Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

["couldbecousin"]

  happened, it's about time we got a decent snowfall! 

[Fun With Matches]

I want snow on Xmas day.

[renaeden]

So do I.

[rock hound]

I managed to get Amber's SIRIUSXM radio signal refreshed after it inexplicably went into default mode!   For the second time this year! 

[Queen Victoria]

I want snow on Xmas day.

It snowed on Christmas Day in New Orleans.  Next August, Hurricane Katrina hit.  I think I'll pass.  Or else move if it snows on that day,

[Fun With Matches]

I want snow on Xmas day.

It snowed on Christmas Day in New Orleans.  Next August, Hurricane Katrina hit.  I think I'll pass.  Or else move if it snows on that day,

An odd correlation. Were you affected badly by Katrina?

[Queen Victoria]

I want snow on Xmas day.

It snowed on Christmas Day in New Orleans.  Next August, Hurricane Katrina hit.  I think I'll pass.  Or else move if it snows on that day,

An odd correlation. Were you affected badly by Katrina?

Thankfully, no.  The parish didn't open for 4 weeks after the storm.  When we got home the water had only come half-way up our lawn, nothing blown about in the carport, no damage to the house.  When we got back the ice cubes in the freezer hadn't melted, so we had power most of the time. 

The poor cats, however, were fortunately (or unfortunately) locked outside the house.  If they'd been in there, they would probably not have made it.  We weren't planning on being gone that long and hadn't left that much water.  They turned semi-feral and PA wouldn't let them back in the house. 

For another 3 weeks or so, it was sort of living in a war zone or near a military base.  Helicopters, MRE's, soldiers about.  Quite different.

[Fun With Matches]

I want snow on Xmas day.

It snowed on Christmas Day in New Orleans.  Next August, Hurricane Katrina hit.  I think I'll pass.  Or else move if it snows on that day,

An odd correlation. Were you affected badly by Katrina?

Thankfully, no.  The parish didn't open for 4 weeks after the storm.  When we got home the water had only come half-way up our lawn, nothing blown about in the carport, no damage to the house.  When we got back the ice cubes in the freezer hadn't melted, so we had power most of the time. 

The poor cats, however, were fortunately (or unfortunately) locked outside the house.  If they'd been in there, they would probably not have made it.  We weren't planning on being gone that long and hadn't left that much water.  They turned semi-feral and PA wouldn't let them back in the house. 

For another 3 weeks or so, it was sort of living in a war zone or near a military base.  Helicopters, MRE's, soldiers about.  Quite different.

Wow, your family and the cats had a lucky escape then. Even better that the house wasn't affected. How long were you gone for?

[Parts]

I backed the trailer into a very tight driveway on a busy street  on the first try

[Queen Victoria]

I want snow on Xmas day.

It snowed on Christmas Day in New Orleans.  Next August, Hurricane Katrina hit.  I think I'll pass.  Or else move if it snows on that day,

An odd correlation. Were you affected badly by Katrina?

Thankfully, no.  The parish didn't open for 4 weeks after the storm.  When we got home the water had only come half-way up our lawn, nothing blown about in the carport, no damage to the house.  When we got back the ice cubes in the freezer hadn't melted, so we had power most of the time. 

The poor cats, however, were fortunately (or unfortunately) locked outside the house.  If they'd been in there, they would probably not have made it.  We weren't planning on being gone that long and hadn't left that much water.  They turned semi-feral and PA wouldn't let them back in the house. 

For another 3 weeks or so, it was sort of living in a war zone or near a military base.  Helicopters, MRE's, soldiers about.  Quite different.

Wow, your family and the cats had a lucky escape then. Even better that the house wasn't affected. How long were you gone for?

Four weeks in Beaumont and College Station Texas.

[DirtDawg]

It was snowing and it was in the low twenties Fahrenheit, but I started my outdoor grill and made steaks for dinner.
 

MLM!

That's BRAVE.

I plan to do so again tonight.  It may reach low teens or single digits Fahrenheit before dawn  (it was zero degrees Fahrenheit this morning), but with a fire going and my jacket on, it's burger time tonight.

OK, showing off a little. We had an incredibly extended "Indian Summer"  this year with high temperatures in the upper sixties Fahrenheit during late November  (FFS  ) and the kids are really freaked about the sudden onslaught of mid January weather this week. I intend a demonstration of the power of fire over the cold along with a lesson in survival techniques. I will start the fire with a butane-less Bic lighter - only produces a spark - and a small wad of steel wool igniting small shards of wood, then ... I know it works. I have done this for real.

[odeon]

It's nearing the end of the Finnish barbecue season.

[DirtDawg]

It's nearing the end of the Finnish barbecue season.

Do not know about Finns, but ...

Fire is going. My daughter put tje spark to it. I kept the spark alive until it started the slivers of oak and the bigger slivers of oak and it is almost ready to cook on.

Not so bad on temperature as yet. It is only fourteen degrees Fahrenheit and the sun has been down for more than an hour.

[odeon]

That's pretty awesome, actually.

[Arya Quinn]

Didn't die.