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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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 Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 08:23:40 AM
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Sharing a couple of pictures looking out my windows. Over 18 inches of new snow and 40-50 mph winds. They closed all the roads last night except for I-90 and told everyone to stay off the roads. I think all the warnings were done to try and prevent what happened a couple of years ago. We had a big storm and people were driving on I-90. About 45 cars were stranded there for 2 days and the people were upset that the rescue vehicles couldn't come and get them. When they say stay home it means stay home people! I actually look forward to being snowed in. All my family is safe and we are warm. It is real cozy.
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Happy to be a "Raggedy Ann" in a Barbie World!
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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KayB
True Blue Farmgirl
540 Posts
Kay
Del City
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 08:31:34 AM
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I am home for the second day in a row due to the weather here. They say that Tulsa, OK got 21" which is a lot for OK. We got around a foot here, but the snow drifts are 5' or more. DH had to go to work today, so I had him take my car since it's an SUV and he drives a little Grand Prix. The neighbor had him park it under her carport and there is more snow on it than was on mine. I will be going out soon (it's only 5 degrees right now) to clear it off and bring it home. We're all okay but we have a 3-year-old wanting out and even the dogs won't go out without being forcibly led out. It'll be okay though. We just usually don't get hit this hard. Yesterday was actually a blizzard and we all just hunkered down with homemade soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
KayB
Life's a dance you learn as you go
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 09:31:55 AM
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We got 20.5 inches here in northern Illinois. The drifts are massive. My poor truck is completely covered, then the drift went all the way to the top of the garage.
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3320 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3320 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 09:51:40 AM
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WOW!
I feel for ya....we had a brisk wind coming off the bay up here in the UP of Michigan with just a dusting of snow, but NOTHING compared to what is hitting Illinois right now-I looked at some news footage in Chicago early this morning and I have to say it is beautiful in an way and it must be as silent as a tomb downtown-If you can get out and cross country through all those quiet streets... now wouldn't that be fun?
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 10:14:59 AM
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I couldn't even get my door open this morning, there was so much snow. Luckily my neighbor noticed and came and dug us out. I made them an oatmeal almond pie as a thank you offering. Nothing better than baking on a snow day!
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prvrbs31gal
Farmgirl at Heart
3 Posts
Lanette
Gurnee
IL
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Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 2:39:24 PM
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I *JUST* saw a recipe for Oatmeal Almond Pie in the latest issue of Grit. I'd NEVER heard of it before! Now may be I'll have to try making it, since school is canceled for tomorrow, too! We still haven't been plowed out!
Homesteading on the Homefront. Proud Navy wife, homemaker, and mom of 2 sweet girls. |
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 3:21:16 PM
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That is where I got the recipe! It was good, especially when it was warm and with vanilla ice cream.
Are schools closed again tomorrow? I am torn about making the trip to Milwaukee. I only have one class, but we have convocation and I really don't want to miss it.
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Tea Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
645 Posts
Lorraine
Morris
IL
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 6:00:53 PM
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Now comes the bitter cold. It looked like a lot of schools will still be closed tomorrow. Have you seen the news and pictures of Lakeshore Drive? It has been turned into a parking lot. Yikes! We looked at pictures from the storm in 1967 - very similar. It was one heck of a storm, that's for sure. Stay warm and safe everyone.
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 6:53:59 PM
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Here in the St. Louis region, our roads have been cleared pretty well, but it's supposed to get very cold tonight--below zero, with even lower wind chills. I haven't had any mail in two days. didn't have to go into work today either but I will tomorrow. I saw pictures of "Lake Snow Drive" and I'm glad I'm not in Chicago! Especially with that wind coming off the lake. Hope all you Chicagoans stay warm. I have homemade sweet potato soup to keep me warm. Please be careful if you have to venture out, and dress warm.
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3320 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3320 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 09:36:17 AM
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Very windy here today, but coming from the west-
What a mess in Illinois! The pictures look surreal! Kinda reminds me of the "old" days when blizzards were more frequent up here in the Great North Woods and now it seems to me like everything is shifting down from us. We now have more cold and less snow...
Take care Farmgirls-I'm thinking about you!
Melody
Farmgirl #525
www.lemonverbenasoap.etsy.com
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - Feb 04 2011 : 04:23:15 AM
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We got 20". Took us 2 days to dig out. The plow went down our alley and left a 6' berm in front of the garage.
I posted some pix on Facebook. Took my youngest dd on her paper route yesterday. What a workout - climbing over snow piles and walking through thigh high snow in places where people didn't shovel.
The pix of downtown - Lake Shore Drive are very surreal. Many people were trapped for 9 hours or so. In their cars. I hope they had supplies. Although, I question why they would have even taken that route since they were talking about 30' waves crashing down onto Lake Shore Drive all day.
Out of school for 2 days. Unheard of here. First time in 20 years. Now back to the grind for 1 day. 
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Farm Girl #790
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urban chickie
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Catherine
Niles
IL
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2011 : 7:19:06 PM
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Excuse me, but WHY is it still snowing?!? We only got access to our mailboxes today, and the heavens open up and dump a couple more inches of this nasty stuff on us? Why, why why?!?
I remember when I loved snow.....
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2011 : 07:44:00 AM
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Oh Catherine i was thinking the SAME thing this morning.
I love you snow, but I am over you, it is time for us to part ways.
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Prairie Gypsy
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Tammy
Wolford
North Dakota
USA
823 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2011 : 11:16:05 AM
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Catherine & Elizabeth - I'm with you both. Walked out of the house to drive to work this morning to find it snowing again (or still I haven't figured out which). Enough is enough. Watching the news yesterday morning they're showing snow nearly the entire week! Thankfully no real accumulation but none the less I'm tired of this white stuff.
Farmgirl Sister # 2363
http://twilightburrough.blogspot.com/
Warren, MI
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