Brrrr... it’s very cold here today and I’m snowed in. In Tennessee!! It’s not the snow that gets me it’s the ice. In 1994 we had a huge ice storm that took out a lot of power lines and much of the city went without power for days.
This afternoon a huge tree branch fell down and knocked my neighbor’s power line down and ripped the electrical box right off of her house. She and her dog came over here to wait for the fire department.
Turns out they can’t go near downed power lines but they did call the electric company and their call probably carries more weight than my neighbors did.
Another neighbor came out and he turned her water and electricity off and then we helped push her car up our hill so she could get to a hotel for the night. Her dog stayed with me. (I invited her to, but I am better with dogs.)
Which is all the say that I’m not thinking about cancer today; I’m hoping the crunchy rain (ice) will turn into snow so that my power lines don’t come down. It’s getting dark and colder and I hurt my back a bit pushing the neighbor’s car.
I shoveled my walk too, why I don’t know, it’s covered again already. I was the one who scraped ice off my neighbor’s car because I was the only one with an ice scraper. Which is odd because I have a policy that if there is ice or snow on the car you just don’t drive it, no tools needed, but someone gave me this and I finally got to use it.
Three hours outside goofing around in the cold was a little bit fun but enough is enough, I need a warm bath, and some cocoa. I herby declare this an open thread and I’ll start with a few pictures of some wigs that will also keep your head warm in the winter and a few cancer cartoons. I’ll warn you though; it’s hard to find funny cancer cartoons. If you have any, please add them.
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Now, I have the same policy for hats that I do for ice scrapers. If it's cold enough to need one I'm not popping my head outside. I did buy a few for friends of mine that went through chemo though. Some wore them even in the house and slept in them because their heads stayed cold.
I would actually wear this one!
One for the men!