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In case anyone's curious, my new granite counter-top is a baker's wet dream! Rolled out pumpkin cinnamon rolls on it this afternoon. No sticking, easy clean-up, just the right height! Wheee!

In other news, we are bracing for yet another round on Winter Weather Doom (tm). It's supposed to start this evening, with freezing rain and sleet all night and most of tomorrow, with .1-.25" ice accumulation on everything by tomorrow evening. Then snow and high winds, with anywhere from 6-12" by Wednesday morning, depending on how the storm tracks.

When the National Weather Service uses phrases like "A POWERFUL AND ANOMALOUS STORM SYSTEM", "CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS", and "BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT"....well, you just get groceries early and plan on staying put until it's over.

Part of the battening down is starting and moving the truck, so it won't be stuck in the ice. (Which is where the truck spent the last snow). Also, making sure the van starts (just sat too long, so it spent yesterday on the charger). And then putting a tarp over the car before the ice starts, so it's easier to get into after the ice has passed. We've got plenty of food, and candles for light (tea lights in baby food jars work great!), and ways to prep food if the power goes out.


The Sock Report: I've been working on other things (mostly, keeping The Bug from tearing the house to pieces), so no socking lately

The UnSock Report: Finished the striped afghan for The Miss, about a week ago, and she is happy with it. It turned out big enough for By to use as a lap blanket, which is a bonus. Have another afghan, in a "make it up as I go" pattern, in progress for The Bug. His without fringe, because he doesn't seem to like fringe as much as The Miss.

Winter Weather Doom, 2.0

The updated winter weather advisory page now describes the coming storm as "POWERFUL AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING", and says our area can expect at 8-12" of snow ("WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS"), once the ice is past. And the National Weather Service now expects this storm to bring travel to a halt both Tuesday and Wednesday.

***brrrr***

Oh, and to top it off, the high for Wednesday is supposed to be all of 10 degrees. Brrrr.

Winter Weather Doom, version 2.2

According to the most recent update of the National Wearher Service winter storm warning, we're gonna get hammered. 12-16" of snow now, very high winds, severe wind chill, and dire warning that people should have alterante heat sources available.

I have this picture in my head, of a big nasty cloud squatting above us chanting "doom on you! doom on you!" Which means I either need a nap, or less kid-vid.

By's got a couple of things he wants to do outside tomorrow before it gets awful, and we need to make sure our phones are fully charged against power outtages. Otherwise, we're set.


Edited to add: I forgot to add that now the NOAA is calling this storm "historic". Didn't they say that back in '93, when it started raining?