kittymoombeam...."happenings"....like what? Any interesting stories...do tell....

Yeah please tell if there are any stories.

winter has been hot. As in 75 degrees. We where in Ohio for Christmas, and it got to -4. It was amazing! There was so much snow, the pond was frozen so we went ice skating, it was nice to be in snow after one year of not having it.

Arizona is hot! But I might have gotten used to it. The winter is okay, but the summers get up to 120 degrees!!

Nothing unusual here. Very wet winter.....as always. We had snow here in November, which is unusual, but we always have a colder winter following a hurricane. A lot of flu going around, but we haven't had it. I don't expect to even get a cold.....I would be very surprised if I did. My husband was just diagnosed with Asbestosis, which probably explains the difficulty he has had breathing. He is okay if he doesn't exert himself but the least little thing and he is out of breath. I still have clean up to do, following the hurricane, but with it so wet, I have to wear rubber boots and they make my feet hurt really bad. I can't avoid it when going to the barn, but I am glad to get in and get them off. I hate winter. I just exist until the weather warms up and stays warm.

The rains on the west coast are creating a problem.

In west central Florida, we had three nights of below freezing weather and the headlines in the paper indicate that many are moving south. However, yesterday it was 79 and only 66 when I got up before sunrise today. Oh well! Florida sucks.

Single digit weather last week (rare for us), then yesterday up to 60 and today it is to get up to 70. But...tomorrow we will have "wintry mix" turning to snow, and be back in the teens by night and single digit nights for the next week. Welcome to KY! It freezes and thaws all winter long - plays hell with a garden - I have buds on my lilac and climbing hydrangea from a warm spell in Dec.

It was 55 when I got up today but is dropping into the 20s! We are forecasted for the wintry mix this afternoon. Planning a beef stew for tomorrow.

Wind is sustained at 28 mph right now with higher gusts. The neighbor's flagpole has snapped so we went over and picked up the flag from the yard.

Today is way below zero wind chill...7 degrees F...wicked wind speeds....snow and ice covered. The roads treacherous and many accidents. No schools open...lots of business closed. I am just darned tired of winter in KS!

In Chicago it's been heck. It is 59 degrees today, after 10 days of below zero wind chill conditions, and the temperature will drop to the low 20s tomorrow. This flux is wreaking havoc with my sinuses and my neuropathy. I felt like I was getting the flu Monday and Tuesday and stayed in bed. I need my strength as classes start again next week.

Central Ontario Can. and we just went thru 3 weeks of freezing beyond freezing temps.

"Everything" everywhere was frozen solid with temps averaging 40 below zero most days.

And now,the 11th of January and we're in the usual January thaw with mild temps and rain turned to freezing rain yesterday and todays temps averaging 40F.

Most are sick with a combination of 2 flu types as well as dastardly colds.....

Supposed to get up to 80 this weekend here, Unusually warm even for southern California. I wonder if the trees will bud out early with all this warmth.

Here in SD the temp is 2 above. Last night our pipes froze in our mobile home and we just got them unthawed now. I didn't think they were ever going to unthaw. I was supposed to go to a meeting today, but we canceled it because it is so cold and most of the members are elderly and we decided to cancel it until next week. Now how did I do this. If I wanted to make it darker I wouldn't have been able to figure out how. But here it is.

we were in the 50's today, tomorrow, low 60's with rain... after the rain, temp is plunging back to down to the high 20's-low 30's.... crazy temp swings :(

This has been an awful winter so far! Very unusual for our area, we got 10 inches of snow last week. That put my grandkids out of school until yesterday and I had to get up early, drive on the nasty roads to keep them while parents were working. We also had 7 straight days of temps staying below freezing. Some years we only have a few nights all winter that gets below freezing. We've broken a lot of records already. Just waiting for spring!

Freezing and in the teens and single digits a week and a week and a half ago. The past several days has been rainy and milder, with today getting up in the 60’s. Winter storm watch for tomorrow with somewhere around a 40 degree drop in temps. I’ve had a cold which won’t go away. DH had the flu before Thanksgiving, so we hope that’s the end of our winter illness.

Apparently it sucks playing golf in Hawaii right now without the tradewinds but i sure would be happy with some of chisue's humidity. :)

Just drove home in a snowstorm from work. Took me an hour, normal commute at this time of the night is about a half hour. Not looking forward to driving on Monday morning, next time I have to work. There will be more idiots on the road.

This winter is really draining me. It is so cold in northern Wisconsin. We had a string of about 2 weeks of teens below zero, about 4 days of temps in the 30s, and now we are back to a 10 day stretch of below zero weather with strong winds. I cannot stand being stuck in the house, and it's sad that 20 degrees feels like a heat wave. I don't know how much more of this I can take before I go crazy. Luckily, I have a little break for our mini vacation in San Diego in February.

Cold December and so far in January. "January thaw" coming this week. About 15" below average on snowfall so far this season. Just used the fluff flinger for the first time this year.

Monday was MLK day so kids were out of school. We have has freezing rain, sleet and snow today. There is ice on the roads. Kids were out of school today and already called out for tomorrow. I think with two weeks of school missed with the hurricane that we have now missed twelve days of school because of weather. The state forgave the days missed for the hurricane, but not sure if we will be making some up now or what. This has been an unexpected senior year for my oldest and everyone else.

I am hoping these extra days home will slow the spread of the flu. Dh and I picked up some milk and a few groceries yesterday. We have whip cream and half and half for the coffee I baked an apple pie this afternoon. We will see what tomorrow brings.

Dropping to 10 degrees or cooler tonight! This will be our coldest night in DFW since 1996. Fingers crossed for the outside water spigots, they are wrapped but I have no idea if that is enough protection. Inside the house is warm and fine but the outside I am concerned with.

I'm actually handling winter well this year. Well except for having the flu for the first time in decades. Still coughing. But this winter I am not as cold as usual. It's milder than past ones, even for California. I rode horseback yesterday afternoon wearing a short sleeved t shirt which is unheard of for me to even wear in the winter. But I work hard at riding and it was a nice day around 54 degrees. Generally I would be layered up at that temp. I dislike cold weather intensely. Less than 3 month 'til spring. :-)

So far I am doing pretty well, just the usual aches I guess. Very cold and plenty of snow. I keep too busy, it has never bothered me to stay in and enjoy things as they come along. There have been school closings and delays. Our schools do not close for MLK day, but there was no school because of the bad weather. Two hour delay this morning, we knew that last evening. Just hope everyone stays well.

Sue

Plenty of cold and snow here - and lots of ice underneath. DH unearthed the Yak Tracks that I gave him a few Christmases ago and hasn't needed until now. He's been wearing those and he's very happy. I've recently retired (November) and decided to take the winter "off" before making any plans. It's a dream come true. Plenty of books, puttering around the house, cooking, movies, planning my gardening season and projects. The citrus that I ordered through a local school will arrive this weekend - looking forward to a case of fresh mineolas that DH just announced he doesn't like anymore - excellent! Spring will bring a new routine but for now I'm loving this.

ETA - today I'm going to start more paperwhites since I overbought for Christmas. Six left.

I am bored! The weather is keeping me in. I can't go outside to checkout all of Mom Nature in the yard or the park. I can't get out to amuse myself in the stores. This of course is due to the cold and snow. And I am more limited than usual as to what I can to do in the house because of a fall just before Christmas that injured my best arm. So, I am bored!! But, all these things shall pass in time, and life will get back to normal. I keep telling myself. "quit yer' bitchin".

Marilyn, your area's schools don't close for MLK day? That's pretty shocking to me. Does the community support that?

Our schools sometimes use MLK Day, President's Day and even Memorial Day as a makeup day.

Last nights' temperatures were the lowest since January 1996. We got down to 18 degrees last night. We had water earlier today, but none now. Lots of pipes busted in the area. Someone said our water main into the neighborhood is busted.

The school district has already announced we will have school tomorrow. I hope we have water too or the school will be smelling like teenagers.

We're having a heat wave now -- nearly midnight and it's 28*. Not long ago, we were well below freezing, and in the -5 to 8 degree range. Rain three days ago got rid of the previous snow (10 inches or so) but it snowed today (7"), the wet clinging type, so everything looks pretty.

I am in my usual annual hibernating mode -- lots of books to read, and have made 7 kinds of homemade soup over the past several weeks -- yum. Some for immediate consumption and the rest to the freezer for later enjoyment. Think a pot roast is upcoming soon, and some brownies tomorrow....

Elmer, if you think about it, wouldn't it make sense for the kids to go to school and then actually have lessons about MLK than just a fun day off where they are not honoring him at all?

Our library is always open on MLK Day and one year a coworker responded to a patron's questioning this by saying----I think Dr. King would have liked it this way.

eld, holidays are to commemorate and honor the person or event. MLK Day is about the man but it's also about far more too and the many more people who struggled and some who also bravely gave their lives fighting to right societal wrongs.

Kids can (and should) be taught about the Civil Rights movement and Dr. King in age appropriate ways throughout their school years, not just on one day.

My experience has been that often places that don't recognize this federally proclaimed holiday tend to be politically conservative areas that seem to do so as a last gesture of defiance and rejection of the Civil Rights changes. Kinda like those who continue to display Confederate flags. It's disgraceful and shouldn't be tolerated.

I love, love, love! Dr. King. I wish they'd rename the day. Equal rights day. But then they'd have to include women, and they can't do that still (everyone get your march on this weekend).

It’s been so much colder this winter. I would have a lot of work to do in the garden, but have been stuck inside. Organizing drawers, closets and cleaning. It’s driving me nuts. On the bright side we did have snow on Wednesday it has been a few years since we had more than a dusting). Walked the dogs yesterday and noticed some blood in Zoeys urine. Just came back from the vet. She does have an UTI, but caught early. She didn’t show any symptoms yet, so the snow really did us a favor.