General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and... for Tuesday, Nov. 29 2005, 1 by kooger

kooger wrote:
Not totally snowed in, can't get my new car out tho - new to me! Gosh, so busy Sat and Sun I forgot the biggest news.... we traded the 94 Astro van for a silver 2003 PT Cruiser. YEAH!! We bought a cranberry one when they first came out, in '01 and then DH decided it wasn't good for IA winters and traded it off a year later.

I've never been particular about what gets me from point A to point B, as long as it gets me there, but I really loved that Cruiser! DH has always had a bit of a guilt complex about selling it so he's been keeping an eye out for another one. They really came down in price and this one was lowered cuz they had it on the lot over 3 months. So with the van trade-in at 2500.00, we paid 7500.00 for an '03 with 39K miles. Not bad, eh? I think DH said it books around 13K. I'm pleased!! (with the car and price!)

About the storm, it was a nasty. About 2 hours west of us they have 15-20 inches of snow and with the 50 mph winds, they have 6-8 ft drifts everywhere. Power crews are coming from about 4 other states to help with that issue. Talk is 2-3 days to get it restored. Wonder if that's soon enough to keep the water pipes from freezing? (Doesn't seem like very long when we hear about the hurricane victims waiting weeks and months for power. I guess the added problem of freezing temps gets them in a hurry to get the power back on. And there's not near as many people on the plains.)

Been trying to get ahold of the drs office. MIL's blood work wasn't good, apparently. She had a test last Tues. to check to make sure her hemoglobin level was coming back up, meaning she was replacing the blood that she lost in the bad nosebleed 3 weeks ago. So we're playing phone tag. Even tried the nurse at home but didn't catch her there either. Maybe I'll try the doc at home - hate to do that but need to know what he wants me to do for/with her.

Finally painting bedroom walls today. Be really glad to get the furniture moved back in. :)

And here's what I tried for fun last week. I'm getting the biggest kick out watching these paper whites grow. (for IO1 - saw it in a magazine, set bulbs on old pint milk jars full of water and watch them grow!) Most have roots up to an inch long already, and green tops up to 2 inches high, in a week!! One has started growing with just a tip of green, but no roots - not sure it will make it.