Author: The Jody

Popped over to Yahoo to read the weather report and I got confused about how the discuss snow accumulations. Am I supposed to add the “today and tonight” amounts? Or is tonight just a sub-set of “today? This is a big deal – could be the difference between 14 and 21 inches of snow.

Here’s what they had.



Today: Snow…heavy at times. Cold. High near 25F. Winds NNE at 15 to 25 mph. Snow accumulating 6 to 10 inches.

Tomorrow: Periods of snow with gusty winds at times. Cold. High 29F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 80%. Snow accumulating 2 to 4 inches.



Maybe I should just ask you all to lie to me if you think I’m supposed to add them together.

Okay, got enough coffee and half-and-half on hand. Resisted the urge to go to the grocery store (don’t know that they had any Spider Grapes left) and instead went to Office Max. Cause that’s the kind of gal I am. No, we hit a few of the stores in the strip mall, including TJ Maxx to try to get some birthday presents. It wasn’t the most successful shopping trip ever, but I got the COOLEST Christmas tablecloth for only $10. It looks like a hand-made quilt. If I think of it, I’ll take a picture later. After I clear the crap off the table so I can actually put it down. Got Maybe This Christmas spinning on the CD player. Best Christmas CD ever. The sequal CD, Maybe This Christmas, Too, is on order from Amazon. I haven’t expanded my Xmas music collection very much this year. I replaced one cassette with a CD, but that doesn’t count. This is the first Xmas music purchase. Shame on me.

Now I may go outside and remove the first two inches of snow. Wish me luck.

That’s what I’ll be listening to over the weekend. We’re expecting a nor’easter over the weekend, which is nice timing in one way, and bad in another. Bad because I have shopping to do, a birthday party my son at the bowling alley, and my mom’s birthday, all this weekend.

Plus this means I’m going to have to shovel. So I have THAT going for me too. My dad gave my snowblower a tuneup (which mostly consisted of removing the field mice and nest from the engine, but I assume there was also an oil change. I should call and ask if he left gas in it. Now that I use an electric lawn mower, I don’t really have need for storing gas all summer. Hey dad, if you read this before I call you, drop me a line or call me, okay?

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Oh, and welcome to all the people who stopped by after reading the new Barbie article. Don’t forget to come by often, y’hear?

I am now aware of 3 radio stations in the Boston market doing 24/7 Christmas songs. I’m actually kind of floored by this information. I mean, it’s not like multiple top-40 stations, that might not have the same playlist. You’ve got a limited set of available Christmas music, and 600 or so hours to fill.

I still choose 104.5, because I like them, they have their very long ago roots in an FM station in Fitchburg (WFMP, I believe) back in the 1970s, and every day they actually do traffic reports for the major highways out here in Central MA. 495 just doesn’t exist for the Boston stations, never mind Route 2. See, if you aren’t within the 128 belt, you’re in California, apparently. “Leominster? Isn’t that in the Central Time Zone?”

For those of you who’ve been following along, here’s the newest Funny Stuff from yours truly.

25 Days of Christmas. Every stinking Christmas special from my Childhood, available in living, faded color for Junior. What can be better than that?

Well, I’m sure lots of things could be better than that, but I’m just so gosh-darned easy to please.

So now, I’m counting on you guys to help me out with a question I have. Ready? Okay. If I picked up a bottle of Nantucket Nectars Orange Juice two weeks ago and never opened it, is it still good?