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Windy, Feeling Better, and Successful Coat Hunting
You know, these flat states are very, very windy!!!! Doesn't matter what time of year it is, there always seems to be a nice breeze, or a steady wind blowing. Today in Bloomington, the winds are roaring through with gusts up to 40 mph! Katrina and I went out for a bit and a gust just about ripped the truck door out of my hands! We are expecting a wintry mix tonight (hey, we can get that at home in Virginia!), but they are calling for an inch of snow and maybe a couple of inches of snow on Tuesday. We head home on Thursday. I have asked Daniel to drive back with us. It is just such a long drive and I don't like driving in this wintery weather.
I am feeling better, though not 100%, but at least I do feel better. Almost human again! Must say the mochas from Starbucks really make my throat feel better!
Today, Katrina and I went out to get a few things. She was looking around on the internet and found a recipe for making some pet treats. So we picked up the ingredients for that. We also picked up her present for Santa as we had forgotten to get that when I took the kids Christmas shopping last week. She has bought a present each year for Santa for several years. An extra Santa hat and various Christmas ornaments. This year, she got five small ornaments that are from the characters in Rudolph-the Red Nosed Reindeer. Santa always leaves her a thank you note. The other thing we were looking for was a winter coat.
I was looking in Lynchburg before we came here to Bloomington. We didn't get a lot of time to look and only made it to Walmart. They had one, yes, one winter coat for girls!!!!! IOt was pink with "Virginia Tech" written on it! What in the world????? There were plenty of coats for young men and I had no problem getting a nice one for Jack. So Katrina and I figured there would be a better selection here in Illinois...and guess what!? We were right, there were rows and rows of coats and she found a very cute pink one that came with a brown scarf and mittens.
This afternoon we are going to go see Madagascar 2. I really want to go to see Australia, maybe sometime over the holidays when Daniel is home.
Hey! You are in my neck of the woods!
Man, I have missed a lot of your posts. My internet has been so crummy, I can barely do anything. And I've been putting Facebook first... I've turned into a Facebook junky. :-) Anyway, I heard that the Shack was good. I wanted to get it to read, but was afraid I wouldn't have time to read it.
Glad your car is better. It stinks that it broke, and then to not tighten up a screw! Man, oh man. It's hard to find people who know what they are doing anymore.
Oh my goodness. THESE WINDS ARE CRAZY! It was NOT this windy up north! My chickens sometimes get blown over! I hear screaming through my windows. I can feel breezes through my windows.
I imagine Australia is a bit prettier than Illinois. :-) I've always wanted to go there, too. And Ireland. But, I hate flying. Oh well. :-)
Is there anything fun to do in Bloomington that is indoors?
You all be careful in that wind and snow
safe travels
sori you havent been well and pleased your beginning to feel better
December 14, 2008 9:37 PMWow, sure does sound windy over there. Do you actually get tornadoes and such? My boys were actually quite worried when we said we'd travel to the US - the weather sounds pretty scary from here.
Peaceful winter here so far. Too peaceful, in fact. The country could use some rain, and I'd love to see a proper storm too.
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you!
December 22, 2008 1:33 AM
