Dixie Chicks

[minihorse927]

Good morning everyone, even though I'm buried under 14" of snow and they're calling for 18" by 1pm. Blah

 

[vehve]

Just finished the bunny hutch. I didn't take any pictures though, and it's tarped up a bit at the moment. We're going to go pick up Hilma the bunny tomorrow. After finishing the tractor, I came to the conclusion that it's not big enough for her to live in all the time, but it will be fine for a while while I build her permanent residence.

I'm thinking brick foundation, net walls and tin roof for the permanent housing, but I might switch it up if I can source something cheaply. I wouldn't want to spend all that much on the thing. The roof is going to be the most expensive part.

 

[tntchix]

Good morning everyone, even though I'm buried under 14" of snow and they're calling for 18" by 1pm. Blah

eek! be safe

 

[minihorse927]

eek! be safe

I'm sick, so called off work and sitting in a level 3 snow emergency. I'm not going anywhere at all. I don't want to be arrested.

 

[hennible]

Ugh standardized testing today for online school. I don't wanna go all the way to Ann Arbor and sit there for 3 hours while he gets all stressed out over which freaking bubble to fill in for these moronic tests that prove nothing except how to fill in a bubble on a form. I wish standardized testing would just disappear. 

Bummer... Sorry about the test. Tests are no fun... Unless you know all the answers

I'm sick, so called off work and sitting in a level 3 snow emergency. I'm not going anywhere at all. I don't want to be arrested.

Feel better

 

[Outpost JWB]

I'm sick, so called off work and sitting in a level 3 snow emergency. I'm not going anywhere at all. I don't want to be arrested.

Me too! I'm not sick, but called out sick (little girl). We are only on level 2 snow emergency. Snow seems to be tapering off. Still under winter storm warning. When I went out this morning my boots sank down into the foot of snow & were quickly covered in icy water. I can't imagine what the people in Boston are going thru! Wonder what the suicide rate is there? It's gotta be hard to live like that. They must have thicker skin than me!

 

[Beer can]

I'm sick, so called off work and sitting in a level 3 snow emergency. I'm not going anywhere at all. I don't want to be arrested.

They don't do levels here, but do close the roads occasionally under a 'state of emergency'. Work doesn't force us to show up but I go anyway. Little scary knowing if you get in a accident your insurance won't cover it. But some people have to be there being a dairy plant, those cows won't give the farmer's a day off so the pick up drivers have to take the milk somewhere. We only have storage for so much, around two million pounds, one screw up at the plant causes all sorts of problems.

 

[Mahen100]

I'll join the sickies. I called my pulmonologist yesterday before the storms struck. He'd gone home early due to pending storms. I asked to speak to a nurse. They took my woeful message and said a nurse would call me. Right. Never called. I have waited 2 months hoping a sinus infection to heal itself, but it keeps waxing and waning, and I am to the point I want some antibiotics 'cause its getting pretty debilitating.

The sun has come out on about 6 inches of snow, and it surely is pretty out there.

About having "equipment" to keep roads clear. The public works administrator for Memphis was back peddling, explaining that the twelve "plow attachments with hydraulics" to attach to sand trucks had sat outside for ten years and ruined (due to a lack of inside storage space). Now they promise to buy some more and store them inside. Basically, this area gets few large snows, and when they do come, there is NO equipment to clear streets. There are sand trucks, and some few salt sprayer trucks, but no equipment for scraping or snow removal.
Things grind to a halt when it snows. Kind of peaceful though.

Chickens here have water and food that I trekked out huffing and puffing to put in their coop. I may try to take the heat lamp back out there, and keep the brooder chicks warm with incandescent light bulbs. Going to record breaking cold tonight for March, and zero F wind chill factor.

 

[Alaskan]

We have over a foot of snow and it's still coming down. Snow trucks do not come down our road usually. Last year they fell off the road in the neighbor's yard and this year, the truck went off the road on the other side. Both times required a huge tow truck to get them out. We live on flat ground, but it's continually icy. We have 4x4 a vehicle. But on ice, 4 wheel drive means 4 wheel slide. They closed her school. I'm glad-- seeing all the wrecks on the news.

Look who didn't make it to the coop last night.


Poor guy. That's after he shook most of it off. I picked him up and put him in the coop. He's fine. Just froze.

coolest photo ever! So glad he is OK! wowsers!

Sorry, decimal point error in my math. 3 meters and 9 meters of road per person, respectively. In comparison, Lapland, the northernmost part of Finland has about 40 meters of road per person. It's very sparsely populated, only two people per square kilometer (about two thirds of a person per square mile). They don't close schools either, though. But I think a kid would just hop on a skidoo there.

sniff, sniff

those poor people!!! all of Lapland covered with people parts!!!!!

(hehehe )

Don't forget to set your chickens
an hour ahead this weekend!!!


(Alaskan-for you set all the boys 1 hour ahead)

what a bleeping minute!!!!

this weekend??? I have to get up on hour EARLIER????

Ugh standardized testing today for online school. I don't wanna go all the way to Ann Arbor

and sit there for 3 hours while he gets all stressed out over which freaking bubble to fill in for these moronic tests that prove nothing except how to fill in a bubble on a form. I wish standardized testing would just disappear.

it is super stupid...

My kids are home schooled, and how well they do on those tests is DIRECTLY related to how well they do on tests, not how much they know. It amazes me.

Quote: so... it would be bad if I mentioned that I have no snow AT ALL?

the pond still has ice.

 

[Alaskan]

I'll join the sickies. I called my pulmonologist yesterday before the storms struck. He'd gone home early due to pending storms. I asked to speak to a nurse. They took my woeful message and said a nurse would call me. Right. Never called. I have waited 2 months hoping a sinus infection to heal itself, but it keeps waxing and waning, and I am to the point I want some antibiotics 'cause its getting pretty debilitating.

The sun has come out on about 6 inches of snow, and it surely is pretty out there.

About having "equipment" to keep roads clear.

The public works administrator for Memphis was back peddling, explaining that the twelve "plow attachments with hydraulics" to attach to sand trucks had sat outside for ten years and ruined (due to a lack of inside storage space). Now they promise to buy some more and store them inside. Basically, this area gets few large snows, and when they do come, there is NO equipment to clear streets. There are sand trucks, and some few salt sprayer trucks, but no equipment for scraping or snow removal.
Things grind to a halt when it snows. Kind of peaceful though.

Chickens here have water and food that I trekked out huffing and puffing to put in their coop. I may try to take the heat lamp back out there, and keep the brooder chicks warm with incandescent light bulbs. Going to record breaking cold tonight for March, and zero F wind chill factor.

that scares me... go on in, figure out what is going on