What day is it?

Well, hasn’t this been a real wing-dinger of a week? We ended up with an inch or so of ice followed by five inches of snow from Sunday to Monday, then picked up another four inches of snow on Friday to Saturday.

I got caught low on groceries and had to venture out to the store between storms, where I was accosted by a lady for stepping in front of her at the milk shelves… She berated me so hard that I put back half my groceries just to get through the express lane and away from her, so my cooking has not been the gourmet extravaganza I had planned. Chili is just fine and cozy for snow days anyway.

That ice storm was brutal to our trees, and a medium-size limb became a spear as it fell on our garage roof, leaving a small hole that Casey temporarily patched up between storms.

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Since the whole town is littered with downed limbs and trees, and so many folks have been without power that there were emergency shelters set up by the Red Cross, I’m grateful we’ve been warm all week. The schools were all closed, so many a Mom is on edge and my heart goes out to them. Today we’re supposed to get above freezing, so I expect the stores will be full and I’m sending strength to the hospitality and retail workers.

Casey’s in his element in this weather and has manned the snowblower like a champ, keeping our driveway passable and the birdfeeders full and out of the ice. He added a third sunflower seed feeder and got out walnuts for the squirrels to fight over. There are at least three dozen birds at the buffet constantly, sunrise to sunset, on the ground, in the magnolia tree, at the water bowl, just trying to stay alive.

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While the days have been bright and beautiful and the birds and squirrels have kept us busy and entertained, today is the first day we’ve actually seen Ol’ Sol breaking through the clouds and it’s a great way to start the day!

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I am planning a whole week of Getting Out of the House! Hope I see you there!

Peaee