Snowed In (Sort Of)

Well, another storm is upon us, I think. It's hard to tell by looking out the windows, as it is finely sleeting, and doesn't really look bad. But the weather channel says we'll get another 8 inches or so of snow and the winds are supposed to pick up.

We are supposed to go to a wine tasting, which I have been expecting to be cancelled, but so far it is still on, and we have the tickets for ourselves and our friends so we have to go. Big problem is our snowplow guy hasn't been able to get his plow up here. We should get out ok, but i expect to park at the bottom of our hill to walk up when we get home.

Here are some pictures I took this morning on my walk. I hope as I post them it will remind me of why I like it here the other 99% of the time.

Not So Icy Ice Storm

The ice storm predicted for last night was much milder than predicted, though it wasn't a total miss by the forescasters this time. I was watching the 4:00 am news (I can't believe Hillary Clinton pulled the comeback she needed...I totally don't get it) when the electricity went out. I berated myself for not doing the prep work I said I would do (showering in particular) and got Terry going to get a fire started. We then listened to a little transistor radio to hear the school closings. It reminded me of some old sci-fi movie, listening to a crackling radio to hear whether we were the last survivors on earth, rather than just trying to find out if school was out.

Well, school wasn't out, the electric came back on after just two hours, and it actually snowed more than anything. So I'll give two stars out of five to the weather forecasters.

A side note: I used a little Merlita Java Joe one cup coffee maker (basically a funnel shaped filter holder that holds a little funnel filter) to "brew" a cup of coffee using water heated on the wood stove. Jake won it as a door prize when we went to the GCC open house last week. (the coffee maker, not the wood stove) It seemed like a really rustic and clever way to have my coffee, but it sucked. It tasted bad and I think only furnished 1/4 of the caffeine. I'll try again with hotter water and see if it's worth giving up cupboard space to store it any longer.

Another False Alarm?

They are predicting a nasty ice storm for tonight, with 1/4 to 1/2 inches of ice expected to down tree limbs and power lines, etc. The last two predicted storms were anti-climatic to say the least... I hope this one is too. A snowstorm is pretty easy to dig out of and get back to business, an ice storm can really put a total stop to life as we know it for a few days. Then again, an ice storm makes for some awesome pictures, which I will post if it is not a false alarm this time.

I think I will go home and make sure I've showered (electric hot water heater) and that the laptop is charged. Terry can make sure there's firewood. I'll also fill up the van with gas - worse case we can go up and stay in there and watch movies and use the laptop.