We sure are glad to see the sunshine this morning at The Compound. And are even more glad to see concrete instead of snow on the driveway. The temps are supposed to go down during the afternoon, to a low of 9 degrees tonight. But we are happy seeing sun and seeing snow melting.
On a down side, it seems the Old Man has caught the cold that I had. I just gave him a dose of Coricidan, which his primary care doctor recommended, so hopefully he will be on the mend soon.
When I got up this morning, I checked the driveway and was very happy to see that over half of it was clear, thanks for the sun and above-freezing temps. It's supposed to get to 42 degrees today, so I am hoping for more clearing this afternoon. I called our grass cutter and told him not to bother coming today. Before supper this evening, I am going to go out and clear a path down the back porch ramp and a path to the garage. Don't worry - I just push the snow shovel; I don't actually shovel. I'll get in the garage and get a bucket of rock salt out and put it on the ramp just in case any remaining snow refreezes tonight.
Now we have crazy low nighttime temps the next three nights - the weatherazzi is calling for single digit temps. Not looking forward to that, and will keep thanking the Lord for our furnace.
Stay tuned.
Yesterday morning when I got up, it was zero degrees. Yep, zero. It "warmed up" to 29 yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, we got more snow yesterday - an additional 3 inches. For two days, it was nice to see my long driveway clear. But never fear - our grass cutter called yesterday and said he'd by here today or tomorrow to clear the snow.
Stay tuned.
When I got up this morning, it was zero degrees. We remembered and left the cabinet doors under the kitchen sink and the two bathroom sinks open to help the heat get to the pipes. But now it's time to get ready for another round of snow. The weatherazzi is still calling for 2-5 inches here in our area starting tomorrow morning, but thankfully there is no forecast for ice. As soon as I post this, I am going to bundle up and go to the grocery and pick up the Old Man's prescriptions and then I will get back in the warm house.
Stay tuned.
I am very happy to report that Joe's Lawn Service was here this morning, and in a half an hour, the three guys had my long driveway, porches, and ramp cleared. Two guys worked on the porches and ramp while the other guy operated the very powerful Bobcat to clear the driveway. Tonight, it was as clear as a bone. Now to wait for the second round of snow coming on Friday. At least there isn't any ice in the forecast - just 2 to 5 inches of snow.
In the morning, I am going to pick up the Old Man's prescriptions and get a few things we need from Kroger and then we will once again hunker down.
Stay tuned.
We got an additional inch of snow yesterday morning, bringing the total here at The Compound to 13.8 inches. Yes.erday morning they announced schools would be closed today (duh) and tomorrow. I can't imagine they would be open the rest of the week.
I was walking past the living room and looked out to find Neighbor Josh out there. He and his wife noticed the fallen garbage can yesterday morning when they were taking their dogs out, and he came over and picked the can and a couple bags of garbage up. And he pushed the can away from the road so the plows wouldn't knock it over again.
The snow removal guys will be here today, hopefully. They only have a quarter mile to go from their shop to The Compound, so maybe they will knock a bit off of the price. We are stocked on food and drink, so I don't need to go out for anything, but I still want my driveway and porch ramp cleared off just in case.
Stay tuned.
As of 9:15 this morning, we got 12.8 inches of snow here at The Compound. Fortunately, the freezing rain didn't last very long. Another 1-2 inches is expected today. The city and pretty much half of the state is shut down today.
We've made it through the storm with only one incident: I thought I was doing something sensible when I took the garbage can out to the curb Saturday night. It was fine yesterday, but we're guessing when a snow plow came through during last night, it knocked it off the driveway and half-way in the ditch. I texted Neighbor Nick and told him I needed a big favor. He immediately replied and said he'd be happy to help us and pick it back up. We are thankful this is the only storm-related incident so far.
Stay tuned.
