Talk About the Weather!

Looks as if we've had a nice, pretty dusting of snow, doesn't it?

Even the creek (currently undergoing construction for a new man-hole) looks nice, and is still running some.

Ah, but upon closer inspection, the truth can easily be seen.



That's right folks, it's ICE!!!!!! (oh, and a little sleet) Pretty? Yes. But dangerous, impractical, annoying---oh yeah. It started raining yesterday morning, and the temperatures dropped quickly all day. We are currently "on a break" from precipitaion, but it is supposed to start again later this afternoon. Tomorrow--Sunday--we are supposed to get snow. Won't that be fabulous???? A nice coating of snow on top of all of the ice. I don't know how much ice we have right now. We could get up to 1 1/4" of ice before it starts to snow.
Yesterday afternoon, Lee and I went out to "stock up" We picked up medicine, lots of extra groceries, (including the all important dog and cat food) and went to the hardware store. Lee had thought that this might be a wise time to invest a little money into a small kerosene heater. Unfortunately, time has marched on from Lee's financial mind-set. What he thought we could buy for around $40, was more like $100. Our solution???? We bought a little "chimney cleaning log"---you've seen them on t.v.---you burn it, and it cleans the creosote out of your chimney. Only $15!!!! Of course, this was done with great trepidation, and probably a little stupidity since our chimney hasn't been cleaned or used in decades. I'm sure that it's full of bird's nests, twigs, and who knows what. I doubt that creosote build up would be our biggest problem if we tried to burn a fire in the fireplace. But, we feel just a little bit better knowing that we could at least try something for heat if we lose power. I'm sure that the fire department would be happy to hear this too!