What is your weather like ... today

[callingcolleen1]

Currently 12 F and I just read the farmers Almanac (my region) for today and we are supposed to have above normal temperatures for January, which we have been having, but February we should see below normal temperatures, Just going to have to wait a little longer for spring...

 

[CountryEscape]

Haha, after Brandonsdad, Sissy, JW and Addy were fueding for the one to post the first one on page 200, it was Colleen who did it! I love a good steak, medium rare (but know how to cook it any way, my son likes it well done), and lobster, and a big salad, and bakes tater (yep, we can do that on the camp fire, on the coals) with sour cream, butter, bacon bits! Yep, see I was listening! LOL You all just make your way over to my place in Illinois, and we'll have a BIG party! But, Colleen is the WINNER!!!! Thanks everyone for enjoying this thread. I also love whoever started the weather banner, as it's fun to see what the temps are in F and C as well!

 

[j.w]

Hey you almost made it CE to be the 200th but Colleen beat us all out of it! Thanks for making this thread CE!
Sure would be fun to all gather at your place someday and everyone bring something. Looks like you have room on your property for all our covered wagons(campers, moter homes etc.) to park over night.............oh boy what have we started :banana: :bdaybiggrin: :boldblue: :claphands: :trampolin: :yellowbounce: :0000000057: :beerchug:

 

[j.w]

Oh yeah and we lost our sunny, dry weather..........back to rain and heading to the 40's.............I'll need my umbrella today :helm2: :grumble: :sad:

 

[addy1]

The plants that decided it was time to do a spring grow are now all back to winter dead. Except that crazy purple flower, still flowering..........

By next week we will be back in the high 40's "normal" lol temp

 

[sissy]

I plugged in my pond heater ,geeze it is cold out and more ice was forming in the pond and now the fish look like they are hanging out around the campfire and need weeny's and marshmellows

 

[addy1]

I don't have a heater, just good bubbles, they are doing good so far.

 

[sissy]

I invested in it 2010 winter as I had to ask you and JW :razz: how it worked not much in directions on the box ,just said plug in and how to keep it floating and how to submerge it .I don't like using it because I know my electric bill will go up .I am not sure how cold it will get tonight .better safe than sorry .My new aerator is in the box yet .

 

[callingcolleen1]

Weather sucks, cloudy day with no sun = no fun.... Temp not too bad at 19 fahrenheit, going to make the best of it and take the puppies soon to the park, tidy the house later, and possibly sneak home another fish tank I have been eyeballing.... but I have a method to my madness, little tanks are cheap, easy to clean, brings me and hubby much happiness and I get to "play" with it! I got lots of guppies and it is fun to play with fish, water, little rocks and sand in the warm house, this way I get my "pond fix" on a smaller scale. Nobody to tell me no I can't have more fish tanks... they let me loose! I only got seven tanks in the house, three in the living room. It's too cold to dig another pond and take over the garden... that's my evil plan, take the garden space over cause hubby don't need to grow anymore tobacco and I have been eyeballing that corner of the garden for a few years now. Ha Ha Ha H a. H a a ..... the ponds will be everywhere soon.... ho ho HOOOO Hee Hee Heeeee Ha Ha Haaa hubby does not know this yet..... that's why I am laughing like a Mad Hatter!!!

 

[j.w]

I'm calling the loony bin right now Colleen, this is getting serious

 

[sissy]

she needs an injection of pond water and a salt bath . :razz:

 

[j.w]

And maybe a little jolt of electricity pinned to her noggin for a few minutes

 

[CountryEscape]

OMG, you ladies are a hoot! Yep, I have room for anyone and everyone. In fact, if I got a bunch of air mattresses, I could probably sleep 50 people here. LOL Seriously, I have 2 queen beds, 2 twins, and a queen and twin air mattress. Plus the horse trailer has a queen mattress. haha It used to be the fun place for nieces and nephews when they came to visit ... when they were allowed to stay at our house that is! Since being on my own, I have all sorts of family come every year, many times a year, and I love it each and every time, too!
Colleen, I have 2 aquariums in my living room. I sit across from them, and enjoy them immensely during the winter especially when I can't be outside. Love to watch the fish, one is tropical (angels, platys, killifish, plecos, loaches, etc.) and the other is brackish (puffers, mollies, mono and an archer). Only thing missing is a salt water, but I've been there, done that, it's more work than I want to deal with.
Sissy, the water heaters don't turn on unless the water temp gets below 35 or something like that. They are thermostatically controlled. But, they do take a lot of electricity when they run, that's for sure.

 

[brandonsdad02]

I think it would be a blast. Could put some faces with the names. My fishing group did this a few years ago and the wife, kids and I went to it. It was a really good time, everyone brought food but the guy that organized the event owned a catering company so he just brought his camper packed full of food and he did all the meals. Got in some really good fishing and made some good friends.

 

[brandonsdad02]

Hey Colleen, your town called looking for their cold air. I told them we were done with it so its ready to be picked up.