for the last 3-4 days above 52 so it was't too bad. Here it is now...4:45 pm....getting dark and cold and down to 30's again. Our overnight temps have been in the low 20's. Winter a week early here in So Oregon.

Sorry Grainlady....I know your part of the state has been hit hard with ice....what a difference a few miles makes. Thankfully, our temps have held at 32-33 so it has been mostly rain and I am so thankful. Just to the NW of here, trees are breaking for the ice, electricity out, and several in KS have been killed on the highways because of ice. Raining now and will continue tomorrow again....5 days. The sun will be a welcome sight the middle of the week.

Audrey I am still in ABQ. Will leave today. According to the Texas travel page I have been checking, it should be fine, where there was still ice yesterday. I'll see. Just have to hope, the house isn't cold. Neighbors said, electric is back on.

Later.... Moni

Up here in Ontario Canada it is about 30 degrees with s freezing rain watch issued. Having lived through one disastrous ice storm several years ago I understand how devastating it can be. Good luck everyone.

Moni, looks like you'll have temps in the upper 40's all the way home. Take Care!

Have a safe trip. Hope it's very uneventful. Years ago (about 18, we had a terrible ice storm on Christmas Eve. I had to call my sons and tell them not to come because we were without electricity and the roads were bad. We were without electricity for 4 days. Wound up going to Virginia Beach for Christmas. Had Christmas dinner in a pool hall (all that was open). Dinner was nachos and chips. When we got about 20 miles outside of Williamsburg, it was like entering a different time zone. Not one sign of ice, just a little dusting of snow. We lost many limbs off our pine trees....I remember cringing and feeling so sad each time I heard one crack and land with a thud. We had a small pin oak that was completely bent over in half, laden with ice. It stands so tall and proud now. Christmas Eve, before we left, I defrosted some soup from the freezer in the fireplace for dinner and decided I was glad I wasn't born in Colonial times! That was not my favorite Christmas. We now have a generator!

Moni did you leave your faucets dripping?

We went south on Thursday and returned home today. We had really warm weather but some rain. First time in a really long time we haven't had to fire up the wood burner. Son and his family were down and had a really nice time.. Glad to be home..

Just got in. Looks like Amarillo was prolly slick yesterday... I 40 was all wet!

Just east of the Texas/Oklahoma border were a lot of Electric trucks along the frontage road, working on lines.

Trees are damaged in the neighborhood, but it doesn't look as bad as the 2007 Tulsa ice storm.

Need food.

Bye

Moni

PS, AA no, I did not leave anything dripping. My heat was on and the sink cabinets open. All is fine. Just turned the heat back up to normal, and it will be warm and toasty in no time.

Glad you made it home safe and all is well. I went to the grocers today too. Also went to hdwr store to get salt for the next storm.

Glad you made it home safe!

I remember the ice storm of 2007. We were only without power for about 9 hours. One street over, they were without power for four days. I felt so bad for the people over there. I didn't know anyone or I would have invited them to my house. Someone behind me got a hold of a huge industrial size generator. Several of the house had extension cords running to it.

Had some snow last week here in southwestern Ontario, but soon gone, and temp a few degrees either side of freezing for the last few days, and not much wind, as there was a few days earlier.

Only ice is in the freezer. Some water in a paper milk carton to rinse it, froze while in the frig the other day.

Not going anywhere -'cept home from the library.

ole joyful