IN ADDITION TO THE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL TUESDAY… ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 12 INCHES.

IN ADDITION… WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

Well… so far, so good. There’s at least 8 inches on the ground now. It’s still snowing. It’s cool to look at the park lights up on their big poles and there is a steady falling of snow. It’s kind of pretty.

All the areas that Maggie shoveled are covered up again. Tim’s bringing his show blower over tomorrow to try and dig out more of the courtyard. I’m pretty certain they won’t plow us again. Haven’t yet once. Not sure what I did to warrant not getting plowed… hmmm…. I’ll probably have to complain at some point. Part of me is not that worried, because the guy normally does a pretty awful job when he does remember. He kind of forgets that I have a whole courtyard and just plows one strip back and blocks in the car with a mound of like 24 inches of snow. Lovely.

Not that I have any where to be for the next two days. We’re having practice on Thursday night, and I’ll have to get Jessy to college on Thursday, if they have classes. We’ll just have to wait and see I guess.

Thankfully it’s not heavy wet snow and I haven’t heard of any power outages so that’s good. It’s a kind of light powdery stuff. Which is great, because that means tomorrow with all the gusting and blowing, it will gather in weird places and drift. I like when snow does that. It’s really kind of pretty. Of course, if it drifts against your car or house, you might not agree with me.

Still struggling with this website. Not sure why. I’m at the last quarter mile stretch and for the life of me I can’t get my pony to cross the line. It’s been one of those days. Too many odd things going on. I probably should have just given up and called it a snow day instead of struggling with it all. Well, tomorrow is another day.

I did get diverted and planted my little indoor garden. I have a whole bunch of seeds that I got last fall for like 10 cents a pack. I figure why not give them a try inside and see if I can get some stuff growing. I plants 3 different kinds of leaf lettuce, some spinach, peas, carrots and green onions. Just little batches of them. We’ll see how it goes. I’m so desperate to grow ANYTHING and houseplants are just not cutting it.

Been watching some back episodes of Jon and Kate Plus 8. Of course, now, knowing that they are divorced and all, 20/20 hindsight, it is still hard to watch that show. I’m sorry, but Kate is just a mess and a pain in the rear end. I know she’s got 6 little ones all at the same time, but she’s not the first. She’s just too much for me to watch much of. And the way she treats her husband, my goodness. It’s painful to watch their body language and how he rolls his eyes at her imperial commands and the whole thing is just so out of whack. The kids are cute, but they are all destined for some serious therapy as they age it seems to me. Of course, that’s my opinion, but everything in that show seems to revolve around chaos and nasty attitudes and little snippy fusses over stuff that doesn’t matter. And a lot of crying. Wow. I mean, how do kindergarten teachers handle 20 or 30 little people? Maybe they need to go and spend a little time observing some well run classrooms or visit other families with large children quotas. Just a thought.

Oh, just got an email…. this has never happened before. Apparently UPS was due to visit us, but they didn’t make it.

MAUMEE, OH, US 02/09/2010 10:15 P.M. EMERGENCY CONDITIONS BEYOND UPS’ CONTROL / DELIVERY RESCHEDULED
02/09/2010 7:51 P.M. EMERGENCY CONDITIONS BEYOND UPS’ CONTROL
02/09/2010 5:36 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
02/09/2010 1:13 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

Wow. Emergency conditions beyond control. Pretty interesting.

I’m thinking about a friend of mine, his name is Matt. He’s a young man that lives up in Michigan and is a phenomenal fiddler. I just learned a few days ago that he had a brain aneurism and is in serious condition. I have heard that he’s doing a little better but that they are going to have to operate. Scary stuff. I am sure that his family is really upset and worried and my thoughts are with them. He can’t be much older than 25 or so. Seems like only yesterday he was just into college.

I just heard a recording that I did about 3 summers ago, back with my buddy Dave and some other bluegrass guys. I was SO nervous… I was singing with some of my childhood idols and some of the best of the Detroit bluegrass scene. In fact, Freddy was there, and he just died last year due to a brain aneurism! Seems so unreal. Two of them, Freddy was an older man, but still, just about to retire and in seemingly great health. It’s sad to remember these greats that leave us.

Here’s the recording…. I hope that you can laugh at my silly nervousness and my buddies giving me a little time to regroup. Now, heck, I’m only nervous in front of big crowds or with songs that I’m not super sure on all the words… hahah… but this is a nice little humble moment in the bluegrass memories of me…

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Okay… well, if you have a stray little prayer or two tonight… will you send one to my buddy Matt? I want him around a long time more. The world needs good fiddlers.

I’m going to sign off for the night. Gotta get this website done.

Freddie…. Dave…. and Matt playing guitar. (He’s a good guitar player too!)
I took this picture at a benefit show a few years ago…

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