~SNOW Time AGAIN !~ :-)

Really bad out side here today and steadily getting worse. This storm is going right straight across and when it hit that lake..well it grew and we got it lol. I heard Chicago didn't get nuthin..and its almost due west of me in a straight line, and not hardly anything Ive heard..The streets here are almost deserted but of course there are some have NO choice but to drive.. Many that went to work this morning I bet have been keeping a watch, I havent had the radio on which I guess I should..I have no doubts school will probly be closed, which sure causes a lot of problems for parents if they both work and have young kids at home. I can remember when I was getting ready for school I would check out the temperature gauge to see how cold it was so I knew whether to wear pants under my skirt to stay warm, I walked about 8 blocks to school maybe less depending which way I went, I could see the school from the kitchen window, and I enjoyed the walk, I had to go past the park and foot ball field, down and up a big hill..when we graduated the ceremony was outside..and we all gathered out in the school parking lot in our gowns and caps and in two's we walked from the school down and up this huge hill and into the park and up to the football field. The ceremony was so nice, they don't do it that way anymore I don't think , my own graduation was the last one I went to.. All through school they sat us in alpabetical order of course, and my last name started with a Wood..... and there was Peter his last name started with a Wur... and then there was Dale, his last name started with Wod.. those 2 all during the whole ceremony kept telling jokes, really funny ones, we are sitting there laughing not paying attention to anything, not even this huge bug that had started to crawl up my chair..when I did see it, I got UPSET..I panic.!. I said to Dale, "get that bug off my chair!" it was huge! like a big grasshopper..one of those stick bugs or something ..and Im not a fan of BUGS..Dale..being Dale sat there and let me squirm for a while I couldn't do too much we were right in the middleof the class speaches of how good we are all gonna do in the future .. well. Dale grabs this bug and pretends it jumped on my back..it really didn't.. I panic.. jump straight up and yell "GET IT OFF ! " as I jump straight up and im doing circles back there in the last row of seats-Dale and Peter are just laffin like crazy.. I realize I had stood up and yelled and made a spectacle of myself and that WHOLE place FULL of people were NOW staring at ME!! I almost just melted.. I stepped back to sit in my chair - when I had jumped up.. I didn't realize I had knocked my chair over, when I sat...yup..I sat on the ground !!! I jump straight up again, grab my chair and sat down I KNOW I was as red as lipstick..I was so embarrased I could have died, needless to say I bet no one has forgotten that graduation.. I heard about that for weeks after, my mom didn't talk about it a lot but my dad teased me and my one uncle Ernie, he teased me horribly for a long time..called me Buggy lol...This was in June of 1963.. then I was off to nursing school up in that great town of Marquette, NMU now..wasn't back then, was just a college, now its a huge University. Marquette is built almost on the side of a huge hill and each street that goes east ends up going up to the Lake..Superior. I put some photos here a while back of a tour of Presque Isle there..and the iron ore ships that have docks there. Theres a prison as well but its only for those that are on life sentences. You can drive through it, we did many times on our trips up there its at a beautiful spot too right across from the lake. there is a gift shop there or used to be that the inmates sold things they made, had a wonderful flower garden when you came in and the grounds were just gorgeous and well kept by the inmates.. My boy has been steadily monitoring outside today and we had fun for awhile on the couch.. hes never seen me get on there but the one time ..when I fell out my chair at the apt. I had tried to take some pictures out that window and I didn't wanna end up doing a splits like I almost did a while back so I just got on the couch and both the boys kinda liked that. My couch is about 8 foot long, and it IS very comfy.. I got a pillow and me and the boys laid there and played and had a good time, I think I even dozed off for a while..till the mail man scared me when he clunked the lid on the mail box . I was surprised they even delivered..but they say ..snow and sleet and all that crap don't stop em..I did get a lovely Valentine tho.sure made my day.. Ive not gotten one in the mail since .hmmm long time..funny how just a card can make a person happy hey? I still havent figured out what lunch was and didn't need it I,, well Penny put it together ..made my crock pot of some great beef and barley soup..its really good. I hadnt had those great oyster crackers in ages and Penny picked up some of those for me too. so im going to get my 2nd bowl for today, and go and crawl up on my bed and see what this weather is doing on the TV. I still cant get over that one place getting 11 feet of snow.. wow.. hope we don't lol.. but im stocked up and I could last a long time if I don't lose heat or power. Time for food..time for TV time to say Nitey Nite..:-) Y'all have a good one now 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..