The photos of snow in Virginia and West Virginia are something, esp for this time of the year. From what I understand a cold front moved in from the west and met up with the rains turning the rain into snow. Then the low pressure system that moved in wrapped itself around the hurricane. Name has been changed from hurricane to cyclone!

@bethofvt ~ Congratulations on your roll-over! Found out that some of those power company trucks might have been for PA. The ones crossing the state line into NJ were obviously going elsewhere, but the ones I saw closer to home could have been headed to Phila or Allentown. Later I heard our governor announce that crews were being sent from other states to help in PA. Just locally we have a lot of downed lines - mostly the result of trees falling on them.

@treasuremom ~ I remember that! Lots of babies born 9 months later! Glad to hear about how great your nephew was treated. It is esp. a tribute to New Yorkers who always get such a bad rap. A crisis seems to bring out either the best or worst in people. Wow, never thought about the key cards or not being allowed into the hotel. I hope this time around hotels would learned from history and have printed out hardcopy so that they could verify at the door that you had a reservation there. At least that way they could be in the lobby and if a larger hotel the bar and restaurant and meeting rooms. As I mentioned earlier, Swifty knows a lot more people from his floor and in his building now since they all gathered in the lobby. As far as a party atmosphere, Swifty said that all of his friends were posting on facebook that they were going out to get hurricane supplies - at the liquor store!

@mysteryhorse & @justmim ~ Thanks, very much appreciated. Never know if one is talking to the wind or not. I know I am not good at commenting on each and every post but I do try to acknowledge people in a positive way when I have time.

mysteryhorse The waves on Lake Michigan were huge. I couldn't believe it when I saw people out surfing!

@collectibles4utwo ~ A belated Happy Birthday!

@bookbase ~ I was thinking of your cottage too, but then I remembered what you said last year and seeing the pixs. Yeah, trees falling are the biggest concern. hahaha re: Seems funny to see my name mentioned so often and the good thing is that those posts carry nice thoughts and words! 😉 Wouldn't want it the opposite way!

@salmegal ~ So nice to hear from you! Thanks for the update. Wish you would stop in more often.

@stamphick ~ Wow, had not heard that one. Can't wait to tell DH and Swifty or are you pulling our collective legs? Have you heard from you DD? I forget the timetable. Is she on her great adventure?

@lookwhatbobfound ~ Sorry to hear about your nephew, wife and the baby! Hopefully they can get to a shelter.

@dianecox ~ I know how much you enjoy opera and thought you would be interested to know that my younger son in Vancouver went to see his first opera this past Sunday. I am looking forward to chatting with him next week to see what he thought. He lives 3 blocks from the Arts Center so thought he would give opera a try. He was going to see La Boheme. When I asked him if he knew what it was about or had he looked it up so that he knew, he replied, " 'Rent' is based on it, so yes I have an idea of what it is about."

Oh @dolores1953 that is so sweet of you to say!

@lookwhatbobfound Bob , Thanks. I'll follow your advice about the reversal of payment. After doing a little googling about it I think maybe either her bank or credit card rejected the payment. It probably was an automatic response that PayPal sends to all recipients who had payment reversals as there was string of 5-6 other email addresses along with mine.

We went to Staples for price comparisons for ink cartridges and a USB cord for my new Kodak printer / scanner. I would prefer supporting our local businesses but at the price difference between eBay and Staples I decided to order what I needed through eBay.

@dianecox --- Diane may I do just a bit of politics? Don't know where I read it and not at all sure of the particulars but I believe Staples was one of Romney's early adventures into financing. We have both a Staples and an Office Depot in north east Indy . Staples happens to be more convenient for me.

With my recent dental work I am still on a semi-liquid diet so I had potato with bacon soup for lunch and dinner. Dessert is chocolate chip cookies softened in milk.
Helen in Indy

@dainisjg Jim,, Pictures ! Pictures ! Pictures !

@9mart23 , Irene, Does etsy allow more than one picture? If not it seems to me that it is going to very difficult to sell clothing there. I'm going to be taking my etsy account down. I just do not to not have the time to work on etsy, my eBay store and my book database.

@dianecox , Diane, I have been fortunate in that I have made 3 European trips. Once on 40th wedding anniversary when our children chipped in to have eldest DD make all the arrangements and take me to France and the UK. On that trip we did get over into the far northwest of Italy. Then some 10-12 years later "good old eBay "sales provided the funds for 2 Italy / Southern France trips with a garden tour group. I found both Southern France and Italy beautiful and interesting .

Sort of an odd thing about the peach trees this year. DH noted when we had that late freeze that only the fruit on the very top of the trees fell off. We are guessing that since it was a very still night the ground heat kept the freeze 10-12 feet above the ground.

@dianecox ---Diane, Hope you find some time for yourself as that is so necessary for all of us. You and your sister have certainly had your plates full for quite some time now.

@grano9 Patsy, I've been watching your reports on toe problems. I finally got the nasty looking nail on one of my big toes to come off by soaking it Epsom Salts water. It was raw for a week or so but did not get infected. It is still a bit tender and I still cannot really see the new nail coming in but the skin is solid so think it is going to be fine. It has plenty of protection as I wear socks 24/7 and always a solid shoe.

@mysteryhorse And loved your posts about buying part interest in a race horse. And your picture. I assume that the horse in the picture is part yours. How many hands high are you?

Many years ago my brother fell into a deal where he bought a race horse. If I recall correctly the horses name was Dick Nashipur. The horse won the race and my brother immediately sold him. But somewhere in our family there is a picture of my brother holding the reins of said horse. I think that he bought his wife a fur piece with part of the winnings.

I have a couple of high school annuals. Have been trying to find Seth Poppel to verify if there are any famous persons in these annuals. I sent an email to his aol.com address but have had no response. In other inquiries he has responded very quickly. Any information on how I could find him.? I did Google.

@dianecox I have been really troubled about your sister's health problems. I think that I was not around when you first mentioned her illness . But have gathered from more recent comments that she had brain surgery.