Our little girl had her first 2 weeks ago and the cake-dive was very anticlimatic. She carefully pulled the cake apart with index finger and thumb and ate with almost no mess.
OT: Snow day!
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If he eats the cake the way he eats everything else... there will certainly be a mess.
Can't say the Rock Island Arsenal shut down but IT IS my regular day off. Snow day for me!!! (by default)
Our work hasn't cancelled - I don't think it ever has. Only those of us who are under 35 made it in, though. My husband is stuck in Albert Lea for work (can't drive home since the highways/interstates are all closed), so I just went out every few hours all last night and shovelled my path around my car. I got out fine this morning!
Yeah, in my 4 years yesterday was the 3rd time they ever closed early in the afternoon. Loved it when the email that people could leave under "manager's discretion." Well I only live like 4 miles across town and at the time it was just wet roads so me and 3 other guys that all lived in town volunteered to hold the place down while some people that lived in town (1 just minutes from the office!) all fled. Finally at 4pm when it started to blow snow and stick I took off which I'm glad I did because by 5pm it was pretty nasty.
Today is the first time I've ever seen Wells close everything down but then again I think a lot of the big wigs that make the calls are at some conference in Florida right now so they just hear blizzard and can't see it. I'm not complaining, 3 day weekend, woooohooooo!
my class for the day got cancelled, so it doesnt matter to me either way, but it seems very dumb when just about every school and many businesses in a 75 mile radius are closed, I-35 north of ames closed, and every road within 50 miles listed as travel not advised, yet ISU remains open.
Why the #%*#&% didn't ISU cancel classes? I tried 3 different roads (got stuck twice) and 2 hours trying to get in for my classes! While they say commuters should use their best judgment - and teachers should take that into consideration - I still lost points today because of this weather and teachers' policies. *grumble*
Sorry. I felt like ranting for a bit. all better now.
Sorry. I felt like ranting for a bit. all better now.
When I went to ISU I had morning Stat Lab in Snedecor. Wind chill was at least 10 to 20 below. I had to go (besides there were some cute girls in my lab). I lived in old RCA at the time. By the time I got back to the dorms, my ears were frostbitten. The same day I had Stat in Town Engineering at 4:00. Needless to say, I ended skipping the rest of my classes (as did most who lived on my floor) that day...
Yep, I'm all in on this being a make-up call. They jumped the gun yesterday and it turned out that at least within the city of Ames they could have held classes yesterday afternoon. Today everything is canceled. It is one thing to have class when some public schools cancel, but when there are tons of major businesses in Ames and Des Moines canceling, that's another story. Half the interstates in Iowa are closed, including from Ames north. Thats probably for good reason. And yeah, we all now how that commuter students use your best judgment thing works out. So a big up yours to ISU for putting student safety first today.... You know if Jamie Pollard was in charge of this, we wouldn't have a problem.
You make it sound like a bad thing. You paid a lot for tuition and I know you want to get the most for your money. :yes4lo:
Its just like the sidewalk on mortenson. its gonna take someone dying out there before ISU pulls their head out and does the right thing.
You know if JP were in charge of this, we'd have to listen to more Hawkeyes whining about their "little brother."
Anyway, who's got two thumbs and no Literary Theory today? THIS GUY!:yes4lo:
That stretch of I35 from Owattonna to the Iowa border is the worst, weather wise. If there aren't patches of ice on the road, there's drifting snow. I used to drive between Ames and MPLS during the winter a lot. The weather and roads in both Ames and MPLS would be perfect, but the roads always stunk in southern MN.
If we, as young adults, weren't so naive, and thinking we won't hurt ourselves or someone else, that may not have even happened. :no6xn: That was a tragic week last year. Didn't 3 students die that same week or week after?
yeah, something like that.
that sidewalk had been needed for a long time. i dunno how many times i saw people walking along the road late at night coming home from the bars. had to always watch out for them in that area with little lighting and no sidewalk. it was only a matter of time before one of those drunk walkers met up with a drunk driver. probably lucky it hadnt happened more often.
that sidewalk had been needed for a long time. i dunno how many times i saw people walking along the road late at night coming home from the bars. had to always watch out for them in that area with little lighting and no sidewalk. it was only a matter of time before one of those drunk walkers met up with a drunk driver. probably lucky it hadnt happened more often.