First Snow - Artemis Launch - NY Blizzard

 Shiloh, IL (Hi 31  Lo 18)  Sunny and cold 19 in AM

I looked back to last week to see what the post was all about. It seems like that was months ago not just a week.

Most of this blog will be for memories and what's happened this week rather just what I've done which is basically nothing but crocheting. I made 12 mice that have catnip in them for cats to play with and another pink elephant. I also made a tiny panda.  I'm so glad to have something to make. I still have more orders to do, so I'm happy. It's too cold to get out and no where to go anyway. (Click on photos to enlarge). 

The big thing this week was snow, lots of snow in Buffalo, NY area and at this writing it's still coming down. The last report at 10:30pm is 77 inches Orchard Park, NY.  This is off the TV but shows just how much snow is on the ground in NY.  

If you know me you know I watch storm chasers. Well, believe it or not there's several people chasing the storms in New York. Why? for money basically. Youtubers  make lots of money by being on the road in a blizzard. Ok, I have to admit, it's fun watching them and so far only one that I've seen got stuck and had to have help getting out. The last time he was out last week, he didn't have a shovel or gloves. This time he has both, smart thinking. 

We had measurable snow of seven inches on Saturday night.  It was a total surprise, no one mentioned we get snow and then to have that much took us all by surprise.  You can't tell the depth from the first picture, but the second picture is from our son's deck and you can see how much it piled up. 

Monday I went to dentist to get my permanent crown put on a front tooth. It's been cracked for a very long time and the dentist said I better get it fixed before it breaks the rest of the tooth in half. I thought I'd take a picture, so funny looking having a partial tooth. It would have made a good Halloween idea. 

The biggest news this week was the Artemis I, the moon rocket. It's the first in a series so it's unmanned.  I spent four hours watching it on NASA channel and hoping it would go up. I have a soft spot with the NASA program, I worked for them for a couple years. The best job I've ever had hands down. I know how they feel with the excitement of a launch. It was iffy for awhile but it got off the ground. I wanted to be sure to have a record of it like I did with the space launches in my past years journals.   There's plenty of video on youtube, I took a video from the TV but it doesn't want to download here. 

I went to work at hospice and taught a couple computer things. I wasn't there very long. When I get in the car I do other errands that need to be done so got everything caught up including getting gas. I won't have to do it over Thanksgiving to go to my sister.  

I got all my Christmas shopping done last month and found out when I went back to the items where I ordered them everyone of them was $3 to $4 higher. I'm so glad I'm all done now to get a big box shipped.