Read Thread: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Feb 3, 2007 4:54pm
Well, it only took 3 years, but the Highlander and I FINALLY took up the challenge! Although we didn't put it in the grocery store that started this whole thing (the one TurtleMcQ put hers in), we DID place our Challenge O' the Sprite box in a Wallyworld AND we did it during a SERIOUS whiteout up here in WNY. It didn't look bad this morning when we looked outside (the sun was actually out!), so we figured we had plenty of time to get going on things. We worked on the D & D PLB ring stuff and hung out, even watched an episode of Star Trek before we left the house around 4:30. When I got my coat off the window hook, I turned to the Highlander and said, "Uh, is snow supposed to go sideways like that?" It was blowing so hard that I could barely see the garage 10 feet away!
We had to get some stuff from Wallyworld, though, so we decided to go quickly before nightfall. We have a Subaru, so I had enough belief in going that I think I suckered the more knowledgeable Highlander into continuing our trek just 15 minutes east. I totally forgot that country roads have little or no lighting, though, so by the time we were 30 minutes away, it was already dark and we REALLY had moments where we couldn't see a THING. We were too worried about getting stuck or rear-ended to pull over, so we kept going about 35mph at least half the way there. By the time we got to the store, he wanted to stay and keep the car running while I went in to plant the box. "Don't go and shop," he told me. "We really need to get out of here before we're stuck in Albion all night."
"Well, I can't just run in, plant and run out...I'll look weird! I have to buy SOMEthing." I explained.
He told me to pick one thing from the list we had and go with that, but apparently, he had more faith in my ability to NOT succumb to the spritely urge to look at all the shiny things and the toys and the candy and the movies and the new tvs and the cat food and the...
"What are you DOING???" he demanded. By this point, he'd parked the car and come in and I was STILL mulling over the type of cat litter to buy, the plain kind or the kind with the pretty blue crystals in it (I swear there are times that I should just TURN IN my tomboy card!). In my defense, though, I was planting the box in the auto department when this guy started STOCKING the shelves! As a chick, if I spend too much time in the auto department, men come up to me with that sympathetic look and ask if I need help, so I couldn't sit staring at oil pans for too long. I had to do some fake out time in the spark plugs and the wiper blade area, then actually get a snow brush for the car.
Anyway, things eased up considerably on the way back, so even with bad roads, we could SEE where we were going. We made it back home in less time that it took to get out and are now safe in the cabin listening to the wind try to get in here. Regardless (does the dance) "Weeee planted a bo-oox, weeeee planted a bo-oox...!"
By the way, Phoenix, I KNOW how you are about first finds, but you may just want to wait the storm out on this one! ;-)
The (defrosting her wings) Sprite & the (defrosting his caber) Highlander
We had to get some stuff from Wallyworld, though, so we decided to go quickly before nightfall. We have a Subaru, so I had enough belief in going that I think I suckered the more knowledgeable Highlander into continuing our trek just 15 minutes east. I totally forgot that country roads have little or no lighting, though, so by the time we were 30 minutes away, it was already dark and we REALLY had moments where we couldn't see a THING. We were too worried about getting stuck or rear-ended to pull over, so we kept going about 35mph at least half the way there. By the time we got to the store, he wanted to stay and keep the car running while I went in to plant the box. "Don't go and shop," he told me. "We really need to get out of here before we're stuck in Albion all night."
"Well, I can't just run in, plant and run out...I'll look weird! I have to buy SOMEthing." I explained.
He told me to pick one thing from the list we had and go with that, but apparently, he had more faith in my ability to NOT succumb to the spritely urge to look at all the shiny things and the toys and the candy and the movies and the new tvs and the cat food and the...
"What are you DOING???" he demanded. By this point, he'd parked the car and come in and I was STILL mulling over the type of cat litter to buy, the plain kind or the kind with the pretty blue crystals in it (I swear there are times that I should just TURN IN my tomboy card!). In my defense, though, I was planting the box in the auto department when this guy started STOCKING the shelves! As a chick, if I spend too much time in the auto department, men come up to me with that sympathetic look and ask if I need help, so I couldn't sit staring at oil pans for too long. I had to do some fake out time in the spark plugs and the wiper blade area, then actually get a snow brush for the car.
Anyway, things eased up considerably on the way back, so even with bad roads, we could SEE where we were going. We made it back home in less time that it took to get out and are now safe in the cabin listening to the wind try to get in here. Regardless (does the dance) "Weeee planted a bo-oox, weeeee planted a bo-oox...!"
By the way, Phoenix, I KNOW how you are about first finds, but you may just want to wait the storm out on this one! ;-)
The (defrosting her wings) Sprite & the (defrosting his caber) Highlander
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68925 by Sprite and Highlander
Feb 3, 2007 4:58pm
Nice Keystroke Counts!
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68928 by The Mudmonkeys
Feb 3, 2007 5:01pm
Thanks...I've been working out a little and...oh, you mean the ACTUAL KEYSTROKES! Right, right...yeah, I'm doing that, too (blush)!
The (typing up a list of all the Smiths in the phone book) Sprite & the (checking out her nice keystrokes) Highlander
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68925 by Sprite and Highlander
Feb 3, 2007 6:52pm
OK S&H... we came ALL the way from Victor, snagging Fiddlin Sweet's Challenge box (first finders *grin*) so we KNOW how bad it was!!! Complete whiteouts, sometimes driving as fast as 5 mph, some complete stops...
So... darn it! Post the clue!!!! Papa Phoenix is chompin' at the bit!
The Phoenix
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68925 by Sprite and Highlander
Feb 3, 2007 6:53pm
And, PS... we managed to get 4 boxes today despite a "little" snow.
*wink*
The Phoenix
*wink*
The Phoenix
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68957 by The Phoenix
Feb 3, 2007 7:29pm
Oh, snap! TOTALLY forgot to do the clue! We're so busy getting stamps ready for the D & D PLB ring, I didn't even THINK about posting the clues when I got home!
I'm on it!
The S & H
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68973 by Sprite and Highlander
Feb 3, 2007 8:14pm
I think Papa Phoenix is trying to think of an excuse for having to leave the house at 11:15 at night....
Mama Phoenix
Mama Phoenix
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68984 by The Phoenix
Feb 3, 2007 8:23pm
He is truly a mad man!!!! I think he needs a 12 step program!
as do I
and as does....
as do I
and as does....
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68989 by chadams
Feb 3, 2007 8:31pm
Well, instead of driving all the way to Albion in the middle of the night in a freezing cold snow storm, he's now happily carving his new stamp at the kitchen table...
That'll hold him 'til tomorrow morning.
Mama Phoenix
That'll hold him 'til tomorrow morning.
Mama Phoenix
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #68993 by The Phoenix
Feb 4, 2007 5:01am
so we are all dying to know....What time did you take the Phoenix family to WallyWorld this morning? Catherine
Re: Blizzard boxing (aka DSS to the EXTREME!)
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #69028 by CathCainGwen
Feb 4, 2007 2:33pm
We actually didn't leave until after 11:00 this morning... got some of Elba Onions boxes also while we were there. What a cold cold day though!!
The Phoenix
