Ready For ....Whatever!

    The forecasters were in agreement! Our area
was due for its first really measurable snow,
region wide, since Halloween!
    "Weather Bob" on Facebook picked the
date 12 days ago! At 6 tonight all the TV
guys were saying how "they told us"
the storm was coming.
    And we all know what happens when you
get a prediction like that!
    Everybody heads to the store to buy "the
basics." Those have been identified as bread,
eggs,and milk in terms of food and rock salt
and shovels to actually combat the stormy mess.
     So my wife and I charged to the store too....
where be bought.......a lawnmower!
     No.....you read it right. We bought a
lawnmower.
     Now, in our defense, we really had gone
out to get some things for the impending
storm.
     We were out of milk and cereal and
noticed an add at a "Flea market" type store
that had a special on rock salt.
     We found the milk and cereal then came
across the pallet loaded with big bags of
rock salt.
      As I lifted a bag I realized where the
term "rock" comes from! Packed in 50
pound bags this isn't the kind of salt you
sprinkle on your pop corn!
      Anyhow this is the place where we
spotted the lawn mower!
      It was a Black & Decker electric!
      We had been searching for an electric
mower since our old one (and the key
word here is "old") had finally outgrown
the duct tape that was holding it together.
      We've got a very small yard and with
an electric there's no gas to keep, pour, and
stabilize. Additionally you don't risk the
pulled muscles or brush burns that come
from pulling on a "starting cord" that
doesn't always start the unit.
       The biggest danger with the electric
was running over your own power cord.
       I know that because I did it!
       But with just a pocket knife and a bit
of electrical tape I was back in business
that same day!
      So bring on the storm Mr. Winter!
      We've got cereal in the cupboard,
milk in the fridge, rock salt on the
porch and a Black & Decker electric
mower standing by in the shed to
handle the grass.......which we don't
have to worry about right now!
      Hope you're set for all the seasons
and that all your NEWS is good!