-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 02-14-13  01:44 <=-   
      
    > You must be in Massachusetts...  here in upstate NY, the state is under   
    > a state of emergency   
      
    JK> wow.. I missed that completely during "the storm".. In the Ithaca area   
    JK> it was  just the same-old same-old.. maybe we got about a foot and a   
    JK> half of snow  (looked cool)..   
      
   I only happened to catch it on the radio in the quick news break...   
   Governor Cuomo announced the state of emergency for the whole state, but   
   didn't close any roads... he said it was to allow for better control of   
   the situation as the local governments saw fit...  Pretty much same-old   
   same-old here, too...  :)  But it was pretty nasty down around NYC...   
      
    JK> we paid the neighborhood kid to shovel us   
    JK> out.. Ron told him  "here's 20 bux, shovel what you think is fair"..   
    JK> This great kid shoveled us out  completely :)   
      
   Nice.  :)   
      
    JK> Then it rained.. warm rain.. and all the snow went away.. today, we   
    JK> have the  sad remains laying about (well sad if you were a snowman   
    JK> ).    
      
   We've still got some snow around... didn't get too much rain, mostly   
   just clouds and threatenings... what I really don't like is ice...   
   fortunately there's not too much of that...     
      
    > planning any unnecessary driving even so.  :)  We got out to do our   
    > usual weekly grocery shopping yesterday (Fri) late morning, just at the   
      
    JK> We also shopped "just in case"..but it turned out not to be really   
    JK> necessary..    
      
   I didn't think we'd really need to stock up, but we usually do our   
   grocery shopping on Fridays, and by then we need milk and other basics,   
   so putting things off isn't advisable... especially if the next day is   
   supposed to be worse...    
      
    JK> Still waiting for spring-ish temps though.. darn it's cold.. Guess   
    JK> it's  February.   :)   
      
   Welll.... yeah...  ;)   Give it a coupla months...  ;)   
      
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