Spring is in the air! Green grass has begun to appear, the trees are starting to bud, and the first of the tulips and daffodils are blooming. The floodwaters are receding, too, though we keep getting rain so they might not be gone for long. I've been a little tired this week since a … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 04/07/2019
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Sunday Sum-Up, 03/31/2019
Things are starting to dry out around here. Starting to, mind you. Only starting. The floodwaters have yet to fully recede, and we could be in for more problems, as at some point the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have to release a lot of water from the Gavins Point Dam on the … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 03/31/2019
Sunday Sum-Up, 03/17/2019
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Also, I am still here, not quite surprisingly. Thanks to two months' worth of above-normal snowfall and the warm front that melted it all in two days in eastern Nebraska, a bomb cyclone that dropped another few feet of snow over western Nebraska, and heavy rains across most of the state, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 03/17/2019
Sunday Sum Up, 02/24/2019
So we had a blizzard yesterday. One of those slow-clotted storms with high winds that fling ice at your face at high speed if you make the mistake of wandering outside. I'm not sure yet how much snow we ended up getting. It might not have been more than six inches, but with 45mph … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 02/24/2019
Sunday Sum-Up, 02/10/2019
I don't know where this week went. I remember it was cold and windy, and it snowed for two days straight, but otherwise? No clue. It went into the file of 'lost weeks', I suppose. And yet, for all that, I got a lot of reading and whatnot done. I did a bit of baking, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 02/10/2019
Sunday Sum-Up, 02/03/2019
Well. What a weird weather week. With lots of 'W's. Anyway. This past week, the American Midwest experienced a polar vortex in which windchills in certain parts of the country dropped below -50°F (-45°C). We were on the edge of that and so Wednesday's high was a comparatively balmy 0°F (-18°C), while tomorrow's high could … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 02/03/2019
Sunday Sum Up, 01/20/2019
While Winter Storm Harper is battering the eastern US, it missed us entirely. The initial predictions claimed we were going to get up to twenty inches of snow, but we ended up with some freezing fog and exactly zero snow. If I had to choose between the bitter cold we did get or twenty inches … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 01/20/2019
Sunday Sum Up, 01/06/2019
This is a little later than usual today. I was out late last night and slept in this morning. Why was I out late? I went to see a movie for the first time in ages! I'm planning to go see another one later this week. Whoa! More about the movies later. This week was … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 01/06/2019
Sunday Sum Up, 12/30/2018
There are two words for this past week: Sugar overload. There were cookies and candy everywhere I went, and my mom sent me home with this big plate of even more cookies and candy to take to work, where someone had brought in another tin of Christmas cookies! All the cookies! Everywhere! I feel like … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 12/30/2018
Sunday Sum Up, 12/16/2018
A little late today. I drove up to my sister's house last night to watch the NCAA Division I Volleyball National Championship game between Nebraska and Stanford. I was, of course, cheering for Nebraska, but sadly they couldn't pull off winning the championship for the second straight year. They lost to Stanford in five … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 12/16/2018
