The Unofficial Chatterbox Thread! Everyone is Welcome!

[stitch1986]

hello all congrats on the new apt that is awesome I am super excited for you staley7580!! I got my tickets today for disney!!!! wohoo cant believe it is only 17 days now :/ but super excited!!! anyways how was everyone's weekend?
I went on a date on sat and I thought it went well but I guess not since he hasnt called or texted since the date but I do have another date tomorrow after my yoga class so hope this one works out well hope everyone had a good weekend!!!

 

[funnygarcia]

DH is off work today, but the boys still have school.
Had our guest yesterday, nice relaxed visit, they talked "shop" but it was interesting to hear the stories from the perspective of dealing with parents and realizing that he agrees that the behavior program does not work. Willing to try something new.

We did chicken tacos in crock pot and my yummy sopa seca in the rice cooker, after dinner we played Scrabble and then he left..an early night... he goes to bed around 8pm, we explained that sometimes we don't get to bed until midnight, he looked at us like we were crazy.

I think we will ask him over again.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hi,

Hope you all had a great weekend. I just basically watched movies with my boyfriend. We rented a couple and also watched some on TV. The funniest movie was Benchwarmers. I had never seen it before and it was actually funny. I also watched Inglurious *******s (no I did not spell it wrong, that's how they spelled it for some reason, lol), watched some Mythbusters and also Man Vs. Wild. We went to a ramen place that a friend of mine took me to. I took my bf to Yogurtland for the first time. He didn't think it was special but I still think it's heavenly.

I went to a Jap market afterwards and also a store that sells Tokidoki stuff for 50% off. I bought 2 blind boxes and got 2 Tokidoki character cell phone charms.

 

[XTinabell]

Hi,

Hope you all had a great weekend. I just basically watched movies with my boyfriend. We rented a couple and also watched some on TV. The funniest movie was Benchwarmers. I had never seen it before and it was actually funny. I also watched Inglurious *******s (no I did not spell it wrong, that's how they spelled it for some reason, lol), watched some Mythbusters and also Man Vs. Wild. We went to a ramen place that a friend of mine took me to. I took my bf to Yogurtland for the first time. He didn't think it was special but I still think it's heavenly.

I went to a Jap market afterwards and also a store that sells Tokidoki stuff for 50% off. I bought 2 blind boxes and got 2 Tokidoki character cell phone charms.

Yeah I thought benchwarmers was funny too. I just watched I love you man and Avatar this weekend, both really good.

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Hello!

DBF bought the Metallica edition for Guitar Hero this weekend so we jammed on that all weekend.

We also rented The Hangover. We saw it in the theaters but are going to watch it again tonight.

 

[sameyeyam]

hello all congrats on the new apt that is awesome I am super excited for you staley7580!! I got my tickets today for disney!!!! wohoo cant believe it is only 17 days now :/ but super excited!!! anyways how was everyone's weekend?
I went on a date on sat and I thought it went well but I guess not since he hasnt called or texted since the date but I do have another date tomorrow after my yoga class so hope this one works out well hope everyone had a good weekend!!!

I know, it's really getting close now and I'm getting really amped!!!

 

[staley7580]

hello all congrats on the new apt that is awesome I am super excited for you staley7580!! I got my tickets today for disney!!!! wohoo cant believe it is only 17 days now :/ but super excited!!! anyways how was everyone's weekend?
I went on a date on sat and I thought it went well but I guess not since he hasnt called or texted since the date but I do have another date tomorrow after my yoga class so hope this one works out well hope everyone had a good weekend!!!

Thanks! I might have mentioned it a few times.. but I am SUPER excited to move! I still havent bought my tickets yet! but my sister got hers! A woman she works with used to be a castmember, and had one single day park hopper left and gave it to her!!!

I know, it's really getting close now and I'm getting really amped!!!

Me too! How much am I going to owe for the hotel?? I will be her for three nights.

I filed my tax return this afternoon.. and it has already been accepted! I got to do free file. Never done that before, but we qualified, so why not! I had no idea H&R Block did that! My return was about a thousand more then I even expected!!!!!! I should have it on the 28th! So I will have a little spending money at Disneyland.

 

[XTinabell]

I just had the worst sleep imaginable. I had a little heart flutter the day before yesterday, it's not the first one I've had so I started to get nervous. I've been keeping track of them to let my doctor know and noticed they tend to happen after I've eaten really greasy food. So I was thinking maybe it's not a heart flutter I'm feeling but rather heart burn.

Anyway, last night I went to bed and I noticed I could feel my heart beating. I don't know if I can always feel it and I just ignore it but I couldn't ignore it last night, it was making me so nervous. And then I would fall asleep and wake up quickly because it felt like I was having a heart flutter. I honestly think it was all in my head, but needless to say I couldn't sleep and woke up through out the entire night and of course today I have to go work out with my trainer so I can't sleep in. UGH!

 

[funnygarcia]

I know, it's really getting close now and I'm getting really amped!!!

Me too!!!

I still havent bought my tickets yet! but my sister got hers! A woman she works with used to be a castmember, and had one single day park hopper left and gave it to her!!!

How much am I going to owe for the hotel?? I will be here for three nights.

Awesome news on the ticket for your sis!
Time to talk details, will the hotel res be under my name too??

I just had the worst sleep imaginable. I had a little heart flutter the day before yesterday, it's not the first one I've had so I started to get nervous.
And then I would fall asleep and wake up quickly because it felt like I was having a heart flutter.

Hoping it's nothing serious.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

I just had the worst sleep imaginable. I had a little heart flutter the day before yesterday, it's not the first one I've had so I started to get nervous. I've been keeping track of them to let my doctor know and noticed they tend to happen after I've eaten really greasy food. So I was thinking maybe it's not a heart flutter I'm feeling but rather heart burn.

Anyway, last night I went to bed and I noticed I could feel my heart beating. I don't know if I can always feel it and I just ignore it but I couldn't ignore it last night, it was making me so nervous. And then I would fall asleep and wake up quickly because it felt like I was having a heart flutter. I honestly think it was all in my head, but needless to say I couldn't sleep and woke up through out the entire night and of course today I have to go work out with my trainer so I can't sleep in. UGH!

I hope it's nothing serious. I hope you are okay. I don't blame you for being worried because I would be too.

I know this isn't the same thing but I realized I can't eat oily foods anymore. I stopped eating Popeye's (for example) chicken and then after months of not eating it, I bought 2 pcs of chicken for $1.99. I just ate 2 drumsticks. Afterwards I felt sick to my stomach and just felt so blah. I guess I can't eat stuff like that anymore. I try to eat healthier. I really like the new southwest grilled chicken salad at Carl's Jr.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

I have some pics of Domo and Danboard that I took and posted on an art website. I uploaded some more last night and then in less than a minute after I uploaded the pics, it already had comments and people were marking it as one of their favorites I was really surprised and thought it was also really cool. There is one pic I have of 2 domos carrying a kit kat bar away. lol. That one has 27 people who saved it into their favorites.

I do not like the weather this week. It's been nothing but rain rain rain. It's really scary to drive on the roads and the freeway when it's pouring. I'm nervous and get into the slow lane and go about 45-50mph. In the mean time, I see a lot of douche bags who go over 90 mph and think they are in the Indie 500!

 

[staley7580]

UGH!!!! Can my life ever be DRAMA FREE????? Wanna hear my story? To BAD! You dont have a choice!!

So.. my mom has this thing where she wants to introduce us... us being our family.. to her "friends" Her guy friends. My husband and I have discussed this. Not only does it make me uncomfortable on SO many levels.. Just my own personal uncomfortableness... But we dont want our kids around a different guy everytime Grandma thinks she needs to push them down our throats. It is CONSTANT. I want you to meet... whomever. Whatever. NO. You dont need to bring me, my husband.. or especially my CHILDREN around some random guy that you meet. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. The last thing my kids need is to see Grandma like that. Its totally inappropriate. They dont need to see her going from guy to guy. So that is the CORE problem. She is always trying to push her men down our throats. I dont want to hear about it, I dont want to see it, I dont want to know anything about that part of her life. UNLESS.. She settles on one guy, and it becomes serious. THEN we will decide if it is something we want to do. OUR family, OUR rules. Respect it. I dont begrudge her companionship. I know she is lonely. Fine! Meet someone. Be with whomever. I dont care! But I dont want to know, either. Make sense??

WELL. My sister called me on Monday. I have told you guys about the financial stuff they have been going through, right? Well, they were down to one car, and it broke down. She wanted to know what I thought of her calling our mom and asking her for the $1500. to fix the car. I thought... DONT DO IT!!! It wont end well! but I didnt say that. I told her if she could hang on for a couple of weeks, I could give her the money. But its their nly car, they need it now. So she asks my mom fo rthe money.. My mom wants to put all these stipulations on it. I told my mom to just giver her the money and be done with it! Dont tell her how to spend it! She is going to pay you back!

Anyways.. The whole thing goes on for a few hours.. My mom calls me the next day. She is buying my sister a brand new Kia Rio. For my sister! I was thrilled for my sister. Its cheap and small, for sure.. But my sister needs a new reliable car. and they cant afford it right now. and my mom surely can, so why not help out when you are needed. That is not the problem. I figure, my parents have been MORE then generous with me.. Its about time my sister got a piece of it! Again.. NOT the problem.

The problem starts here. She is buying it here in Tacoma. I can understand that. The Kia dealership here is the highest selling one in the country. Because of that, they sell their cars DIRT CHEAP. My mom got my sis a brand new car for WAY less than $10,000. BUT. She tells me that she is skipping Alex's birthday party. WHAT?? Alex planned this dinner completely around my mother. He could have had a birthday party at Chucky Cheeses.. but he CHOSE to have a party that his grandma would come to. Because he WANTED her there. She is skipping it so she could tow the car down to my sisters house. What?? Why dont you just buy it, and fly her up here so she could drive it home?? It would be TONS cheaper that way.

Then I found out why. This GUY she has been seeing is going with her. This guy is a SCUM BAG. She met him through my aunt, and my cousin. They are all junkies, and alcoholics. My cousin... We will call him B. was in prison for a year for plotting to kill a witness in my other cousins MURDER trial. Yeah. Brothers, by my aunt. THATS who she met this guy through. He has no job, no nothing. The reason she is skipping Alexs birthday party is so she can go on a road trip with this GUY. THEN she says.. We are coming over to drop off Alex's gift. We who?? You arent bringing this guy into my home. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. She keeps pushing. NO. I WILL slam the door in his face. I dont care if he thinks I am an evil horrid you know what. I hav etold her time, and time again. She doesnt listen!

She hasnt even known this guy for two months. WHY is she pushing him on us like this?? He ends up waiting in the car.. She didnt even have the balls to tell Alex herself. I MADE her. I wanted her to see his face. Mean? I dont care! She BROKE his heart for a piece of booty. THEN she calls my sister, and is asking her why I am being like this. Okay.. Now, before i started going to such extreme, brutal measures about this.. I talked to my sister and my husband.. Do they think I am being irrational? Am I being crazy?? they both said NO! I am protecting my children. They are 100% on my side. Which is good. My sis tried to explain it to her.. But my mom didnt want to listen to it.

I sense a BIG blow out when she gets home. But Im not backing down on this. I have taken care of her since my dad died.. I have completely conformed to everything she wanted, I have been there for her no matter what she needed. I am always there for her. WHY cant she understand, and respect my wishes on this??

I have a HUGE fear that she is going to try to bring this guy to WDW with us. I was seriously up all night worrying about it. WHAT do I do then?? I completely bombarded my poor husband with it as soon as he got up! WHAT do we do?? He said, easy. We WONT go. BAM. I love it when he puts the smack down! SO I guess this discussion needs to be had before I book and pay for the trip.

I love my mom.. I really do. But this is making me CRAZY. Because, you know.. I need more stress in my life!

 

[XTinabell]

UGH!!!! Can my life ever be DRAMA FREE????? Wanna hear my story? To BAD! You dont have a choice!!

So.. my mom has this thing where she wants to introduce us... us being our family.. to her "friends" Her guy friends. My husband and I have discussed this. Not only does it make me uncomfortable on SO many levels.. Just my own personal uncomfortableness... But we dont want our kids around a different guy everytime Grandma thinks she needs to push them down our throats. It is CONSTANT. I want you to meet... whomever. Whatever. NO. You dont need to bring me, my husband.. or especially my CHILDREN around some random guy that you meet. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. The last thing my kids need is to see Grandma like that. Its totally inappropriate. They dont need to see her going from guy to guy. So that is the CORE problem. She is always trying to push her men down our throats. I dont want to hear about it, I dont want to see it, I dont want to know anything about that part of her life. UNLESS.. She settles on one guy, and it becomes serious. THEN we will decide if it is something we want to do. OUR family, OUR rules. Respect it. I dont begrudge her companionship. I know she is lonely. Fine! Meet someone. Be with whomever. I dont care! But I dont want to know, either. Make sense??

WELL. My sister called me on Monday. I have told you guys about the financial stuff they have been going through, right? Well, they were down to one car, and it broke down. She wanted to know what I thought of her calling our mom and asking her for the $1500. to fix the car. I thought... DONT DO IT!!! It wont end well! but I didnt say that. I told her if she could hang on for a couple of weeks, I could give her the money. But its their nly car, they need it now. So she asks my mom fo rthe money.. My mom wants to put all these stipulations on it. I told my mom to just giver her the money and be done with it! Dont tell her how to spend it! She is going to pay you back!

Anyways.. The whole thing goes on for a few hours.. My mom calls me the next day. She is buying my sister a brand new Kia Rio. For my sister! I was thrilled for my sister. Its cheap and small, for sure.. But my sister needs a new reliable car. and they cant afford it right now. and my mom surely can, so why not help out when you are needed. That is not the problem. I figure, my parents have been MORE then generous with me.. Its about time my sister got a piece of it! Again.. NOT the problem.

The problem starts here. She is buying it here in Tacoma. I can understand that. The Kia dealership here is the highest selling one in the country. Because of that, they sell their cars DIRT CHEAP. My mom got my sis a brand new car for WAY less than $10,000. BUT. She tells me that she is skipping Alex's birthday party. WHAT?? Alex planned this dinner completely around my mother. He could have had a birthday party at Chucky Cheeses.. but he CHOSE to have a party that his grandma would come to. Because he WANTED her there. She is skipping it so she could tow the car down to my sisters house. What?? Why dont you just buy it, and fly her up here so she could drive it home?? It would be TONS cheaper that way.

Then I found out why. This GUY she has been seeing is going with her. This guy is a SCUM BAG. She met him through my aunt, and my cousin. They are all junkies, and alcoholics. My cousin... We will call him B. was in prison for a year for plotting to kill a witness in my other cousins MURDER trial. Yeah. Brothers, by my aunt. THATS who she met this guy through. He has no job, no nothing. The reason she is skipping Alexs birthday party is so she can go on a road trip with this GUY. THEN she says.. We are coming over to drop off Alex's gift. We who?? You arent bringing this guy into my home. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. She keeps pushing. NO. I WILL slam the door in his face. I dont care if he thinks I am an evil horrid you know what. I hav etold her time, and time again. She doesnt listen!

She hasnt even known this guy for two months. WHY is she pushing him on us like this?? He ends up waiting in the car.. She didnt even have the balls to tell Alex herself. I MADE her. I wanted her to see his face. Mean? I dont care! She BROKE his heart for a piece of booty. THEN she calls my sister, and is asking her why I am being like this. Okay.. Now, before i started going to such extreme, brutal measures about this.. I talked to my sister and my husband.. Do they think I am being irrational? Am I being crazy?? they both said NO! I am protecting my children. They are 100% on my side. Which is good. My sis tried to explain it to her.. But my mom didnt want to listen to it.

I sense a BIG blow out when she gets home. But Im not backing down on this. I have taken care of her since my dad died.. I have completely conformed to everything she wanted, I have been there for her no matter what she needed. I am always there for her. WHY cant she understand, and respect my wishes on this??

I have a HUGE fear that she is going to try to bring this guy to WDW with us. I was seriously up all night worrying about it. WHAT do I do then?? I completely bombarded my poor husband with it as soon as he got up! WHAT do we do?? He said, easy. We WONT go. BAM. I love it when he puts the smack down! SO I guess this discussion needs to be had before I book and pay for the trip.

I love my mom.. I really do. But this is making me CRAZY. Because, you know.. I need more stress in my life!

woah. At least you got your husband and sister's support to back you up, hopefully your mom will clue in. I hate family drama, which is one benefit to living across the ocean from them. Ever think about moving to Europe?

 

[dizzyami]

UGH!!!! Can my life ever be DRAMA FREE????? Wanna hear my story? To BAD! You dont have a choice!!

So.. my mom has this thing where she wants to introduce us... us being our family.. to her "friends" Her guy friends. My husband and I have discussed this. Not only does it make me uncomfortable on SO many levels.. Just my own personal uncomfortableness... But we dont want our kids around a different guy everytime Grandma thinks she needs to push them down our throats. It is CONSTANT. I want you to meet... whomever. Whatever. NO. You dont need to bring me, my husband.. or especially my CHILDREN around some random guy that you meet. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. The last thing my kids need is to see Grandma like that. Its totally inappropriate. They dont need to see her going from guy to guy. So that is the CORE problem. She is always trying to push her men down our throats. I dont want to hear about it, I dont want to see it, I dont want to know anything about that part of her life. UNLESS.. She settles on one guy, and it becomes serious. THEN we will decide if it is something we want to do. OUR family, OUR rules. Respect it. I dont begrudge her companionship. I know she is lonely. Fine! Meet someone. Be with whomever. I dont care! But I dont want to know, either. Make sense??

WELL. My sister called me on Monday. I have told you guys about the financial stuff they have been going through, right? Well, they were down to one car, and it broke down. She wanted to know what I thought of her calling our mom and asking her for the $1500. to fix the car. I thought... DONT DO IT!!! It wont end well! but I didnt say that. I told her if she could hang on for a couple of weeks, I could give her the money. But its their nly car, they need it now. So she asks my mom fo rthe money.. My mom wants to put all these stipulations on it. I told my mom to just giver her the money and be done with it! Dont tell her how to spend it! She is going to pay you back!

Anyways.. The whole thing goes on for a few hours.. My mom calls me the next day. She is buying my sister a brand new Kia Rio. For my sister! I was thrilled for my sister. Its cheap and small, for sure.. But my sister needs a new reliable car. and they cant afford it right now. and my mom surely can, so why not help out when you are needed. That is not the problem. I figure, my parents have been MORE then generous with me.. Its about time my sister got a piece of it! Again.. NOT the problem.

The problem starts here. She is buying it here in Tacoma. I can understand that. The Kia dealership here is the highest selling one in the country. Because of that, they sell their cars DIRT CHEAP. My mom got my sis a brand new car for WAY less than $10,000. BUT. She tells me that she is skipping Alex's birthday party. WHAT?? Alex planned this dinner completely around my mother. He could have had a birthday party at Chucky Cheeses.. but he CHOSE to have a party that his grandma would come to. Because he WANTED her there. She is skipping it so she could tow the car down to my sisters house. What?? Why dont you just buy it, and fly her up here so she could drive it home?? It would be TONS cheaper that way.

Then I found out why. This GUY she has been seeing is going with her. This guy is a SCUM BAG. She met him through my aunt, and my cousin. They are all junkies, and alcoholics. My cousin... We will call him B. was in prison for a year for plotting to kill a witness in my other cousins MURDER trial. Yeah. Brothers, by my aunt. THATS who she met this guy through. He has no job, no nothing. The reason she is skipping Alexs birthday party is so she can go on a road trip with this GUY. THEN she says.. We are coming over to drop off Alex's gift. We who?? You arent bringing this guy into my home. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. She keeps pushing. NO. I WILL slam the door in his face. I dont care if he thinks I am an evil horrid you know what. I hav etold her time, and time again. She doesnt listen!

She hasnt even known this guy for two months. WHY is she pushing him on us like this?? He ends up waiting in the car.. She didnt even have the balls to tell Alex herself. I MADE her. I wanted her to see his face. Mean? I dont care! She BROKE his heart for a piece of booty. THEN she calls my sister, and is asking her why I am being like this. Okay.. Now, before i started going to such extreme, brutal measures about this.. I talked to my sister and my husband.. Do they think I am being irrational? Am I being crazy?? they both said NO! I am protecting my children. They are 100% on my side. Which is good. My sis tried to explain it to her.. But my mom didnt want to listen to it.

I sense a BIG blow out when she gets home. But Im not backing down on this. I have taken care of her since my dad died.. I have completely conformed to everything she wanted, I have been there for her no matter what she needed. I am always there for her. WHY cant she understand, and respect my wishes on this??

I have a HUGE fear that she is going to try to bring this guy to WDW with us. I was seriously up all night worrying about it. WHAT do I do then?? I completely bombarded my poor husband with it as soon as he got up! WHAT do we do?? He said, easy. We WONT go. BAM. I love it when he puts the smack down! SO I guess this discussion needs to be had before I book and pay for the trip.

I love my mom.. I really do. But this is making me CRAZY. Because, you know.. I need more stress in my life!

Wow - that one took a long time to find the end to!!! I would have posted more hug smilies, but I have a feeling you have already monopolized the limit!!! I agree with you 100% - sucks that she can't see it though. (insert more hug smilies)

 

[dizzyami]

So it is snowing....has been for the last couple of days. This is still the little baby storm that Pix has been dealing with. We have about 6 inches so far....and we could potential (if it doesn't turn to rain) get up to 10 inches today. Not bad right??? Tonight we are supposed to get 20 inches...then another 14 tomorrow, and then Friday night we are forecasted HEAVY snow accumulations......so my main hope now is that we will be unburied in time for DL

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

So it is snowing....has been for the last couple of days. This is still the little baby storm that Pix has been dealing with. We have about 6 inches so far....and we could potential (if it doesn't turn to rain) get up to 10 inches today. Not bad right??? Tonight we are supposed to get 20 inches...then another 14 tomorrow, and then Friday night we are forecasted HEAVY snow accumulations......so my main hope now is that we will be unburied in time for DL

3 feet of snow???

This is about all we got yesterday:

But it's so foggy. I've never seen it like this here:

These were on my way to work and it's way worse now. The front parking lot has spots for like 6 cars and then there is the street and I can't even see to the end of the lot as I look out the window.

 

[dizzyami]

3 feet of snow???

This is about all we got yesterday:

But it's so foggy. I've never seen it like this here:

These were on my way to work and it's way worse now. The front parking lot has spots for like 6 cars and then there is the street and I can't even see to the end of the lot as I look out the window.

Wow - what you've got is coming our way - but I am in the mountains and upper elevations where your precipitation becomes our snow!!! They originally said 5 feet earlier this week but the first storm didn't do nearly what they expected. DH is at work today - but we aren't sure if they will be able to open tomorrow or not - I have never seen that much snow but I can't imagine people going out in it. Pretty much all of our roads into town are closed - and the radio keeps telling everyone to stay home . I just hope we can keep power tonight and tomorrow!!!

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Wow - what you've got is coming our way - but I am in the mountains and upper elevations where your precipitation becomes our snow!!! They originally said 5 feet earlier this week but the first storm didn't do nearly what they expected. DH is at work today - but we aren't sure if they will be able to open tomorrow or not - I have never seen that much snow but I can't imagine people going out in it. Pretty much all of our roads into town are closed - and the radio keeps telling everyone to stay home . I just hope we can keep power tonight and tomorrow!!!

5 feet?!?! Yikes! How do you even get out of you door?

Even with just a dusting people freak out! We are not used to snow in CA.

 

[dizzyami]

5 feet?!?! Yikes! How do you even get out of you door?

Even with just a dusting people freak out! We are not used to snow in CA.

I don't know!!! The most I have ever seen is probably a couple of feet (we have only lived where it snows for 2 1/2 years now) My guess is that everything would pretty much shut down - but I don't know!!!

 

[funnygarcia]

5 feet?!?! Yikes! How do you even get out of you door?

I don't know!!! The most I have ever seen is probably a couple of feet (we have only lived where it snows for 2 1/2 years now) My guess is that everything would pretty much shut down - but I don't know!!!

Everything will be closed, even in MN if we get more than a few feet it's too much to keep the roads clear except for quick scrap of snow emergency routes (main busy streets). Though if we had that much accumulation in just a few hours, it would likely to be blizzard conditions with high winds and zero visibility.
It's been a long time since we've had a big blizzard in the city, we've had gradual accumulation of three feet and more .. but it was spread out over the entire day, plus another foot or two the next day, another 6 inches the next.. etc. Slow enough of a storm to keep the roads relatively clear.

Big blizzards are fun if you don't lose electricity and have lots of groceries stocked. Snow day from school! Everyone comes out the next day (and it's warmer outside with the snow cover) and nice neighbors help each other dig out the cars, clear the sidewalks. Teenagers go out and make money While the little ones start digging up the yard with snow people and forts. Meanwhile the adults comment on how much snow we got, like it's a big surprise.. uhh gee where do we live again?

Be careful and stay warm (dry).