Feb 10: Snow Day!
Having been in NY for the first storm I missed the fun of watching the snow fall and cover the trees and branches. By the time I came back all that was left was the dirty stuff on the sides of roads and sidewalks. But now it's all fresh! Yesterday my office made the obvious decision to close for the day, at this point planning on opening a little later tomorrow as well. There is something so wonderful about a snow day, an unexpected break. From my standpoint it is even more welcome, because doing stuff at the cousin's tired me out and I have to take an ACLS course over Friday and Saturday (cert ran out, so have to take full class--more CMEs), so really needed some down time.
My lawn guy, who doubles as my snow guy, already made a run through this morning when about 7" had fallen. It's been steady, now about another inch, but the worse is yet to come. One of the nice things about having a health problem is the total lack of guilt in having someone else do these physical things around the house. With the threats of power outages due to wind and heavier snow it seemed the best thing to try and accomplish as many things as possible. So I've already taken a shower and washed my hair, washed all the dishes, cooked breakfast in case cold food happens later and now having quality computer time while watching the DVR'd Daily and Colbert Shows. I figure phone time can be later if the power goes out--having grown up in upper Bucks when it was still pretty rural I've never gotten away from having an old fashioned regular phone, which comes in handy at times like these.
The usual calmness of my little house is now upset with Oreo having re-joined us. Marilyn couldn't take it any more, which is understandable after over 3 months of having to keep Oreo separated from her other two cats because of fighting. So far this morning there have been a couple of growling and hissing confrontations, hopefully it will stay at that level. Still looking for a home for her!
The heat is higher than I usually keep it, just in case the power goes out at least it will have been warmer to start out. The large holly tree in the back yard looks incredibly beautiful covered with several inches of snow. The wind is just starting to increase, which I'm hoping will knock some of the snow off power lines. Snuggled in the house with electricity is perfectly fine with me.
Hope you are similarly toasty, Laurie
My lawn guy, who doubles as my snow guy, already made a run through this morning when about 7" had fallen. It's been steady, now about another inch, but the worse is yet to come. One of the nice things about having a health problem is the total lack of guilt in having someone else do these physical things around the house. With the threats of power outages due to wind and heavier snow it seemed the best thing to try and accomplish as many things as possible. So I've already taken a shower and washed my hair, washed all the dishes, cooked breakfast in case cold food happens later and now having quality computer time while watching the DVR'd Daily and Colbert Shows. I figure phone time can be later if the power goes out--having grown up in upper Bucks when it was still pretty rural I've never gotten away from having an old fashioned regular phone, which comes in handy at times like these.
The usual calmness of my little house is now upset with Oreo having re-joined us. Marilyn couldn't take it any more, which is understandable after over 3 months of having to keep Oreo separated from her other two cats because of fighting. So far this morning there have been a couple of growling and hissing confrontations, hopefully it will stay at that level. Still looking for a home for her!
The heat is higher than I usually keep it, just in case the power goes out at least it will have been warmer to start out. The large holly tree in the back yard looks incredibly beautiful covered with several inches of snow. The wind is just starting to increase, which I'm hoping will knock some of the snow off power lines. Snuggled in the house with electricity is perfectly fine with me.
Hope you are similarly toasty, Laurie
posted by Laurie @ 11:29 AM
2 Comments:
At 2:32 PM,
Kevan said…
Ah Yes,Snow days are great, a roaring fire in the fireplace (okay furnace), a cup of hot beverage, a warm throw, a good read, and watching the Nascar Sprint Cup practice sessions, not having to shovel snow (bad idea for a fat old guy)and occassionally looking out at all that white stuff piling up. For me the only thing that could be better is to be in Daytona for SpeedWeeks. Laurie, take it easy, stay warm, be safe.
At 6:54 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hope every made it through the storm safe and sound. It was a beautiful storm to watch... but a mess to shovel. Hope this finds everyone with electic, heat, good company and good health.
Deneen
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