Snowstorm in Kansas!

[mckitterick]

So far, Lawrence, KS, has gotten 8" with at least 3" more to come! Looking out from my home-office window at the snowfall:



On the plus side, my dentist canceled my appointment today; in the negative column, I rescheduled for Friday.

But look, SNOW!

Chris

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[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Nice! Are you taking good care of the birds and squirrels? Is school canceled? If so, you can go out and play!

We'll either get 1"-4" tomorrow night or we won't, or something in between. Who can say? Doesn't matter in some places, but in a hilly city like Seattle, it makes a difference. We're pretty distracted here.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! A pitiful bird urged me to do so this morning. No, really! It landed right by the sliding-glass door and looked in at me starvingly. So I shoveled off a little patch on the back patio and put out a bunch of bird seed and squirrel food.

I should probably refill that finch-feeder hanging from the garage eves, as well.

No school for two more weeks!

I spent hours watching videos of the last Seattle storm, including tons of cars sliding down Denny and one of a guy's commute from Redmond back to somewhere in the Ballard neighborhood. Made me so nostalgic for the old town!

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Bless your heart! By all means, refill your finch feeder. I still don't have anybody coming to the nyjer thistle, although I did see a goldfinch in the tree, perched there like a little lemon.

One of the local cats killed one of my birds this weekend, and I feel somewhat responsible. Kind of down on cats (outdoor ones anyway, although it could be feral) at the moment.

Enjoy your time off!!! Any big projects planned besides writing?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have mixed feelings about the family of feral cats that live beside my garage....

Lots of plans for break:

• Complete the revision of Empire Ship and send it to agent. Finishing up right now!


• Write the first few chapters of my YASF novel. I've completed the plot outline - and also for the next, and the big picture for the third!


• That seems like plenty of writing goals, but also would like to get started on a story that I was invited to write for an anthology.


• Also a nonfiction piece.


• Hope to get started reading books for the Campbell Award, if they arrive soon.


• Make some progress on the hot-rod Newport!


• Prep for classes, including revamping one syllabus and updating the others. Also need to lay out a plan for my Advanced TC courses.


• Oh, and need to start promoting the coming summer CSSF program.

Lotsa stuff planned for Break! So not really "time off" ;-)

Chris

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

We're supposed to get a foot on Wednesday. That's on top of the two feet already piled high on my lawn.

Bring it on, baby!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Whoah! Now that's some serious snow, as if you folks need more....

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

We got about the same amount. It wasn't bad to shovel, and if it keeps snowing at the present rate I am good to go for tomorrow morning.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

The weather-dudes suggest 3-5" more snow today. I wish they'd plow the streets in this neighborhood!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

My brother told me his town never bothered to plow after the 20" that fell in NJ. He walked to work in the next town over!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yikes! At least we won't have to *fingers crossed* deal with that much precip. On the other hand, how cool would that be?

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Uh -- 32 degrees F or less?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

ba-da-boom, tsch!

[tully01.livejournal.com]

My dentist called to tell me she *wasn't* cancelling tomorrow. :-(

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Better luck next time! I suspect I'm still on for physical therapy.