~Ice Stormin~

This is a early post today..We are getting that awful ice storm

quite severely.. Raelynn just came by and said lines are down

all around..the hospital only 2 blocks from me..across the street

there is no power.. The electric if off all around.. My power

flashed a short time ago..so I may be next to loose electricity.

It started raining last nite. by this morning it was so cold that the

lines started to go from the weight of the ice on them.. . . Right

now its snowing..this could get a lot worse.. I am not really worried

other than the fact with no electric..means no heat..that would not

be good.. I would have no way to even cook.. Raelynn & Dolly

have gas to cook with so they will still have heat, and can still

cook.. just no lights or tv..or radio..well if they have battery stuff

then they would..but most people dont..and they used candles

last nite they said..they have been with out power for a long

time.. I sure hope I don't lose it.. I don't know what I would do, I

would have to go somewhere else till its restored I guess...

I was a little upset today, I had to call and cancel my Dr. for

tomorrow. I called COA on Friday to arrange for a ride with

their van, which I have taken many times, apparently only a

certain few are privileged to use it..the rest have to pay for a

bus which is $3.oo each way which would be 6 total.. Its not

alot..the office is 2 blocks away from me.. Norma at COA said

I had to use the bus that I could go to COA and get passes so

that then it only cost me 75 cents each way..I am NOT paying

for it .. I will call my insurance company and they will send a van

at no charge to pick me up and take me.. I don't like the idea

that only 'certain' people are being given the free rides by the

van that COA has..I believe they have 3 now. What they use

them for I have no idea..since they don't hold but 1 chair at a

time and only maybe 3 or 4 people. So, when I called on Friday

Norma said she would phone back today and let me know

about the ride for tomorrow..well..guess what to day is? its not

only a day of ice storms..its a holiday here. Dr.Kings birthday.

So COA is closed..so much for a phone call back.. I just did

the easy thing and rescheduled and will make other arrange

ments for a ride.. then I wont have to deal with COA on this...I

have NO idea what their problem is.. I bet I find out though..She

knew she wasn't calling back..being that its closed.. For my

insurance company to take me I have to give a weeks notice.

I had no luck making phone calls today..being this ..holiday, ...

everything was closed, so not having to go to the Dr. tomorrow

I will make the calls then..Even my bank was closed today...I

bet theyre probly glad..I think last week I called them 4 times to

ask for info on my account..I did work on it today..and the error

seems to be mine of course.. I know the bank didn't make it.. I

did.. now just a matter of finding it.. I wrote something in that was

not in the right place or amount . . . Usually I can catch them but

this time its hiding from me, needless to say . Its giving me a

headache lol...I know what I'd like to do with this checkbook lol..

Since this door is still not fixed there is a gap all the way around

it.. the cold air just pours in.. I use 2 of my woolbies to keep the

cold out.. Penny pounded 2 nails in up at the very top, one on

each side.. I use my grabber and hold the woolbie and sort of

snag the nail with the woolbie and it hangs there. if Im lucky. I

put one half way and used thumb tacks and put it right on the

very edge of the door so that I don't have to take it down every

day like I do the top one.. If I leave that one up there the door

wont close right..it would get caught, so I take it down before

Penny gets here..then put it back up when I am sure no one else

will be here..Well last nite..when I tried to put the top one up.. I

bet it took me 15 minutes to snag the nails. I would get one..then

go to do the other..then that first one would fall.. I sat there till my

arms ached from holding that grabber up so high.then trying to

hold the woolbie too.. it was NOT easy, after I screamed at it

and said a few choice words..it stayed up..lol..The joys of being

short AGAIN lol..

Im gonna go out and fix some spaghetti, Penny made sauce for

me and it was really good..so while I still have electric I better

take advantage of it..I just hope those with out power and heat

are ok. im really lucky that its ok on this block.. im only 2 blocks

from the hospital .. so they do this area first..Food Time lol..

Nitey nite..

Y'all have a good one, Y'hear? love ya.. and thanks.. :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe

until I write again..