After three nights in a row (plus Friday night) of getting no sleep because nonstop thunderstorms HAD to start at 10 or 11 PM and not stop until 2 or 3 in the morning, I’ve had it. I am very crabby with no sleep. I also don’t like the results I wake up to – [...]
Archive for the ‘weather’ Category
The time has come…
Posted in weather, tagged humidity, rant on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
…for my annual summer rant. This is the week if there ever was a week for it. Ahem. I HATE humidity. I hate 78 degree dewpoints. I hate dripping like a faucet. I hate spending five minutes under the health club wall dryer after working out and still not being completely dry. I hate having [...]
It’s not suppose to rain today…
Posted in weather, tagged irritation, rant on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
That’s what I heard from the “weather” people yesterday and today. It’s suppose to be hot and humid and 100 tomorrow. I sit here and see rain falling from the skies. Stupid me for believing the weather people. All my hard lawn work will be gone tomorrow thanks to all this nonpredicted rain. If I [...]
What I have been doing today…
Posted in weather, tagged blizzard of 2011, Chicago on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dealing with this: Boy, shoveling that 4 1/2 foot blizzard snow drift has turned my arms into rubber. Luckily, I have another untouched snow drift on the side of the house to work on tomorrow. Sigh…
Raindrops need to stop falling on my head (and roof)…
Posted in weather, tagged rant on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mother Nature: Six inches of rain is plenty. We don’t need any more. Oh, and if you could work on having multiple heavy thunderstorms before 10 PM so I could actually get some sleep, I’d appreciate it. You look tired after all that work last night. Go take an extended vacation very far away [...]
“Oh humidity, Oh humidity, how horrid is your moisture!” (sung to Oh Christmas Tree)
Posted in weather, tagged humidity, rant, summer on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, a little Christmas in July for my annual summer rant. How I hate humidity. How I hate to look like I’ve taken a shower when I have not. How I hate waterfalls cascading down my face! How I hate looking like I swam in the health club pool when all I did was my [...]
My inner gambler…
Posted in weather, tagged gambling, obssession, radar on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I’ve been sitting here this Memorial Day checking out the Internet and listening to podcasts, I just realized it is time to resume one of my weirdly favorite past times – staring down the radar. It’s suppose to rain today, probably around noon. And as I look at my friend the radar, I see [...]
Chicago weatherpeople do it again…
Posted in weather, tagged Chicago, rant on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Or Last night: Tomorrow it will be 80. Result: I leave heat off. Today: 46 degrees and a freezing house. Now it’s climbed to a balmy 50. Last time I checked my math, 50 does not equal 80. Keep earning those big salaries…grumble…
The Yule Log is coated in ice…
Posted in weather, tagged Chicago, Christmas Eve, ice, Yule log on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A “proper” Yule Log If they tried to light the Yule Log right now, there wouldn’t be one. Everything is loaded to the gills with ice. I put a ton of salt on all surfaces last night and there is now a thick sheet of ice covering it all up. I just put more on [...]
Dodging another bullet
Posted in weather, tagged Chicago, east coast snow, snow, snow preparation on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This time, the east coast is getting nailed with snow. Last time, it was Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. Even the UK is getting a lot of snow again like last winter. I see all these reports and sigh in relief that all we’ve been getting is a few inches of snow on the system [...]
