So, all told I'd say we got about 5 inches of snow and another 3ish inches of sleet\/snow mix. (The freezing rain I though was supposed to be for the rest of the day apparently switched back to sleet\/snow as soon as I went back inside, LOL.)<\/p>
Been watching the power outage map, and there have only been 2 small outages within a few miles of here and they're already resolved. My brother VERY SMARTLY pointed out that our power has held thanks to the umpteen power banks I charged up.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115958941987905741","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115958941987905741","objectType":"note","content":"
So, all told I'd say we got about 5 inches of snow and another 3ish inches of sleet\/snow mix. (The freezing rain I though was supposed to be for the rest of the day apparently switched back to sleet\/snow as soon as I went back inside, LOL.)<\/p>
Been watching the power outage map, and there have only been 2 small outages within a few miles of here and they're already resolved. My brother VERY SMARTLY pointed out that our power has held thanks to the umpteen power banks I charged up.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115958941987905741","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115957926493284199","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115957926493284199"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=0d133ae7cf2258e0","notice_info":{"local_id":"12001774","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-26T09:41:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115958941987905741"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-original-tmp20250809030907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-48-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-24-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"17650"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Header photo: A large black Maine Coon cat looks at a computer screen.Avatar: My current cat, Tennessee (he\/him)#nobridge #noai","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","note":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Header photo: A large black Maine Coon cat looks at a computer screen.Avatar: My current cat, Tennessee (he\/him)#nobridge #noai"}},"content":"
@cafechatnoir<\/a> I'm so glad you *didn't* get that freezing rain, which seems to be the big concern for downed trees and power lines.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/115960742483347868","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/115960742483347868","objectType":"note","content":" @cafechatnoir<\/a> I'm so glad you *didn't* get that freezing rain, which seems to be the big concern for downed trees and power lines.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/115960742483347868","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115958941987905741","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115958941987905741"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=0d133ae7cf2258e0","notice_info":{"local_id":"12001776","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-26T09:41:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/115960742483347868"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir","displayName":"Play Ball and Fight Fascists","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-original-tmp20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-96-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-48-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-24-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20143"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-96-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Cats, Coffee, Whiskey & Writing. 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If you have those ice melt jugs with the shaker tops - keep an empty one on hand - when you have to open a new one, just pour what you need in the old one so you're not trying to lug around 10 pounds of ice melt.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115957239464560554","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=0d133ae7cf2258e0","notice_info":{"local_id":"11998806","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11998804"}},"published":"2026-01-25T19:47:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"jeridansky repeated a notice by cafechatnoir","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/115957462975923432\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir","displayName":"Play Ball and Fight Fascists","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-original-tmp20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-96-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-48-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-24-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20143"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-96-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Cats, Coffee, Whiskey & Writing. 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You are supposed to be on the couch with ME. <\/p> He is happy I'm done.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115957286019846220","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115957286019846220","objectType":"note","content":" And Sean has been fussing at me all morning.<\/p> GIRL. It is the WEEKEND. 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And Padres baseball. And the O's, too. GMU alum. I cuss a lot. She\/her Anti Fascist. Mid-Atlantic, USA.Also, it's not that I don't follow back, it just takes me forever to get around to it.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"cafechatnoir","displayName":"Play Ball and Fight Fascists","note":"Cats, Coffee, Whiskey & Writing. And Padres baseball. And the O's, too. GMU alum. I cuss a lot. She\/her Anti Fascist. Mid-Atlantic, USA.Also, it's not that I don't follow back, it just takes me forever to get around to it."}},"content":" OK, the fourth and final for me pass is done, which neatly coincided with the second battery running out on the shovel and the freezing rain starting. <\/p> It's as good as it's gonna get I think - I went back out and put ice melt down and I am calling it a day.<\/p> OH! If you have those ice melt jugs with the shaker tops - keep an empty one on hand - when you have to open a new one, just pour what you need in the old one so you're not trying to lug around 10 pounds of ice melt.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115957239464560554","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115957239464560554","objectType":"note","content":" OK, the fourth and final for me pass is done, which neatly coincided with the second battery running out on the shovel and the freezing rain starting. <\/p> It's as good as it's gonna get I think - I went back out and put ice melt down and I am calling it a day.<\/p> OH! If you have those ice melt jugs with the shaker tops - keep an empty one on hand - when you have to open a new one, just pour what you need in the old one so you're not trying to lug around 10 pounds of ice melt.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115957239464560554","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115956984718378058","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115956984718378058"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=0d133ae7cf2258e0","notice_info":{"local_id":"11998804","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-25T19:47:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115957239464560554"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir","displayName":"Play Ball and Fight Fascists","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-original-tmp20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-96-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-48-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-24-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20143"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20143-96-20221108115520.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Cats, Coffee, Whiskey & Writing. And Padres baseball. And the O's, too. GMU alum. I cuss a lot. She\/her Anti Fascist. Mid-Atlantic, USA.Also, it's not that I don't follow back, it just takes me forever to get around to it.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"cafechatnoir","displayName":"Play Ball and Fight Fascists","note":"Cats, Coffee, Whiskey & Writing. And Padres baseball. And the O's, too. GMU alum. I cuss a lot. She\/her Anti Fascist. Mid-Atlantic, USA.Also, it's not that I don't follow back, it just takes me forever to get around to it."}},"content":" @jeridansky<\/a> <\/p> I mean, when you're little, it doesn't matter, it just magically happens!<\/p> I remember my Mom shoveling snow because of this absolutely garish green camo-ish jacket with orange bits all over it that she would wear. (It still hangs in the coat closet, LOL.) <\/p> I'm sure my Dad did it when he wasn't deployed, but I also have zero memory of that.<\/p> Here is the pattern on the coat - you can see why it is seared into my memory. And retinas.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115957230628952543","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cafechatnoir\/statuses\/115957230628952543","objectType":"note","content":" @jeridansky<\/a> <\/p> I mean, when you're little, it doesn't matter, it just magically happens!<\/p> I remember my Mom shoveling snow because of this absolutely garish green camo-ish jacket with orange bits all over it that she would wear. (It still hangs in the coat closet, LOL.) <\/p> I'm sure my Dad did it when he wasn't deployed, but I also have zero memory of that.<\/p> Here is the pattern on the coat - you can see why it is seared into my memory. And retinas.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115957230628952543","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/115957149055837020","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/115957149055837020"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=0d133ae7cf2258e0","notice_info":{"local_id":"11998728","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-25T19:28:19+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cafechatnoir\/115957230628952543"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-original-tmp20250809030907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-48-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-24-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"17650"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Header photo: A large black Maine Coon cat looks at a computer screen.Avatar: My current cat, Tennessee (he\/him)#nobridge #noai","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","note":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Header photo: A large black Maine Coon cat looks at a computer screen.Avatar: My current cat, Tennessee (he\/him)#nobridge #noai"}},"content":"