Top Sites Tuesday #50 – Two Thoughts on Tuesday

Thought #1:

SBD - It's NOT cool.  We've got a serial bomb dropper on the job this week and OMG!

Thought#2:

Thanks to our recent snowfalls which collapsed three chicken houses at the end of our street - my neighborhood stinks.  At first I was like "aww bummer"  then the dead chicken smell came.  It lasted a few days and you had to drive past it to actually smell anything (not like I was sniffing for it, but I had to drive by a few times to go to the store)  Once the snow started to melt the farmer decided to scrap the metal and burn the remaining stuff (Thanks to a decision to save the farmers money)... Imagine 600 feet stretches of mess that's about 30 feet wide and full of chicken poo and dead chickens.  Now imagine it all pushed into piles (and the dead chickens into a separate pile) on a slow, low wind day, lit and smoldering and you are downwind.  Now imagine the trees around you seem to have captured the smokey, stinky fog and trapped it around your house and there is no escape.

I really think this week stinks

HAHA

--Trina

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op Sites Tuesday #47 – What Do You Like Most About Where You Live?

I can think of many reasons not to like where I live right now... topping the list is the weather.  The snow/sleet/rain/ice stuff that's falling right now is really crappy.  I, like many other people, feel trapped in my house when I'm not running from warm spot to warm spot LOL

To look at the bright side of things though, I'm going to give you a top ten list of things I like about where I live:

1)  I like the slower paced atmosphere - I am in Lower, Slower Delaware after all - until tourists and imports show up everything seems more relaxed and smoothly traveling along.  No reasons to rush anywhere, it's going to take an hour to get there and back minimum anyway...

2) I like the changing farm lands - the farm lands around here are consistently changing - being planted, harvested, growing different crops... it's a change without much change.

3) I like that my nearest neighbor is 5 acres away.  Nee I say more - I like my space LOL

4) I like that if I go a few hours in any direction I can see something completely different - Washington DC, Gettysburg, Virginia Beach, Ocean City, Assateaque Island, Ski Mountains, Amish Country, big cities - It makes for perfect day trips

5)  I love the weather - I know, after my opening statement you are probably chuckling, but we get all the extremes here for short periods of time and the rest of the time the weather is perfect.  It seems that spring and fall last a long time while the extremes of summer and winter are brief (albeit very extreme)

6) I like that many people who live here have lived here all their lives.  They can tell you stories of their families and show you pictures of when main street wasn't paved or laugh about what they did before Wal*mart came to town.  Everyone seems to know everyone and is somehow related to everyone (by marriage of course!)

7)  I like my friends.  There are few people that I would actually call friends, but they are the best friends I could ask for.  People that I know I could call on for help and that know they could call on me for help... People that I could say anything to and they would take my statements for what they really are - truth or BS

I like that I have been here long enough to understand directions given by locals - "Take a left at the farm that's a subdivision now and a right at the funny cows... go until you see the farm house that burned down last year and isn't there anymore then take a left at the leaning pine tree"  Yeah, I may not be from here, but I get it!

9) I like that every Christmas there is a chance that I'll have  a white Christmas - no matter how remote that chance might be, I still have a chance.

10) I guess I like that we are in the migratory bird path... my car doesn't like it much, before all the snow came she looked like I parked her under a flock of sea gulls and left french fries on the roof!

Wow!  I actually thought of 10 things!  I surprised myself!  I really thought I wouldn't be able to complete the list without have an "Um" and a "Well...." next to a number.  But in spite of being able to finish this list, I can't help but wonder if it's time to move.  I like the idea of staying put, but I want a change in scenery... I've been here 13 years and I'm ready for something different.  Maybe a devastatingly beautiful sunset or some rolling hills... definitely not a desert I think I'm too white for that, I'd fry! LOL

Happy Tuesday!

--Trina

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Top Sites Tuesday Meme #46 – Two Thoughts on Tuesday

Well, the snow finally stopped, but there's another storm coming! I can't say I'm sick of the snow yet, we were prepared - Food, Fuel, and booze. I do have one complaint, during this first storm I was bookless. Yep. After not reading for so long I found myself miserable and bored out of my mind because I didn't have anything other than my computer.

I know it sounds silly. We were really lucky - no loss of power or internet. But I was thoroughly disappointed when my favorite radio station went off the air at the beginning of the storm and didn't come back on the air until today. I kept wishing I could hook my computer to my Bose... I suppose I should invest in one of those IPOD thingys so I'm not stranded listening to Lady Gaga and the top 40 again. LOL

Wolfbernz spent a good deal of time clearing the driveway and the lane. I don't think it's ever snowed this much in one shot.. let alone snow this much and have another storm or two coming right behind it!

You really would think it's the end of the world around here - people are driving manickly and not paying attention. You almost have to be aggressive on the road to stay safe! Our normally slow area has been invaded by mindless drivers and morons... IT'S JUST SNOW PEOPLE!!

I do have to tell you though that Walmart has been closed and remains closed because the snow-load on the roof is too much and they are afraid that it's going to cave in. That sucks for people who work there. This weather is bad enough keeping people out of work, but to not have a job to go back to would be really hard... especially in this area, Walmart employs a ton of people.

So I suppose my two thoughts have merged into one giant rambling... SNOW!

Happy Tuesday!
--Trina

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