It's Groundhog Day...

Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, winter to continue...

• PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — The world's most famous groundhog saw his shadow this morning, predicting this already long winter will last for six more weeks.
  Punxsutawney Phil emerged just after dawn in front of an estimated 13,000 witnesses, many dressed in black-and-gold to celebrate the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl victory the night before.
  "There's significant buzz from the Steelers win and quite a few Terrible Towels floating from the crowd," said Mickey Rowley, deputy secretary for tourism in Pennsylvania.
  The annual ritual takes place on Gobbler's Knob, a tiny hill in Punxsutawney, a borough of about 6,100 residents some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
  The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced the forecast in a short proclamation, in which Phil acknowledged the Steelers' 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
  According to German superstition, if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow was seen, legend said spring would come early.
  Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn't seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
  Rowley said the Groundhog Day festivities is Pennsylvania's largest tourist gathering in the winter. And if Phil's forecast proves correct it should bring even more tourists to the state.
  "It's six more weeks of skiing," Rowley said.

Freebie...

Denny's is offering a Free Grand Slam on Tuesday, 2/03, 6am-2pm Only!

Do you feel safe...

I recently read somewhere that if a cat feels safe in their environment they will lay on their back and expose their bellies...

all is well in Colby's world

Update on our weather...

Well the front came and went, we were prepared and thankfully it was for nought.

We ended up only getting mostly rain and early this morning when the freeze line finally made it to our house we had a little sleet and as it started melting "icicles"

the birdbath was frozen and I'm not sure the lemon/lime trees are going to survive.

the tempuature at 8:30 a.m. 20*

the tempurature at 2:30 p.m. 25*

Unfortunately even though the highway was pretty clear, the Sulfur River Bridge just north of the house had some icy spots and there was a very bad wreck about 4:30 a.m. which caused the death of a woman driver. When Kenneth left at 7 a.m. they still had the bridge closed to one-lane of traffic and people were slowed to 15 mph. We say a prayer for her family.

• I did our Federal Tax Return today, I used TuboTax (free edition), which offers FREE, Federal returns, this also includes e-filing...all for free. They have really improved there return and it was very simple, just go through and answer the questions. NOTE: have your 2007 Tax Return on hand in order to complete the e-filing.

Bloggy Giveaways...

Its the Quarterly Bloggy Giveaway! It just started yesterday so go NOW! Go here to see all the blogs who are either giving away an item or have something special on their blogs. When I was there they had 1063 giveaways!

• Just a note: we are expecting an ice storm starting in the next few hours (predicting up to 1" of ice). I have filled the water pitchers in the kitchen (for drinking), the camping water jugs from the shop (for flushing), done all the dishes and vacuumed (nothing worse than sitting around looking at clutter), we have food, 2 new magazines, the bird feeders are full and Kenneth will have to check the generator when he gets home. I have to work this evening, we'll probably be swamped with MVC's and falls. Everyone take care and we'll keep you posted. There's chicken in the crock pot...

made a creamy sauce..
with spices.

• Amanda and Charles drove home yesterday and ran into the same storm before they got home. They ended up the last 50+ miles following the sand trucks and for the last 10+ miles following a woman driving 5 mph. They are both home today, Amanda just called and said nobody is going anywhere for at least today.

Curly Sue was very sick yesterday...watery diarrhea, vomiting, she wouldn't go outside (she loves outside), we fed her yogurt and water through a syringe to keep her hydrated. She woke up this morning "all better", so am very thankful for that. Here she has been digging another whole in the yard.

2009 Blogger Awards...

Go here and vote for your favorite blogs or just check out all the finalists to see what other people are talking about. Scroll to the right and under Best Kept Secret vote for "Chickens in the Road".

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Superbowl 43...

The Cardinals are going to the Superbowl!!!

I have always been a Cardinal fan (OK, baseball) who knew they had a football team too. But I'v always been a fan...always!

Why? I don't follow the teams or even know any of the players names, but I love the birds!

So I will be cheering for the Cardinals! They have pretty uniforms too.

Food Lion...

For those of you who live near a Food Lion Grocery store, check out this blog "It's Hip 2 Save". She shows you coupons and deals for Food Lion, Walgreen's and other numerous stores. Click on her links on the right side bar to go directly to her posts for each store.

I continue to read and learn from all these other people just trying to make ends meet. Bless all of you who take the time to share your experiences and ideas.

ShooShoo Giveaway...

Amanda likes these...


I think these are cute too...

Supermom Central is giving away a pair of ShooShoo shoes for babies or toddlers. Check out her blog for wonderful thoughts and ideas.