Starting Yule
@sallypup (57710)
Centralia, Washington
November 29, 2017 12:10pm CST
I need to take my mind off this morning's commute. We had a whole lot of rain yesterday. This morning we had below freezing temps.
You got it. I drove a 12 mile long skating rink , got to the highway where it was nicer and got hubby to work, only a little late, considering. Oh my shattered nerves.
One driver honked at me. Guess what? I got above 20 miles an hour and it felt like me and the ditch were about to have a conversation. No way. Keep honking. I am doing what I am doing. And I did.
The photo shows the cover of this year's Christmas Tale. I will snip the green construction paper that is the back. I will snip it to size. First I need to get all the pages in order- there will be thirty books in total when I am done. The Staples clerk did not put them in order this year.
Plenty of work to get my mind off my scary morning commute. The temps are going above freezing so tonight's commute won't be near so awful.
On to figuring out what pages go where. I wish daughter would number them.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
30 Nov 17
Oh I hate driving on icy roads. We had a hairy drive not to long ago. It rained and turned to snow, then froze. The road crews kept the road clear on the main route to town. Once I got to town it was a luge run. The vehicles were skidding all over the place.
I did notice that there was salt on the roads when I left my first client to go to the next. Took the idiots long enough to realize that it was necessary to lay down some salt.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
3 Dec 17
@sallypup there are places here where drivers use chains. They are mostly for the big trucks though travel over the mountain. It gets treacherous to drive those roads when we get a heavy snowfall.
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@sallypup (57710)
• Centralia, Washington
3 Dec 17
@ElusiveButterfly It sounds like you live near mountains. About two hours to the west of me is the Cascade mountain range. Big semi trucks are allowed to use chains there and sometimes I believe regular cars do, too- I stop driving that way after October cause of the danger.
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@sallypup (57710)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Nov 17
@ElusiveButterfly. I feel your pain. That kind of driving just shatters the nerves. I went to get the studded tires on today. The shop is closed until tomorrow cause the owner is out for a doc appointment. Dang. Might snow/rain today so tomorrow morning's commute could be ugly- it will be frozen for sure when I head out.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Nov 17
My nerves would have been completely shattered by that drive. I hate ice.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 Dec 17
@sallypup We never used to be able to use studded tires in Connecticut but the law has changed.
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@sallypup (57710)
• Centralia, Washington
1 Dec 17
@BelleStarr Studded tires tear up the roads. I never used them when I lived in another part of my state. Here I am delighted for the option though it costs me extra money.
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@sallypup (57710)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Nov 17
@BelleStarr You are my twin sister for sure. More is coming up. Maybe day after tomorrow though I promise you I will have the studded tires on my car by then. I hope that helps me.
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
29 Nov 17
make sure you keep the freezing ,rainy weather up in Washington, i like our weather
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@sallypup (57710)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Nov 17
@hostessman I bet you do. My daughter showed me one totally awful photo of her getting caught in a monsoon mess. Oh not what a Mom needed to see. A fireman hauled her out of her car before she got washed away.
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@RasmaSandra (73201)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Nov 17
Glad you made it home safe. What is this Christmas Tale all about?
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@sallypup (57710)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Nov 17
@RasmaSandra Every year I write a short story. Different from the year before, hopefully. This one is about a small town family. Sentimental but its Christmas. The family is poor. The Mom takes the toddler to see Santa; the feel, the snow, the cold. Later in the story a lady shows up at their door, a stranger that has been hurt and needs shelter. They let her into their little house. Next morning the adults discover that the little kid has gotten the door open and is out in the cold- they run out, trying to find her. Their cat is out there meow-yowling cause he knows where the kid is and has been doing his best to keep the child warm. Just a Christmas story.
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@RasmaSandra (73201)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Nov 17
@sallypup that sounds like a wonderful and heartwarming Christmas story.
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