State of Emergancy...... long post fair warning

On January the 27th my city declared a state of emergency (SOE) for the first time in over a decade.  You see we had one hell of a snow storm.  Now where I live it isn't strange for us to have lots of snow.  We do after all have winter here on the rock. 

But mother nature was surely pissed at us for what ever reason because she dumped 93 cm's of snow on us in a 24 hour period.  At the same time for a 12 hour time frame we had very high winds, 130 plus gusts.  We had white outs with zero visibility.  The only silver lining is we didn't loose power.  Usually with such a storm we do.  

So by Saturday morning a SOE was in affect.  No one was aloud on the roads, no business where aloud to open.  Only city snow clearing workers where aloud out, trying to clean up the unending mess.  Everyone woke up to at least 6 foot snow banks or more.  To make matters worse we had a major snow storm just before Christmas and we got at least 30 cm's of snow then.  

Doctors and nurses where stranded at work with no relief for over 50 hours. Emergency vehicles where escorted to there distentions by snow plows and even then it was slow going.  One hospital emergency was bought in by snowmobile.  She delivered a health baby some time later.  What a story to tell to the child when he or she is older. 

On day 4 of the shut down they opened up temporarily, supermarkets and drugstores from 10 am to 9 pm.  So we could stock up on food and medications.  I thought for sure going to the stores would be madness under the circumstances but it wasn't, it felt like any other Saturday granted it was a Monday.   Busy but nothing like in the joining city where there was long line ups outside of the stores waiting to get in.  This went on till the city totally lifted the SOE Friday morning at 6 am.  

Of course all this time the kids where home from school and loving it.  Not that my daughter has set foot out the door since she left school on Thursday before the storm.  Only down side is she's in high school and missing a week of school work with exams coming up the following week wasn't a good thing.  But the school has since pushed back the exams a week so she will get her review time like planned.  What a relief.  

Considering once winter hits I hibernate and only go out when I have to.  I started to get cabin fever being stuck in.  Isn't that the way you can't do something and that is exactly what you want to do. lol 

The city is still cleaning up the snow, trucking it away.  Hoping they get to the sidewalks before the kids return to school on Monday.  

We haven't gotten any mail in all this time and of course I have 4 package due. But hoping to see them sometime next week. 

Hats off to all the city workers that haven't stopped clearing the streets and I hope we have seen the last of the snow for this winter season.  Talk of 5 to 15 mm's of rain Monday night.  Guess it is better then snow lol 

Writing Prompts......

I decided way late in the month, like half way thought, that I wan't to do writing prompts to get me posting everyday.

I scoured the web from prompted ideas.  Found a few different lists that I meshed together in one.  I took the ones I like and thought would get me writing and so here we are. 

I am a bit behind but being a completest I am not just going to start half way thought the month.  So what I am going to try and do is post two each day.  One for the actual day and one past prompt. Till I get caught up.  

I hope this, like most things I start, I can keep it up for the year.  I know lofty goal.  I really need to do things I like, that makes me happy instead of dropping them and filling my life with everyone else stuff.  Basically I need to make time for me.  

So you have been warned and maybe if you see me slacking give me a kick in the butt.  lol 

Welcome to a New Year....2020

This post was a long time in the works.  I just haven't had a moment to sit and post anything.   See posts to come on that.

Like every new year I have high hopes to what the year has in store for me.   I look at the new year as wiping the slate clean to all the crap of the previous year.   I just hope that unlike every other year I am not left disappointed and nothing has changed.  

I know alot believe that change comes from with in, and only you can change your fate.  I would like to believe that but when there are obstacles at ever turn it is hard not to get discouraged. 

Anyway each year I try to do more things for myself, to carve out a little slice of heaven for myself.  Even if it is just baby steps towards what I want, what I need.  As long as I continue to move forward I am making progress. 

I thought I knew where this post was going to go when I stared it but some how it gone off the rails as it were.
Not sure if that is a good thing or not.   Maybe I shouldn't post late at night, almost midnight here, but when it is my only alone time I have to take what I get. 

Happy New Year everyone.