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.

Passion is defined as ........

"Passion is a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something. Passion can range from eager interest in or admiration for an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person."

I am reminded of a scene in The Big bang Theory where Penny is upset that she isn't excited about anything in her life, like her friends are.  That she thinks there is something wrong with her because I know the feeling. 

I am the same way.  I wasn't always like this.  There was a time when I would eat and breath my favorite shows, books, music.  I would find eminence joy in watching the newest shows, reading the latest book, etc.  Don't get me wrong I still like these things just not like I use too.  I am not sure what or why I have changed.  If I did I wouldn't be writing a different post lol. 

Maybe it has to do with the fact I barely have enough time and energy for the day to day things these days.  There is so much I would love to do but  "insert various excuses here".   But then I see others doing way more then I do in a run of a day and I am left wondering why can't I do that to or what am I doing wrong that I am not?  Have yet to figure that one out but that my be another post as well. 

I feel sometimes that if I am actually doing something, that I have to rush to finish it so I can move onto another thing.  Maybe the joy I once got is gone because I don't take the time in that moment to focus on that one thing.  But also with so many distractions in my life, that kind of ruins things as well. I think I have hit on the problem.  Now to find a solutions.  Might be easier said then done.  But I am dam sure going to give it the old college try.  Wish me luck. 

Women think to much.......

Talk about understatement of the year.

But let me back up but a bit.  I was going through my goodreads books suggestions via email. When I saw the title of a book "Women who think to much".  I actually read women think to much, hence the title of this post.  No this isn't a book review. lol 

Anyway back to the point.  But really we do think to much.  Even now as I type up this sentence I am just not thinking about what I am typing but also thinking you are not getting any more dog food.  You see me dog is sitting next to me, looking at me wanting to be feed.  Boy is he going to have to wait.  Pause I best feed him before he has a fit. lol Back...

I don't know about you but through out the day I feel like my computers web browser.  I have about a dozen tabs open, each one with something different that wants my attention but I can only concentrate on one at a time.  Only way to do the task or what ever it may be justice.  But feel like I need to be quick or I will loose out on what is going on in the other tabs.  Or forget to do something which is usually the case.  Hope that makes sense.  Let me reread that. Anyway...

I blame society.  To much is expected from us in a run of a day.  Like if we don't accomplish a certain number of things or have something to show for it, then the day was a waste.  Maybe that is why I have so much trouble getting to sleep.  Well that is a topic for another post.

I swear I was better at keeping my thoughts from running over but somewhere along the way I lost it.  Oh a good descriptions may be my thoughts are like one, long ass, run on sentence that never ends lol

I feel like I might of gotten off topic but that is life I guess for a women who thinks to much.  Who whats to get it all out of her head before she forgets it.  lol

So it is Groundhog day.......

and what does that really means.  Nothing, lol.  When it is all said and done the next 6 weeks of weather will be what ever it is suppose to be.  I would love to put my faith in that chubby, not so little rodent when he says an early spring only because I hate winter.  But in the end will he be right. 

It seems that there is no definite consensus on what the next 6 weeks of weather will be if you go the Canadian and U.S groundhogs. I believe they are split right down the middle 50/50. 

All I know is by the end of the 6 weeks I would of have forgotten their prediction and will still be complaining about the weather.  lol 

Found the pic below when I was searching for a groundhog pic to post on Facebook.  I am not sure if the info is even correct, I did no fact checking.  Not that studious today, down right lazy if I must tell the truth. lol

Not sure what got into me today but .....

I actually had a bit of a productive day.  Granted all I did was put a basket of laundry away, lol.  But as I was doing so I clean up and gutted each of my dresser drawers.  Two dresser equaling 8 drawers in total. Then I set my sights on my closet. 

It takes a beating Christmas time.   It is where I hide all the Christmas gifts.  Where I put away pictures plus odds and end that gets displaced because of my Christmas decorations.  I didn't get rid of as much cloths as I thought or hoped.  But I have decided that as I take out something to wear and it doesn't work it goes in the donate bag and out it goes. 

The bottom of the closet didn't get touched much.  That has four big plastic totes full of stuff that need to be gone through.  Which is on my list to do this winter.  One tote is my sons school things, another is my daughter school things.  The third one has various stuff belong to me and the last one is a bit of everything.  Which has some wooden bird house and such that are suppose to be projects for me and my daughter to paint. 

Got lots to keep me busy now that the winter is here and I hoping this is the start of my being productive.  Fingers crossed ......