Recent Posts Tagged With 'snow'

• Christmas Day, 2009

  Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 14:45 in family, weather, winter, snow, storm, the human condition

  Merry Christmas!There's more to this day than snow, mistletoe, and "Jingle Bell Rock" More in: "Christmas? Yeah, it's a Pretty Big Deal" A Catholic Citizen in America (December 24, 2009) There's quite a bit of snow, though. And more coming down.We've...

• Saturday: A 3/4 Full House, Plus One Rabbit

  Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 18:48 in family, rabbits, snow

  It's been a warm day: temperature is still in the fifties, at a quarter to 7. #1 daughter arrived yesterday, to stay for a few days. It's spring break, so she won't have classes for a while. And, she brought her rabbit, Giol, with her. My son decided...

• Winter Storm in Minnesota: Not Much, So Far

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 09:09 in winter, minnesota, snow

  Albany, down the road, had five inches of new snow on the ground around 5:30 this morning: and the National Weather Service has a "Winter Storm Warning" in effect until 3:00. So far, the heaters in the house are keeping the place at a comfortable 60 ...

• 'All I want for Christmas' - is a Snowblower?!

  Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 02:46 in holidays, rabbits, snow

  My wife gave herself a snow blower as an early Christmas present this year. Our #2 daughter's boyfriend seemed quite annoyed when my wife told him that she picked it because it was the cutest. I understand it has little frogs on it. Later, she assure...

• Saturday: Springtime in Minnesota, the Sequel

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 23:32 in minnesota, spring, snow, grilling

  There was almost a half-foot of snow on the ground this morning. I had to shovel a spot in front of the grill, before fixing lunch today. While moving the snow around, I discovered that it was almost perfect for snowballs and snowmen. I made a small ...

• Friday: Weekend Coming. Also Snow

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 01:13 in birds, spring, snow

  I see I missed Thurday's entry. The highlight of that day was my session at Fitness Guru, the exercise place. I added two machines to the set that I've learned to use. They're #1 and #2, designed to work the front and back abdominal muscles. Happily,...

• Sunday: Rest, Grilling, and a Broken Board

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 01:52 in Church, spring, snow, grilling

  My wife, our son, and #3 daughter went to Soo Bahk Do this evening. They came back with good news: My wife had jumped over our son, and broken a board. She's definitely getting better at that. Our son, meanwhile, passed another milestone on his way t...

• Saturday: It's Been a Good Day

  Posted on Saturday April 12th, 2008 at 23:22 in son, weekend, spring, snow, grilling

  Our son was out again today, shoveling: including the area in front of the grill. That was a nice surprise, when I went out to grill burgers for lunch. I had company while I was out there. Quite a number of birds were in the trees and bushes, keeping...

• Friday: Not Quite a Blizzard, but It'll Do

  Posted on Saturday April 12th, 2008 at 00:34 in winter, minnesota, son, rabbits, spring, snow

  #3 daughter discovered that the rabbit, Giol, had chewed the #4 button off her calculator. She was none too pleased about it. It was a giveaway from a local bank, from when she opened an account there, and had been a very useful tool. I checked, and ...

• Thursday: Winter Storm Thunder

  Posted on Friday April 11th, 2008 at 01:20 in weather, winter, minnesota, son, spring, snow

  I'm wrapping this up about 2:15 Friday morning. It's been a crazy day, thanks to a couple of deadlines I had to meet. A flash and lightening and thunder a few minutes ago let me know that this is not an ordinary winter storm. No surprise, really, sin...