Gym this morning then home and back to the gym to work. Today has been sunny with temperatures in the mid 40’s but 10 to 20 mph winds making it feel a bit chilly.
Time to go pay attention to the dog.
Partly cloudy and breezy today with temperatures in the low 40’s and a slight chance of rain. The snow, other than the large piles along the driveway, is almost melted away. Colin was able to go on patrol this morning along the side and back fence line and up the other side of the neighbor’s property fence line. We also could play ball ball with his usual small outdoor ball.
The weekly house cleaning chores are completed, the snow boots are put away, and things are more or less back to normal.
It was 38 degrees, foggy, and drippy when Colin and I went out this morning. With the rain and warmer temperatures the snow has melted down in the yard to just above shoe top. I can now wear my short pullover boots. Colin finally had a chance to play in the yard with his big ball this morning. The track around the foundation of the house has melted down to the grass.
I am doing chores today including a load of laundry and getting all my shopping items from my Winston trip organized, wrapped, or put away. The kitchen island has been tidied and I almost everything put away that was temporarily sitting on the dinning room table.
Gym this morning. It’s been raining off and on all day with temperatures in the upper 30’s. I guess we are lucky it’s not snow or ice. And, all the salt has been washed off the roads and my car.
I went back to the gym to work my midday shift. Today was senior lunch day. It’s usually the first Friday of the month but Steve, our director who cooks the lunches, was out of town last week. Today we had tortellini soup with salad and rolls. Yum. They play bingo for an hour than serve lunch. Anyone who comes in is welcome to attend but it’s usually the same 25 or so folks who come.
Otherwise, it was not very busy the rest of the day with the weather being so nasty out. And, I brought home a container of the soup.
I am reading Signs of Blood by Vicki Lane.
Gym, drugstore, and grocery store this morning. It’s been cloudy all day keeping temperatures in the upper 30’s which is not helping to melt this white stuff.
Colin and I have carved out a path along the foundation of the house that goes along the sides and around the back to under the deck. He stands on drive and looks at the mounds of snow blocking his way into the yard, which is still too deep for him to get through easily, and wonders why he can’t get over there. At least this way he can find places along the path to go potty.
Lots of sunshine with temperatures in the mid 30’s today and no wind. I needed to run an errand this morning and decided I may as well open the bookstore at the regular time. Main roads were mostly clear but side roads are still a mess. With temperatures below freezing last night, all that melted stuff was frozen over this morning. Same again for tonight as temperatures dip back down into the low 20’s.
I closed the bookstore at the end of my shift because the afternoon folks could not get out and I had a 2 o’clock appointment.
We had around 18 inches total.
This morning I tried shoveling the drive after I cleared a path down the middle of the sidewalk. After 30 minutes I had a small square in the front of the left garage door. At 64 years old this was way too much snow for me to try to shovel.
Here is picture of the driveway after hiring the two guys who do my neighbor’s drive to plow it with a four wheeler and a small tractor. Took them a little over an hour.
Hello from snowy Sparta. It was 22 degrees with about 8″ to 10″ of snow. Colin went down to his favorite back corner, did his business, and came running back to the house.
I cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed. We just came back in from outside. We now have over a foot of snow with more to come all day. I cleared off the bird feeders and shoveled the porch and the steps. I threw some bird seed on the porch so the little guys could get some food. My resident woodpecker and a cardinal have been to the mesh feeder.
A couple of months ago I bought Colin a 12″ Hol-ee Roller Dog ball for snow so we would not loose the ball like we did with the small regular ball. It gives him something to play with in the snow even though toss and fetch is out of the question. However, my rubber snow boots are 14″ tall. Future outdoor play times will require snow pants to go over the boots.
It was nice outside this morning. 30 degrees, cloudy, and no wind. After I took Colin out for his morning constitutional I ate my breakfast then headed back out. By nice, I mean, with calm winds and not too cold temperatures I was finally able to get back to cleaning up the small piles of downed pine from the ice storm that was either embedded in the ground or iced into a clump. The days we had nice weather I was working or down in Winston and not been able to get back to it.
James needs to cut the big stuff with a chain saw and haul it off. The big stuff was still scattered into several piles so I organized them and made several piles of small stuff. At least that storm mess is organized in the event more comes down after this next big storm on the way.
I filled the bird feeders. Speaking of which. I have a red bellied woodpecker that has been coming regularly to my hanging mesh feeder. I’ve never had one to make regular appearances at the feeder.
I did a load of laundry and have chicken breasts cooking in the crock pot. They will make several freezer meals with the chicken as the main dish for me add sides to. My snow boots, both short and tall, are out and ready for action.
