Daily Ooo's: Tuesday, January 7, Tha Baby its COLD outside Edition!

[faerywings]

:help: Oh my goodness!!! Its sooooo cold. Even people who like the cold have to be agreeing with me. I think that most of the US-- at least the Eastern half, has to be in this deep freeze. Who is with me to stay bundled under blankets and drink coffee or tea all day??
:tea:

Gary and I were supposed to go down to get his new tires today but I don't want to have to leave the house. We shouldn't be driving that far on bald tires if it is this cold and icy anyway, I suppose. And how can I convince my kids to wear coats and hats to school today?

Yesterday was "productive" (ha!) with my phone calls. I was able to get my kids' drs switched with no prob. But when I called to find out if I needed pre-authorization or a referral for my biopsy, I am glad that I called! I need a referral, but it didn't seem like anyone was gonna tell me. Sometimes I am really, really glad that my insanity and anxiety is so strong I was told that the hospital was going to take care of it all, but I knew that if I didn't check up on it personally, I was going to worry about it non-stop. I called my gyn for the referral and asked them to fax it to the hospital and to let me know when it was done so I don't continue to worry... but no word yet. I'll give them another day or two before I start bugging again.
Then when I called the County to inquire about our heating benefits (b/c Gary is disabled, we get a small amount each month to pay for heating), since I re-applied in Sept and still haven't heard back, all they could say was that my app was still being processed b/c of a backlog. I'd like to know how much to freakout about my furnace going 24/7, but I guess i should just worry about that another day. I really need to start channeling my inner Scarlett O'Hara again

Maybe today I'll try to track down an eye dr that is in my plan to get that taken care of.

Tip on Tuesday:
Stay warm?????
:flame:

 

[Madi]

It's A strange world, yesterday we had A weather record! THE warmest day ever in january, iT was 14,5 degrees Celsius here. So come on over to Holland.

 

[faerywings]

Oh- and yesterday I said "first day of normal"-- The kids' bus was 20 min's late in the morning. It's like no one can win anymore! tee hee!!!!

Laurie- hope that you are staying warm too!

Phyllis- not sure what to say to you, except that this weather sucks!!!!!!

(one additional complaint from me and then I promise I will shut up-- this weather s making me so achy, and I can't even take any advil/alleve/anti-inflammatories b/c of my procedure next week. I have vicodin, but that makes me loopy(er) Gah!!!)

Oh Trudy, how sad that you have to say good bye until the summer. I hope that the time goes quickly, with lots of Facetime in between. Your book sounds very interesting, I'll have to add it to my To-Read. For some reason it sounds similar to a book a read last year but it took place in the turn of the century NYC.

Love your idea of a trip the Bahamas!! You can puke on me, Phyllis, it would be worth it

Good to hear you stayed in Laurie.

Andrea- Grandma Mazur rocks!!! And I swear, I am no better than Stephanie, can't decide Ranger or Morelli-- I would want them both

Phyllis- I am so with you-- I really hate making any plans at all from Jan- March.....
Def. read the Stephanie Plum books if you like very light-hearted slap-stick type reads. She is also very NJ-girl so I can relate to a lot of that.

Andrea-- hahah!! GMTA!!!

Oh Sandra-- hoping that today gets better for you......hugs!!!!

 

[faerywings]

Diane, I am there!!! Road trip!!!!

 

[LaurieW]

Morning O fam! Chris- I guess my weather made it to you. I woke up to -6.5 at my house, -9 in town. Windchill is -30. I am using more of my "time away pay" and staying home. All of my patients are either cancelled or rescheduled, no need for the wee ones to come out in this cold. I am going to work on my basement/craft sorting and purging, along with scrapping and maybe cleaning. If you are in my part of the world, I challenge you to make a polar vortex kind of layout!

 

[whatnext]

well, yikes. it's minus 10 degrees here. woot. :faint2: all my windows are sweating profusely, and i've been going around with a rag and a squeegie. Diane, i'm COMING!!!!

oh, wait. that would mean i'd have to get on a plane. :scared:

never mind....

Laurie, glad you're getting to stay home. and YOU are the Queen of De-cluttering!! wish some of that would rub off on me.... out:

Chris, do your kids really have school today? no one around here has school. it's so freaking cold, nobody should be outside, waiting for school buses. i sure hope you end up getting some relief on all those fronts--the tires, the heat and the pain. we might be East Coast girls, but i think you and i were meant for Arizona. or Florida, since you like beaches.

Sandra, good luck for a better day. let's all hope for GOOD STUFF!

Andrea, i like being by myself at home, too. it's nice to have the freedom, isn't it?

trying to think of something useful and productive i can do today. i wonder whether i will EVER make another page. it's going on a year, i think. unbelievable. oh, well. you guys won't kick me out of here, will you, if i never make another page? :hurt:

OK. here i go. off to start the day. have a great one, O-zies! :becky:

 

[nancyr]

good morning - It is cold here - my iPhone is saying that it is just 7 degrees in my town. That is cold. I have a game tonight in Newark and I will be cold. I just hope my team is not cold and remembers how to play. I missed posting Monday as I was out early with my son doing his Christmas shopping spree. He is now a happy camper. I will just say a few words about what a nice Sunday I had. My husband prepared a new dish - Indian Tiki Masala, a chicken veggie dish. OMgosh it was so good. I had bought him the spices for Christmas. And he baked coconut chocolate chip cookies.

Chris hope you stay warm today! Staying in bed makes good sense!

Laurie glad you got to stay home!

Phylis I think for me it is not the cold it is the crazy wind and just home much colder that makes me. Stay warm and I hope your windows stop sweating!

Trudy sorry your family had to head home. Glad you are feeling so much better!

Andrea I too enjoy being home alone.

Sandra I hope today is better.

Diane your weather sounds much better than here on the east coast of the US.

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... I went and lost my big long post again and I really do not feel like starting from the beginning again. So I will just say hi to all of you poor frozen souls and will be back later when I have calmed down and feel like typing all of this AGAIN!!!!

 

[sandracvrt]

good morning, although barely LOL. I'm staying at home today with the kiddos as school was closed again due to the bitterly cold temperatures... it was -4 without the windchill this morning. Am sooo happy that we will reach 33 tomorrow... it'll feel downright balmy!

had to call maintenance today... the windows in the kids rooms and the patio door are leaking air like a sieve, and it's freezing! Hopefully they'll get to it today... I actually turned my oven on and opened the door just to try to help with the heat.

I'm hoping for a better day today, but I'm not hopeful with so much going on

thanks, everyone. Hope you all have a good day!

 

[scrap-genie]

Just chiming in from the frigid Midwest! We got down to at least -11 last night and the house is cold. Had a scare in the night when we woke up with the power off. Thankfully it was off less than half an hour, but even though our furnace is gas, it needs electricity to run.

Keep warm everyone!

 

[whatnext]

Jean, you are SO lucky that your power went back on so quickly! usually i really hate our wood stove. it's so messy throughout the winter, but then i have to remind myself that, if the electricity goes out, we still have heat!

Sandra, i remember doing that oven thing back in the '70s. i lived in an apartment that let so much outside air in, i might as well have just opened the windows. be careful, though, if it's a gas oven. you need ventilation! hope maintenance was able to make things a bit better for you.

Nancy, spices are one of the reasons why i never made much Indian food. you need like a MILLION of them. i usually stuck with making samosas and nan and puris. oh, and MANGO lassi! (back in the day when i could eat wheat and sweet stuff....:hurt next time your hubby is cooking Indian, ask me for the mango lassi recipe. easy-peasy and delicious!

Trudy, i wish someone could tell me why we lose posts like that. :rant: what usually happens to me is that i try to post it, and it tells me that i'm not signed in, which i AM!! sometimes when that happens, if i hit the back arrow, it'll take me back to the page where my post still exists. that's saved me a few times.

just made some ham and cabbage soup for dinner. this is a soup kind of day. and grilled cheese sandwiches on fancy bread, too, for hubby.

 

[sansan]

I cannot imagine how you guys deal with those temps...I used to live in PA, so I have had my share of them. Hearing these stories makes me so much more grateful that I live in So FL. It even dipped low here today. North FLorida got into the teens and we are in the 50s. Stay cozy, all!