It is 33, wet and nasty outside, nights like this I am glad I have a woodburning stove.

[texanwitch]

The whole large living room area is nice and warm, I even cooked a pot of bean soup on the stove today.

This old house of mine feels really nice to be in on a night like this.

I have my laptop on a old round table that belonged to my grandparents, the pets are sleeping by the stove.

Everything is peaceful here.

[Broken_Hero]

1. I hope the storm passes,

and no one loses power...I'm in SW Missouri, and we had three ice storms roll through from last Friday/Sunday...we were without powre for three days. We also have a wood stove...we cooked, lots o goodies on it...:D

[texanwitch]

4. So far we have been real lucky here the Houston area.

We only have had light rain starting late this afternoon.

The worse part the storm is passing us , so far.

Glad you have your power back, hope you get to keep it.

I don't have a large stove but this one is really keeping the house warm, and makes a mean pot of soup.

My old house has a fire place but the repair cost was to much so I bought a stove instead, I like the stove better.

Nothing like the smell of a wood buring fire.

[Broken_Hero]

5. Tell me about it

my wife and I absolutely adore our wood stove...we heat our whole house with it...from what I saw on the news earlier, it looked like Houston and east Texas, and the lower portion of Ar was going to get hit...hard. I'm glad its not as bad, as it looked on the Weather Channel...

[texanwitch]

10. So far it has not been bad.

Tonight will be the worst, after that it will wet but above 32 so everything will be better.

Houston has been in a nice little pocket so far, no rain until this afternoon.

Houston and Harris County is really a large area, the inner part of Houston is usually a little warmer.

[fizzgig]

2. that sounds wonderful

my dad's house is primarily heated by a woodburnig stove, but it wasn't big enough to cook anything on.

sigh, i miss my dad's house

[texanwitch]

6. My grandparents had a woodburning stove and I always wanted to have one.

This one is big enough for my Grandmother's big soup pot.

[SPKrazy]

3. Sounds warm and cozy TW!

stay dry and warm!

:hug:

[texanwitch]

8. Everything is nice and cozy here.

So far we have got off lucky compared to other parts of the country and Texas.

How are things your way.

[SPKrazy]

9. It's Just Cold Here

I think all the moisture is south of here tonight

just really cold

[texanwitch]

11. That's great.

I tell you that old barbed wire fence really did a good job in keeping that rain away for a few days.

Tonight has been the worse it has been.

[SPKrazy]

12. I saw a weather map

it looked like all of Texas and some of Louisiana was either getting rain or ice.

x(

[texanwitch]

14. I have the Weather Channel on my computer and am watching the radar.

The temp is jumping between 32 and 33 and the rain is on and off, raining very slowly.

Austin and the hill country sure has been in the worst of it.

My Aunt lives near Austin, she hasn't been anywhere for several days.

[SPKrazy]

15. Bummer

Austin Doesn't Usually get ice

that's a wicked storm to have cold temps that far south

I bet it won't get much colder there, but i wouldn't bet the farm!

[texanwitch]

16. It is terrible driving weather.

My friend went to Austin for a wedding and is stuck there, driving on all the ice is not something she wants to do.

I have driven the Hill Country in similar weather, never again.

Driving 5 mph on ice is not anything I would do again, back then I was young and stupid.

[SPKrazy]

18. Drove Across The Panhandle Of Texas once on ice

accumulated on the car about 2 inches deep, the roads were like glass. Cars and trucks everywhere.

We were headed to ski in Colorado, I was about 21 or so. Kept driving for miles.

finally got out of it into New Mexico

crazy.

I hate ice. Snow I can handle, but ice is a bummmer

[texanwitch]

20. I had a job where I drove all over Texas and surrounding states.

I would drive in terrible weather, being young makes your feel like nothing can happen to you.

[SPKrazy]

21. Yup, This is true

don't feel that way anymore!

[texanwitch]

23. I did some stupid things back then.

If I was tired I would pull over at a rest stop and sleep so I could keep the money for the motel.

I had a gun with me but still, what was I thinking.

[SPKrazy]

24. You Were Thinking

anyone messes with me and I'll blow them away?

Oh well, the things we do when we're young and immortal lOL

[texanwitch]

28. I had my own gun since I was 5 years old, my Grandfather taught me how to handle a gun.

I had cash with me, lots of cash.

How I lived to see 25 I will never know.

[SPKrazy]

29. How I Lived to See 25 Is Beyond Me Too

prolly different reasons, but there were plenty of times I should have been dead.

I'm not. So, I guess the universe has other notions for me than that.?

[texanwitch]

31. Just think of the stories we could tell.

Being stupid is part of being young.

[SPKrazy]

33. Lots of stories

lots of stupidity

hopefully we learn and don't have to repeat the same mistakes over and over, that's insanity.
I've been insane by that definition plenty.

Yes, lots of stories.

[texanwitch]

35. I had a good time doing it.

I did grow a brain about 25 years old, but I think all this silly youthful stupidity is just part of growing up.

[SPKrazy]

36. Yeah It Is, If You Survive It, You Grow

if you don't, you wither and die.

Part of the growth process.

glad you grew a brain!

[texanwitch]

38. A person can be smart and stupid at the same time.

I should a book about what happened during those years.

I really did have fun.

I met some great and interesting people along the way.

[SPKrazy]

40. I bet You Did

we all met people that changed our lives one way or the other.

we all have the drive to do things that aren't so smart, and the things that are smart.

:pals:

[SPKrazy]

41. Good Night TexanWitch!

sleep warm and cozy

:hug:

[texanwitch]

43. Same here Southpawkicker.

I really enjoy our talks.

:pals: :hug:

[Pierre.Suave]

7. It is

-2 outside here, with snow on the ground, want to trade?

edit: are you in a place with no power due to the storm?

[texanwitch]

13. No I don't think so.

I have been in -2 weather, my thin Texan blood wasn't able to take it.

I like around 40, that is really cold enough for me.

We have power.

[enigmatic]

17. That sounds perfect

Solitude enriches the soul if understood correctly; it sounds like you get it:)

[texanwitch]

19. My housemates are sleeping, I have the house to myself.

Nights like this I can feel the generations that have lived in this old house.

[enigmatic]

22. I understand that, too

I lived in an old SRO that had been an SRO for most of it's life (built in 1912), and sometimes I could feel the vibrations of the many, many people that lived in that little room through the years....

[texanwitch]

25. This old house was built in 1930.

Due to the hard times of the 30's the house had anywhere from 10 to 30 people living in it.

The woodwork stiil has the marks where the little kids were measured growing up, I really love this house.

Two people died in this house, 3 babies were born here.

This house has a history.

[enigmatic]

26. Wow

My wife and I are looking for a place like that up here; we want a place w/ history, too...

[texanwitch]

32. Hope ya'll find one.

Old houses are the best even if they need work, like this one did.

[SPKrazy]

27. I Live In A House Built In 1936

I don't know all of the history, but I do know it was custom built, and it is a cool old house.

sounds like your house having been a family house has lots of known history and you are attuned to that.

That's cool. It's neat to know about where you live when it's got history.

[texanwitch]

30. I bought the house from the daughter of the couple who built it so I have

heard lots of stories.

She comes back to vist from time to time.

[SPKrazy]

34. How Cool...

we were the 3rd family to have lived here over time.

Would love to know more about the original owner/builder.

He did a heck of job of making it a sturdy house. And of course we've talked about the trees in our neighborhoods and how you have townhouses taking over that are poorly constructed.

I feel encroachment from businesses more than from townhouses.

businesses down the street not far from here.

[texanwitch]

37. We have businesses out here but they were never a major problem.

I don't think there will be a place for old houses in the future.

I am thinking about trying to move the house if possible, moving it to my land in the country.

Sure would like to.

[SPKrazy]

39. That Would Be A Cool Thing To Do.

might be a lot of work, and hard to do. But it might not be as hard as I'm imagining either..

That would fit well with your goal of moving to the country around Austin.

cool

[texanwitch]

42. Several large houses have been moved here so it might be possible.

I would hate the see the house destroyed.

[SPKrazy]

44. I Bet It Can Be Done

good luck with it.