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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Well, the weather isn't here yet, but it is starting to look like my
hunch was right..this is the forecast now:
Occasional sleet... snow...rain and freezing rain after midnight. Snow
and sleet accumulation up to 1 inch. Ice accumulation around one quarter
of an inch. Lows in the upper 20s. Light and variable winds. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
Thursday
Occasional rain...freezing rain and sleet in the morning...then
occasional rain in the afternoon. Sleet accumulation up to 1 inch. Total
snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Ice accumulation of less than one
quarter of an inch.


So, here we go...and we are very unprepared compared to normal.  We are
low on wood, only have about a gallon of gas to run the generator. We
have been splitting wood like mad-using the gas, but the wood we have
doesn't put out the btus (it's poplar and sweetgum, not hickory or oak),
and we go through it quickly...I don't think we will need to run it, but
you never know, so I guess we will be hitting the station this evening
after the rush is over and before the precip starts.  I really HATE
being unprepared.  We have a 200 gallon gas tank, which has been full in
previous years, but this has been a rough financial year and we just
haven't had the money to fill it.  I'm guessing we have about a week's
worth of wood.  It sucks to be unprepared.
My friend did cancel on me today..it figures...when it rains it pours,
so to speak.  A couple of you have written to ask what kind of 'family
disturbance' I had..lol..I didn't mean be worry anyone by being cryptic,
sorry.  It's basically the SOS, in-law problems...they hate me, and I
can't change it, they drag up stuff that happened 20 years ago and I
have long forgotten, but apparently they haven't.  This latest thing
goes back to something that happened two years ago, something that we
have, on my insistence, sat down and hashed out not once but twice, and
that I thought it was all water under the bridge, after all, it's been
16 months since our last talk(they wanted their priest there,
even-whatever!-he sided with me..lol), but I thought it was all worked
out...we've had several get-togethers without incident since then, and
no sign of trouble until this week.  Out of the blue, it re-emerges.  It
caught us unprepared for conflict. It has been really hard on Ron, too,
and in fact, his brother wrote him off a couple of days ago.  It wasn't
said, but basically his family is upset that Ron has chosen me over
them,,,that's it in a nutshell.  It's really just the classic struggle
that I am sure many of you have had to endure with your in-laws, but it
does create stress.
Sorry to ramble on...just so you know, this is what I am like when I am
feeling sorry for myself..lol..I actually had a couple of shots of
homemade kahlua a few minutes ago, something I almost never do...I keep
it onhand just for occassions like this. :)  I'll sleep good tonight
knowing that I did nothing wrong.

Anyway, a complete change of subject is warranted...

Is anyone here a Buddhist?  If so, I have some questions about Buddhism
and would like to converse off list.

Bev




--
Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the
ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.