Originally Posted by Up4BigChal
I can't believe this I ordered over 11 yards of material for a quilt I have been drooling over and decided to take the plunge. Here's the kicker: It started snowing here around Midnight and at this time there is over 12" of snow on my deck I received and email telling me my Material is being delivered today!!!!!!!!!!!! Really there is no Mail Man/Women in this decade that "No Matter Rain Snow!! or Sleet will Stop a Mailman" . well guess what :o( he's not coming today. Now that is true torture, but then again I could be snowbound for 2 years and still be able to make a quilt with all the stash I have. Talk about Addicted!!
Good Morning! Edie from St. Paul here. Heard Shakopee had the most snow. We didn't get mail either. As a matter of fact, it is 5:15 AM and the City hasn't been around here plowing for the snow emergency. (Not their fault, we are truly socked in.) We had plans on what we were going to do to get out. We have neighbors who were going to help. Our one next door neighbor has a motor home and we were going to plow out an area big enough to follow him out (only to turn around somplace and park across the street so the snow plow can do our side. So we are going to be busy - both of us - ages 72 and 74 respectively. I didn't sleep well last night really worrying about today. This whole mess scares me - we haven't even done our driveway - can't get out of the garage. I remember 1991 so clearly and this has got to be much worse. Our son and daughter in law and family moved from Shakopee to Lonsdale last Winter and they are socked in and we had more snow than they did. They said it was really windy. He sent us a movie of a panorama of the farm and it was bad there, but it still was worse here.
My sewing area is in our front room looking out towards the east and that is where we put our Christmas tree. So I am going to have to close up my work station, put away the sewing machine cuz next Friday we are putting up the tree, so there is a lot to do in here, but for the first time, the shoveling is scaring me.
So inch by inch, life's a cinch - yard by yard, it is hard. So we will just poke along. Hey, we're the tough Americans from the Tundra!!!! I heard once that by and large Minnesota is colder than Alaska. Doesn't help me one bit!
Take care Minnesotans, Iowans, Wisconsinites. This was a really rough storm and we just can't rush through it. We were out for 3-1/2 hours shoveling and plowing yesterday. Today it is too cold. One most important thing, when the snowplow comes by and plows that everloving windrow into your driveway or carriage walk, get out there and get it up right away. You'll never get rid of it cuz it'll freeze right away.
OK, hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go. Edie