The political race for governor has begun. The commercials started with the Super Bowl, and now they are on every night. None of the candidates are worth a hoot, but this is a very powerful position in the state, with a chance for presidential nod one day. I have to find one worth supporting, from a field of post turtles.
Ssturdays are my busiest days. Its the day that all the errands need to be run and all the work at the house needs to be tackled. We wake up early, hit the ground running, and don’t stop until the late night news comes on at 10:00 pm.
Some nights, I am so exhausted that i cannot stay awake long enough to enjoy watching Saturday Night Live. I still love that show – I love a good comedy and the writers at SNL are always topical and hysterically funny. The bands that they feature are almost always the top tier or fast rising acts, and the guest host is always someone that is newsworthy and fun to see if they have a sense of humor as they participate in outrageous skits for an hour.
My sympathies naturally go out to the people in Washington DC and the surrounding states for the problems they are encountering as a result of two record setting snowstorms this past week. They are dealing with 3, 4 and even 5 feet of snow in an area that normally only sees 1 or 2 inches at a time.
I have family and friends scattered throughout the region and all of them are sharing stories of having lost their electricity, missing work, not being able to get their cars out of their driveways or garages, and many more nuisances and inconveniences. Thankfully, no one has suffered a life threatening emergency and no one was without electricity for longer than 36 hours.
In fact, my immediate family members are so resourceful and so well prepared for emergencies, that they all have generators, fireplaces and well stocked pantries and could ride out a storm for over a week, if needed. Most have utility vehicles with tires chains, bumper mounted winches and a trunk load of tools and equipment to make sure they can safely arrive at any destination once they get out on the roads.
My heart goes out to the people who are not able to be as well prepared. Some of them are due to complete denial and naivety, others are financially unable to prepare, and many just have no real experience with this type of weather and road conditions. They are just going to have to experience the problems for themselves and learn the hard way, which is why we have insurance and major regional hospital systems to take care of the fools and the unfortunates.
The Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland areas have been in the middle of a second big snow storm. The new snow is predicted to pile up and be about 30 inches deep. That’s a whole lot of snow for anyone on the East Coast!
I called my mom in Virginia to check on her and she is fine. She says the snow is beautiful, they are well supplied with groceries, and have gas on hand for the generator if they lose power. So far, their electricity is still on and they have been working on a puzzle that they got as a Christmas gift. So I’m glad all is well, and they are actually enjoying some quiet time.
All this fuss about groundhogs today. The big one lives in Pennsylvania and has seen his shadow. So we are all supposed to get 6 more weeks of winter. Yeah, right.
Pennsylvania weather has absolutely nothing to do with the weather in Tennessee, Texas, North Dakota or anywhere more than a few hours drive from the Mid Atlantic area. So, Georgia decided to get their own groundhog and let him predict the arrival of spring for the southeast. And this groundhog did not see his shadow. So we are all supposed to enjoy an early spring.
Well, the first day of spring on the calendar is exactly 6 weeks and 4 days following groundhog day. So, in my opinion, we only have 4 days to quibble about anyways! Four days is certainly not worth all this fuss.
The weather forecast is pretty certain that Nashville will be getting a big snow storm sometime Thursday night or Friday morning. They are predicting at least 2 inches – maybe more – for all of middle Tennessee. That is a lot of snow for us – we don’t usually have an accumulation of snow. Most years we have a few days with flurries and it melts within hours or the next day. It will e interesting to see if we really get 2 inches from this storm or if the weatherman turns out to be wrong again.
For some strange reason, when we hooked up my TV to the digital cable box, we did something that has caused the TV to not turn on and off by the TV’s push button or switch. The only way to turn on the TV is to use the remote control that came with the cable box. And tonight the remote quit working. I tried new batteries and nothing seems to make the TV come on.
I thought that it might be worth a shot to borrow the cable remote from a neighbor and see if the remote is the problem or perhaps the TV is no longer working. It’s one thing to replace a remote and quite another to replace the TV.
My neighbor to the south was home, as I saw her car in the driveway. I dashed over to her house in between the snow flakes and knocked on her door. When she came to the door, I asked if I could borrow her cable remote. It was at that moment that I realized she does not have cable. She has a satellite TV dish in her yard. DUH!
Since I was already over there, I talked with her for a few moments about her satellite TV service. She told me that she loves it and that if I am interested in becoming a subscriber, I should check for DIRECT TV Offers to see if there are any DIRECT TV Specials that I can use to save money.
Turns out that you can get online and easily check for DIRECTV Specials for different packages and free offers for new subscribers. When you have the opportunity present itself to rethink your service, it might be the chance to save a little money or perhaps get more bang for your buck, like the DIRECTTV Specials I found online tonight.
