Snow and Ice

 For a few days, it looked like this snow/ice storm was going to miss us completely. Our local weather guy, who is great, kept saying he couldn't really give us a definite forecast because the storm was looking like it was going to go south of us, with the northern line being just south of Missouri into Arkansas but he said over and over again . . if the storm ended up just a tiny bit north, we could have a lot of snow.

Yep, as of tonight, it looks like we're going to get a lot of of snow. I'm not complaining because I love snow but it surely looks like a lot of people are going to have serious problems due to ice.

Chad left a little over a week ago to go up north a bit to work and they're leaving there and headed down to central Arkansas to help down there. I'm glad he will be helping others but when there's a bad storm, they sometimes are stuck sleeping in their trucks. If there's no power, that means hotels don't have heat or hot water, warm food is hard to find . . this mom worries about her young man!

I'm not expecting us to lose power but if I'm quiet for a few days, you'll know we did lose power. If you hear anything about Joplin in the news, that will pretty much mean we're affected too.

We have food, generators, gas stove, a gas "safe for indoor use" heater - but we do have carbon monoxide detectors, water for brushing teeth and drinking, as well as water for flushing toilets, for heating on the stove and bathing.

I'm going to get a pot of vegetable soup simmering today. We have the bread I made earlier this week. I'm going to make white sandwich bread tomorrow and I took frozen cinnamon rolls out of the freezer last night, put them in the fridge and will bake those tomorrow. Always nice to have something yummy.

Yesterday I charged all the small battery packs I have for running tablets so I can use Markup so I can stitch; I charged a couple of lights I can use with the magnifying light, though I doubt I will try to keep the light part of it operating.

I think we're good and ready for whatever comes out way. If you're one who prays, please pray for those who are going to be affected by this storm and pray for those who are leaving their families behind to go to the areas hit the hardest and help with whatever they can do - power, medical, food trucks, etc.