This is Celsius, isn’t it? I was trying to figure out why it’d be so much colder when you’re not that much further north and it just occurred to me.
We made it through that storm without losing power or any other difficulties, unlike many others in the area. Our electricity has always been very reliable in this house. We're only a couple of miles from a small hydro dam, where we get our power. Perhaps that's why power outages are so rare for us. We actually had a ton of fun with the mini jeep. Most of the ice is still here, exception is the areas that recieve sun nearly the entire day, and the road between here and town still had huge patches of solid ice when I was out yesterday. The pic below is shortly after the freezing rain started. My outer layer of clothing was coated with ice. We tried to go out and have the same fun the next day and it was too slick to do it. It was so slick, I didn'thave the traction to get very much speed. If the jeep slowed at all, the tube run into the back or pass it and wrap the rope around the axle, and we would just slide until we stopped. It's snowing now, but there must have been some shift in the forecast. We went from 6-10" predicted, down to 1-3". Took my wife and kid to visit family that is now supposed to get much more snow than us, so he can sled and play. I came back home to finish replacing a garden tub that we have never used, with a giant, zero-threshold tile shower in the master bathroom. Once I'm done with that, I will replace the vanity with a wheelchair accessible one, remove the existing, small shower stall and get a stackable washer and dryer to put in its location, move the toilet to the opposite wall, and frame/finish a linen closet in the alcove the toilet sits in currently.
You have way more energy than I do this weekend. My big task is to reorganize my spice cupboards. My spice/rub addiction has gotten a bit out of hand, and is now taking up 2 full sized over counter cupboards. I bought a bunch of slide out spice racks and glass jars that fit in them and am now repackaging the existing stuff and labeling jars. All while watching TV and drinking some spicy caesars and playing with the dog.
And ice can be a bitch. Mom slipped earlier this week and we had to take her to get Xrays of her shoulder. They were afraid of a ball and socket fracture but thankfully it was just a bad sprain and some bruising.
My 3yr old is currently napping on my shoulder. He drives me insane 29hrs a day, but I'm going to miss moments like this when he's older.