The things we do for kids

Alice has started giving rock gifts Member since February 2005 Posts: 3,931	The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 13:45:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alice on Dec 14, 2005 13:45:09 GMT -5 We have snow here but not all that much...yet I gave in (kids were begging that I make them a hill) so I shoveled the yard! It's not a high hill, but the kids had fun

rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 13:59:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Dec 14, 2005 13:59:59 GMT -5 way to go mom!
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g0too starting to spend too much on rocks Member since October 2005 Posts: 198	The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 14:03:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by g0too on Dec 14, 2005 14:03:55 GMT -5 Time for a snowball fight me thinks, but dont forget to let the kids win. Cheers Chris
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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 14:19:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Dec 14, 2005 14:19:58 GMT -5 LOL now that's cute! Good thing it doesn't take much to keep them occupied.
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Alice has started giving rock gifts Member since February 2005 Posts: 3,931	The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 14:38:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alice on Dec 14, 2005 14:38:33 GMT -5 I wish we could have a snow ball fight Chris... or even build a snowman or fort. Snow isn't sticky enough. It's just powder snow. Cher, you're right! it doesn't take much to occupy kids

rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 20:11:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 14, 2005 20:11:46 GMT -5 awe alice. that is so adorable. you are a good mom! kim

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The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 20:53:04 GMT -5

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Post by walrusleather on Dec 14, 2005 20:53:04 GMT -5

whats that white stuff on the ground,,, sand or something? and the funny clothes i dont get it, i mean i have shorts (362 days a year) and long pants (funerals and weddings) but the other stuff??

oh yeah i forget im a walrus for a reason

sorry had to make the jokes (hit 72 today) great thing for the kids to play though (special moms are the bestest)

Walrus

''The time has come,' the Walrus said,
'To talk of many things:
Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing wax --
Of cabbages -- and kings --
And why the sea is boiling hot --
And whether pigs have wings.''

Lewis Carrol

Alice
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The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 23:39:03 GMT -5

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Post by Alice on Dec 14, 2005 23:39:03 GMT -5

that white stuff is Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes... we call it snow!

Wish we had your weather sometimes Walrus. Especially in late Jan & early Feb Months. That's when it gets REALLY cold here

joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	The things we do for kids Dec 14, 2005 23:46:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Dec 14, 2005 23:46:41 GMT -5 Wow with a name like that Alice it must be a lot heavier than snow!
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The things we do for kids Dec 15, 2005 11:30:01 GMT -5

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Post by walrusleather on Dec 15, 2005 11:30:01 GMT -5

i actually rememeber driving in it, last time quite clearly, october 1992. sandusky ohio.

did a double 360 on black ice in a 1982 olds regency (19 feet of killer big car)

playing in it,, well thats another set of memories. i couldnt understand why my folks were unhappy. there was 5 feet to play in and dig thru. and the stuff you knew was there was fun to find by diggin tunnels thru. (the garage door, car, tractor etc)

and as for our winter weather, well its a trade really the hurricanes, summer swelter for 5 months, (no escape even at night from the heat) bad traffice, worse humidity, mosquitos as big as Bichon frise (and even more annoying) red hats everywhere and so on.

ahh paradise, the price we pay.

happy holidays to all,, im hiding in my bedroom till january

''The time has come,' the Walrus said,
'To talk of many things:
Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing wax --
Of cabbages -- and kings --
And why the sea is boiling hot --
And whether pigs have wings.''

Lewis Carrol

drupe fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2005 Posts: 1,245	The things we do for kids Dec 15, 2005 11:48:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drupe on Dec 15, 2005 11:48:29 GMT -5 Walrusleather Congrats and Happy Birthday. I'm with you on the shorts. Snow looks great on a Christmas card but I prefer sand on the ground. Merry Christmas Pete
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Alice
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The things we do for kids Dec 15, 2005 11:59:04 GMT -5

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Post by Alice on Dec 15, 2005 11:59:04 GMT -5

We get nasty summer weather here too. Way too hot and really bad for babies and old people. I think over 100 people died from the heat / humidity last year.

We go from one extreme to another. Freezing cold in the winter (Dangerous to go outside) to Texas desert temperatures in the summer with a bonus of humidity.

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	The things we do for kids Dec 15, 2005 12:05:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Dec 15, 2005 12:05:41 GMT -5 Sweet alice- Love to watch kids playing in the snow- My daughter swears I plow the driveway just so she has huge pile to play in!
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

Alice has started giving rock gifts Member since February 2005 Posts: 3,931	The things we do for kids Dec 15, 2005 16:08:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alice on Dec 15, 2005 16:08:10 GMT -5 I think most kids love the snow If there's enough snow out in the yard this year, I think I'll make them a maze. I think they'll like that

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The things we do for kids Dec 16, 2005 17:00:18 GMT -5

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Post by Alice on Dec 16, 2005 17:00:18 GMT -5

Just updating with pictures.

We got snow over night. Ton's of it!
Took me 6 hours with 2 bathroom breaks to make a pathway from the car to the street today. Tomorrow, I gotta shovel the rest of the driveway. Man my legs are sore! and I'm staving (haven't eaten all day)

The kids had a lot more fun with this hill then they did with the mole hill above.

This is less then 1/4 of the driveway (we have the longest driveway on the street). But check out that Hill !

Last Edit: Dec 16, 2005 17:01:21 GMT -5 by Alice

joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	The things we do for kids Dec 16, 2005 19:30:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Dec 16, 2005 19:30:14 GMT -5 I need 4 advil after just looking at that. Get in a hot bath Alice!
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Alice has started giving rock gifts Member since February 2005 Posts: 3,931	The things we do for kids Dec 16, 2005 21:07:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alice on Dec 16, 2005 21:07:49 GMT -5 this type of snow is unusual. It even made the news ... www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051216/snow_update_canada_051216/20051216?hub=Canada
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joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	The things we do for kids Dec 16, 2005 23:59:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Dec 16, 2005 23:59:31 GMT -5 Ok that does not look like fun.
	"Always keep a diamond in your mind"

rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	The things we do for kids Dec 17, 2005 0:42:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Dec 17, 2005 0:42:20 GMT -5 Ah, better you than me
	Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and Prejudice and fear walk hand-in-hand.

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	The things we do for kids Dec 20, 2005 12:33:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Dec 20, 2005 12:33:14 GMT -5 THat looks like a Western New York SNOW!!!! ahhh good old lake effect!
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite