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Your story of the snow in California reminded me of the year my mom died. I wanted to do something different for the holidays that year so for Thanksgiving I went to visit relatives in Las Vegas. It was jeans and T-shirt during the day but sweatshirt and heavy jacket at night. One day my cousin decided to take me to California to buy a lotto ticket and he said to dress warm. I had my leather jacket and gloves and we started out. I didn’t realize we’d traveled UP until we stopped for gas. When I got out of the car I about froze there was sleet hitting me in the face and I WAS IN CALIFORNIA.
When I moved to Alabama people would ask if I missed the snow. NO I DON’T. As I tell them snow is pretty to look at on a Christmas Card or TV but not to live in. If I want to experience snow I’ll travel to it but don’t want it following me home.
I was 10 in the storm of 67. Being that age I thought it was neat. My dad stayed home from work as did all the rest of the dads in the neighborhood and no school. We lived in Roseland on 105th place off of Wentworth. Our street was 2 blocks long and dead ended at railroad tracks. We were on the farthest end closer to the tracks and every man on the street was out shoveling. They started at one end and worked their way down the street until everyone was able to move their cars. One man had a sled and went to all the neighbors finding out who needed bread and milk and walked the 5 blocks to the store with the sled and brought everything back. My mom was one of the women who would take hot coffee out to he men to drink as they worked.
I’ve never seen a neighborhood band together and help each other as they did that year. In 2001 I was working in marketing for a rehab center and I remember the snow being piled up on street corners so high you couldn’t see around it to pull out into traffic. They brought trucks in to tow the snow to the lake and dump it there.
When I was little I remember there being snow on the ground all winter long but it wasn’t enough to affect anything except for 67. When I got older and driving in it I noticed it would snow in spurts. We’d get 2-3 feet of snow but a week later it was gone then it would snow several feet again and be gone in a week. I’d rather have it snow an inch or so each day and just replace what was melting over the snow that would come piling down in spurts.
One thing about Chicago winters is seeing the lawn furiture in the street reserving parking spots for the homeowners and god help you if you tried to move anything to park. The city allowed it but did say all furniture had to be removed by a certain date or it was being picked up as trash.
Sami was not only in prison but on death row, strapped to the chair and the injections started BUT this was the only time she was innocent. Way to go SPD.
I was born and raised in Chicago and a 4X4 might work in snow only but not the snow with ice underneath like most Chicago streets have. On ice a 4X4 is useless except to give those that drive them a false sense of security and make them more dangerous.
I remember 1 winter the windchill was over 80 below and we everyone drove around with cardboard over over the front grill to protect the radiator from the wind. I went out and bought a snowmobile one piece suit and wore that to work with long underwear underneath. It was required from walking from the car, across the parking lot to the door of the hospital I worked in. I worked 3-11 shift and we’d all carry syringes with alcohol in them to unfreeze our locks at night and we’d take turns going out to the parking lot starting each other’s cars every couple of hours. There wasn’t a lot of snow that year but the wind and ice were terrible. Most mornings you couldn’t get to your door locks without chopping the ice away and then you had to crack the ice to open the doors. If you lived in the suburbs the streets were plowed and salted, in the city no such luck.
I moved to Alabama in 2003 and saw snow for the first time since then when it snowed this past February. We got about 1-2 inches and my SIL lives 20 miles north of us and they had 4 inches. The schools were closed, the city and county buildings were closed. They were warning everyone the day before to stay home if you could and not to drive unless it was absolutely necessary. I had an early doctor’s appointment that day and told Don I wan’t afraid of driving in the snow, I was afraid of all the people who didn’t know how to.
I bought a birthday card for my ex-husband the year we got divorced but liked the card too much to send it to him.
Outside: For your birthday I wanted to give you something you’d have forever
Inside: But it’s hard to giftwrap herpes.
Phillip didn’t go to college. He enlisted right out of high school as a sort of rebellion against his parents and Chloe choosing Brady over him.
My husband’s watching the second half of the unusual double header "Go Chiefs" The Chiefs are in another double header also at Arrowhead where there’s another game taking place before they play so they didn’t start until around 9:30pm.
I also find it’s easy to follow the posts. I sometimes get lost on other forums trying to follow and keep up. I think this is the best laid out and user friendly of them all.
In Southeast Alabama it’s in the 90’s today and suppose to be that way all week. Does get down to the 60’s at night though. We too had a horribly hot summer here with heat index’s in the 100 & teens.
Not doing much today except laundry. Need to have some clean clothes to wear to cooking class tomorrow. Yes, Don and I take a cooking class on Tuesday afternoons. Last week I taught the class and they learned how to make my mom’s Homemade Chicken & Noodles (noodles are like dumplings), Snicker Salad and Crab/Pasta Salad. We’ve become friends with the instructor and his wife Chef Michael and Jeanne Sigler and they’ve ben here for dinner on many occasions. He’s had my Chicken & Noodles a few times and asked that I teach the class. Even though it was out of my comfort zone it was a lot of fun. This is the last 6 week session for the year and as we did last year we’re having a pot luck for the last class where we all bring in a dish and recipe to share. I’ve got requests for homemade pizza which is a combined effort as I make the homemade crust and Don makes the homemade sauce. The toppings we have to buy ready made.
Thanksgiving won’t be as good as last year because my stepdaughter and granddaughter aren’t going to be here. They live in Sweden and last year they came to visit with Lisa’s fiance and his 15 year old brother. While they were here we planned a wedding in 4 days and Don got to attend his daughter’s wedding. He wasn’t too pleased about his ex-wife visiting but he was cordial and even though I was a nervous wreck having never met the woman before I was proud of myself for being outgoing and friendly toward her. I wanted her to see what a great wife Don had and what a great guy she let get away.
There are 3 scheduled to be released. Here’s an excerpt from Amazon
On the winding roads leading to Monaco, a convertible careens off the road and over the cliffs-killing a mother and leaving her distraught daughter Amelia in critical condition. Amelia’s accident reveals that she is not truly her father’s daughter. Against her aristocratic fiance’s wishes, Amelia sets out on a quest to find her biological parents that leads her to Salem. She begins a determined investigation of the denizens of the city and tracks down the possibilities- Patch and Kayla, Bo and Hope, John and Marlena-gobbling up every bit of history she can find. As she uncovers secrets and scandals, she finds herself growing dangerously close to the truth.
This is from A Stirring in Salem, Amazon’s date for this one is February 1, 2011
The fallout from Richard Gaines financial debacle spreads deeply into the lives of the citizens from Salem. With John and Marlena’s help, Charley believes Richie’s unspeakable wrongs have been rectified. But soon she discovers the scandal has far wider implications taking her on a life-changing journey. A profusion of fireworks fills the sky during a jubilant celebration of Chinese New Year, masking a deadly blood bath in a massive drug war stretching from Hong Kong to the spectacular jungles of South Africa. As wounded are brought into Tomali Clinic in the heart of the Timbavarti, Dr. Kayla Brady and her renegade husband Steve ‘Patch’ Johnson realize that drugs are just the tip of the iceberg. With the help of family and friends in the media and the International Security Alliance from Hong Kong to London they work to uncover the deadly secret that threatens not only the clinic struggling due to financial ruin, but their very lives and their love. New relationships are forged, old loves destroyed, and others emerge from the cataclysmic events stronger than ever.
The the third one A Scandal in Salem Amazon has it down for May 1, 2011
In the third volume, the emotional roller-coaster of relationships picks up speed when Amelia announces her engagement to her former aristocratic fiancé, inviting her new family to serve as bridesmaids-Belle, Sami, Carrie, and Chelsea. But her fiancé’s collapse and murder during the middle of the ceremony puts everyone at the wedding under suspicion, including Amelia herself. With all of them sequestered under one roof during the investigation, all the hidden truths begin to come out. Secrets are revealed, relationships shattered, new alliances are formed…and Salem will never be the same again.
I was working in home care in a north suburb of Chicago. My cousin called to tell me a plane hit one of the towers and my initial thought was an accident. We kept talking and he said it was intentional and I looked to my right and could see the Downtown Chicago with the Sears Tower and John Hancock building and got so shook up.
When I got to work they’d brought a TV into the reception area and everyone was crowded around watching. The president of the company called a meeting and all elective home visits were canceled and all but 2-3 customer service reps and a couple delivery techs were sent home with pay but we were told to keep our phones on in case we were needed in an emergency. There was a fear Chicago was one of the next major cities to be targeted.
On the 1 year anniversary the president of the company called another meeting and had a moment of silence then those that had to stay in the office or see patients on 2/11/01 were given the day off with pay.
I thought she got 10 but maybe with good behavior she’ll be out in a few months. Sort of like the Hollywood Elite
She had her friend Ian break into the hospital computer and saw the results. Later she had him go back in and change them so it showed Daniel to be the daddy but someone had beaten her to it. So, it looks like the test was a negative match for Daniel but we all know in Salem nothing is what it seems.
Now there’s speculation around the boards if:
- The test was altered by Phillip, Melanie, Carly, Daniel, Chloe, Victor, Nathan or who knows who else.
- The test that was initially entered was incorrect and it wasn’t altered at all just corrected by the time they went in to change them. Can’t forget about that inept nurse that was working there.
I don’t think Ari will find out Sami was the shooter but is trying to find out who did it. That’s why I don’t think Sami has anything to do with her being run down.
If I remember when we saw Sami at the mansion it was shot with weird effects, sort of like a dream sequence or if she was on drugs. I’m holding out that to her it was like a dream and she was only seeing what she wanted to see until the gun shot snapped her out of it. Not knowing or being aware of anyone else being there or aware she fired the gun she figured the shot she heard had to come from her. I’m betting when they do find the gun they’ll find it hadn’t been fired as all the chambers will still be full and that will get her off the hook.
