Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 16:52     Subject: Re:Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The day I spend a week in my house without leaving at all will be the day I am dead in the house.

So depressing (for me).


Walking around tjmaxx isn't a hobby.


What???
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 16:51     Subject: Re:Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:I have seen people who appear to have emerged from their homes just yesterday or today and are now chipping away at their cars and it is fascinating to me.

It seems some of you don't read or watch the news or look at any weather pages, all of which made it clear what this was going to be and how to manage the situation.

Except these same people probably went to the store and cleared the shelves, so....



You should get that checked out. (That combo of contempt and inclination to assume things.)
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 16:49     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've been to work Wednesday, Thursday, today. Doctor appt, Target, etc. My DH has been to several doctors appts (he's a teacher so school is closed).

Our driveway and sidewalks are clear (we hired someone) and both cars are clear.


Odd so many of you were at the doctors multiple times in a week.


DP. Sometimes life is like that. I had a scheduled appointment yesterday and a dental emergency on Tuesday that turned into an extraction today.


+1

I have 3 appointments next week—annual follow with my sleep medicine doctor, a crown at the dentist, and a derm appointment.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 16:33     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Yes, I've been working.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 16:28     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s so interesting when people have this dire need to get out, even when authorities are asking people to stay off the roads. We actually place bets on how soon my one neighbor will get out. I don’t know if he hates his wife or what but he will leave in blizzard conditions. He clearly cannot be stuck with her.

We stayed off the road Sunday and Monday. Then it was time to get back to life
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 16:12     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
I think it’s so interesting when people have this dire need to get out, even when authorities are asking people to stay off the roads. We actually place bets on how soon my one neighbor will get out. I don’t know if he hates his wife or what but he will leave in blizzard conditions. He clearly cannot be stuck with her.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 16:07     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Ran every single day including when the snow was coming down. Snow/cold can be fun too.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 21:49     Subject: Re:Have you been out since Saturday?
Yes. Dinner at a fancy restaurant.



Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 21:03     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
I got snowed/ICED in. Then got a flooding peri period and gave up on this entire week. Turns out actually resting on your period makes a huge difference in how you feel. The plow only went through my street yesterday afternoon anyway.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 18:55     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nope. My car is in the garage but the driveway and neighborhood is still solid ice.


What have you been doing?


I’ve tried chipping away at the ice, which is impossible at this point, cleaning, laundry, organized my bedroom where things from Christmas looked messy, watching TV, texting with family, etc. I’m ready to get out now. Hoping it gets above freezing soon.


We all had the same icepack and most people have dug out already. You need a pick-axe (with goggles), or a heavy gardening shovel with metal head. I had to jump with my full weight (of 120lbs) on my gardening shovel to fracture the ice. Then I used my shovel as a lever to pry blocks away from the iceberg. Then I carried the ice blocks and piled them up in my yard (and the kids used them for snow forts). I didn't actually need my snow shovel except for Sunday, while it was still sleeting, and as a sweeper to clean up the snow dust and ice pebbles after I carried the ice blocks away.

If you don't have the right implements, ask a neighbor, or order them off Amazon or another store. Deliveries have started back up again.


I have a heart condition and cannot do better. Stop being ignorant and judgmental.


PP you replied to. I too have a heart condition. If yours is severe, you are naturally excused from that sort of physical exertion. But this is not the case for most people, as you well understand. If you write a post about chipping away at the ice without mentioning your disability... be prepared for annoying comments.


Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 18:15     Subject: Re:Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The day I spend a week in my house without leaving at all will be the day I am dead in the house.

So depressing (for me).


Walking around tjmaxx isn't a hobby.


Hmm.

Random.

You think this is what people did this week when they left their homes?
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 18:10     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nope. My car is in the garage but the driveway and neighborhood is still solid ice.


What have you been doing?


I’ve tried chipping away at the ice, which is impossible at this point, cleaning, laundry, organized my bedroom where things from Christmas looked messy, watching TV, texting with family, etc. I’m ready to get out now. Hoping it gets above freezing soon.


That doesn't sound at all bad.. sometimes its nice to catch up on things or slow down a bit. I've decluttered some books and DVD's, the sock drawer, spice cabinet, and pantry, took long hot baths with books, cleaned, vacuumed, laundry, watched a little tv, did a linen closet/tolietry inventory check.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 18:06     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Of course- grew up in NE though. We shoveled the driveway and put out salt before the ice started. Cleared off snow and put a tarp on top of the one car that is outside the garage.

DH is MD and drove to work on Monday. I went out with DC do various reasons Tuesday- today.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 18:02     Subject: Re:Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:The day I spend a week in my house without leaving at all will be the day I am dead in the house.

So depressing (for me).


Walking around tjmaxx isn't a hobby.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 18:00     Subject: Have you been out since Saturday?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Its like 2020 all over again here.


Maybe for you hermits. The rest of us are living life. I've even been out to dinner.


Well la te da. I have skills and can cook and not force people to drive unsafly just to wait on me hand and foot. But you do you.