Thread Drift

I feel like a blind & navigationally challenged turtle! :eek: :mad: :(

The open water swim today was not bad the first 800m as i could sort of see the Yellow Bouys. The last 800m I & quite a few other people got a bit off course!! I thought i was the only one out there that had a hard time seeing the bouys at the other end! Nope, my friend in the wave before me said she had issues with sighting as well.

I even had one of the surf lifeguards assisting at the event get me back on course! :o I need to do something about not being able to see in the distance, even with prescription goggles!!! :eek:

It was a good swim though & a beautiful day..ahhhhh


Another reason not to go shopping! http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24793395-1242,00.html

uh oh. I think Bleeker Strreet Girl is without power in 23 degree weather! I wonder who else is not "present" because of the weather.

Oh goodness, I hope not! She did post after the ice storm - and I think most of it was east of her - so keeping my fingers crossed! I think most of the New Englanders have checked in in the "ice storm" thread... ?

no she didn't post. and i sent her an email last night :(
and WE didn't get snow (as usual)

The friends we spent T'giving with in Albany have power, but his parents (she, 89; he, 94) who live nearby do not. I think it's pretty bad in the region. By which I mean to say, BSG may well not have power since she lives in upstate NY.

Lisa sent me an email from a laptop. They have no power, but they are able to keep their house at 50 degrees (BRRR!!) because they have a woodstove (at least the kitties can hang out by the stove!!)
and don't expect to get power back any time soon!

Thank goodness she's safe and keeping warm. Does she have water, though? That's our biggest concern during a power outage.

she didn't mention water. I do know she can go 2 miles to get to a store, so if she runs out, she can get more.

I was wondering about BSG, thanks for posting Mini.

We got at least a foot of snow.

you got A FOOT of snow!! that is awesome. We have wet corn snow falling right now. i wonder if it will accumulate.

My back deck.

Eeeeek KG, that gives a whole new meaning to thread DRIFT.

Keep that white stuff out west!!

ooo beyoootiful photos. we got snow too, a rugged inch.
and the wind is howling and it's below freezing. I wonder how many of the tender plants i put in the ground in September are going to survive THIS!?

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Eeeeek KG, that gives a whole new meaning to thread DRIFT.

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LOL!!... that made me laugh!!

hi girls... here are some pics from the barn yesterday. Lady is the Saddlebred (brown horse)... stalking Snowflake in the first three pics, LOL!! I always train on Lady... unless I ride the trail, then I ride Lance.. the big teddy bear, he he. Lady is too fast for me for trail, she'd kick my butt!!! Snowflake is the white fluffy one... she's a bit old and doesn't get ridden much... but Lady keeps her company and is her best friend. Whereever you see snowflake, you see Lady. Lady rocks.. she is sooooooooooooooo fast and sweet!! The 4th pic is Lance... the 1800lb gelding... a big sweetheart :) The last pic is ET.. the ham, LOL. When we let the horses loose in the arena, most of them play and run... but ET follows me all around... and just keeps posing for the camera, LOL!! Great day at the stables yesterday. I can't wait until I buy my horse! :)
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