The thing is, it is better to be the one putting people up than being the one being put up. I love helping too and I am grateful for my friends (we had an impromptu Super Bowl watch party last night) but maybe it is just my personality but I just can’t help but feel like I am imposing even if they are genuine in saying it is no imposition and I do my best to be the best guest I can possibly be (which is hard when the 3-year old kid, rambunctious dog, and ornery cat are not necessarily cooperatingI was thrilled to be able to provide this service to the people I care about when they needed help, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I envy your friend.
Another time, we got so much snow the entire front of my house was covered, from roof to ground.
Blizzard you say? @payn you want to tell them about the Halloween Blizzard of '91?
When I was 3, we lived in O'Leary, PEI. I have a clear memory of my father climbing out a second floor window to do the same.During the New England Blizzard of '78, when I was six years old, I got tossed out my second-floor kitchen window with a shovel so that I could dig out our front door...
Looking at Wikipedia, New England '78 and your Halloween blizzard were roughly equal...
You reminded me I have trouble finding what was sold as succotash mix when I was growing up. I wonder if it has a new name these days or if it just fell out of sale when the frozen potato section got larger than the frozen veggies...
Hey... It feels like 8 though!The thing is, it is better to be the one putting people up than being the one being put up. I love helping too and I am grateful for my friends (we had an impromptu Super Bowl watch party last night) but maybe it is just my personality but I just can’t help but feel like I am imposing even if they are genuine in saying it is no imposition and I do my best to be the best guest I can possibly be (which is hard when the 3-year old kid, rambunctious dog, and ornery cat are not necessarily cooperating).
Anyway, I am back at home waiting for the hvac guy to show up with the part (they found it and are to arrive between 10 and 12). Currently the temp in the house is
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And outside it is:
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^ that’s Fahrenheit
Birdseye brand had it for years I think...Not sure I remember ever seeing that pre-mixed; maybe it was a regional thing?