Crone Cronies - People Say Nothing Is Impossible, But I Do Nothing Every Day. Jan 16

[sciencelady]

The Cronies is a place for women who are mature in age or attitude. The group is highly diverse in that we have ages ranging from 30s to 60s, some are moms, some are single, some are teachers/professors, and some have jobs and work outside the home and some don’t. We do our own thing and are happy when life doesn’t get in the way too often. Some are training for a marathon, some don’t even do vids, you get the picture.

Life and exercise are what we report. A thread is started every Sunday. Some report every day, others whenever they can.

Bottom line: we are a diverse group and very supportive of each other’s goals. Oh, and we’re funny as heck. If you’d like to join us, just come on down.

[sciencelady]

Good morning!

Thanks again, Laura, for providing titles for these threads!

I'm planning on taking Gus for a nice long walk today as it'll get up in the 20s when we go. There might be some snow showers ahead also, but supposedly light, no need to shovel type. Sigh, I forgot about the WRC seminar yesterday - seems like I need to schedule my phone to give an alarm for everything I need to do these days. Otherwise I'll be putzing around today.

Vantreesta, nice of you to pop in! There's a number of snow and ice fun in this state - Stillwater has an ice maze going and Saint Paul will be starting their Winter Carnival next weekend.

Laura, I'm glad you're around your house consistently enough to let Polly in and out . Adelija enjoyed the basketball game then went out with some friends, getting home around 10:30 pm. I stayed up in bed until she got here.

Paula, glad DH is improving on the antibiotics! Hope that continues!

Waves to all!

Anita

[Vantreesta]

Anita, I have never heard of the ice maze! That sounds fun! We would love to see the ice caves on the north shore someday. Hoping to get up north snowshoeing this month or next. I just love winter! We only got 4 or 5" from this last snow so really not enough to snowshoe but I may take Cyric to the nearby state park this week and do it anyway. Before the deep freeze returns later this week!

Regarding reminders, I have probably 12 alarms set on my phone for weekdays. I don't generally transition and do what they're set for (constant work in progress), but they at least remind me what time it is since I tend to lose track.

[Laura S.]

Thanks for getting us started, Anita. I'm feeling like this theme applies to me these days.

Well, so far, the storm hasn't been as bad as predicted, but it's been what I expected. We've gotten some ice, but not enough to bring down our power lines. This storm is all about the power lines - will they stay up or come down? At this point, 1:30ish, we are passing the freezing mark. Warmer temps are coming in from the south and so some melting should happen this afternoon. My main hope is that the ice on the power lines will melt. We've had some brown-outs, but, so far, we're good.

I'm not doing much today. I am doing a load of laundry and will run the dishwasher. Other than that, we're watching TV, I'll do some crafting, and we're visiting Polly in her room.

Anita - We live and die by our shared calendar on our phones. DH puts his appointments on there with reminders before they happen so we know what's coming. I also have a personal calendar on which I put things he doesn't need to be reminded of so I can keep track of my stuff. We'd miss a lot of life without that.

Paula - I'm glad that DH is doing better. It will probably take him longer to get totally well than he'd want, but at least he's on an upswing.

Vantreesta - It sounds like you are expanding your list of things to do and places to go during the winter.

[Gams]

The Apostle Island ice caves are closed this winter. They haven’t been open since 2014/2015. Lake Superior doesn’t have much ice yet.

[Vantreesta]

Originally Posted by Gams

The Apostle Island ice caves are closed this winter. They haven’t been open since 2014/2015. Lake Superior doesn’t have much ice yet.

Yeah, that's part of the problem, never know what year they'll actually be open! Thanks for saying the name, I couldn't remember what they were called. Have you ever gone?