Pepperell, at least my neighborhood, got 10 to 11 inches of snow–I measured it. We’re getting a little rain now, not much. I went out and shoveled as soon as the snowflakes stopped. The snow itself is wet and heavy, if this had been light fluffy snow we’d probably have about 20 inches. Fortunately I got it all shoveled before too much rain had fallen to make it lots heavier.<\/p>\n
I shoveled the top of the driveway, down about thirty feet or so, and cleared off the car. Then I shoveled around to the wood pile, cleared the wood pile, shoveled out the heating oil intake, and shoveled a path all the way down to the compost pile. Then<\/em> I hauled in firewood to replenish the wood boxes and then some. My neighbor just<\/em> came and plowed the rest of my 150-foot-long driveway, so I am now all clear to sally forth…but I don’t think I’ll hit the roads quite yet.<\/p>\n I’m cooking food for my dad’s holiday Open House this weekend and I have Christmas shopping to do, and I had<\/em> been planning to go up to Nashua today, but…maybe this evening. It’s still precipitating and the winter weather advisory has now been extended to 4:00 p.m. I guess I’ll have to make lists and do some shopping online.<\/p>\n Could be worse, this is almost the anniversary of the “historic” ice storm last year (December 11). I had just finished cutting out fabric for the bathrobe I was making for my niece when the power went off for good at 3:00 a.m.–and it was a week before I could get back to the project! No power problems for me today (yet), although I sure there are outages elsewhere. Oh, and I’d just like to say: these new boots I bought at L.L. Bean this fall are full of win.<\/b><\/em> These are the best boots I have ever owned! I love them! I’m going to write L.L. Bean a fan letter!<\/p>\n Oh-oh, I hear sirens…yeah, maybe I will shop online! Except that I can’t buy the food that way. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n This same storm has clobbered about half the country. It socked my sister and her family, out in Chicago (you guys okay?), and just about everyone I know! I hope all of you are getting cleared out and staying safe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pepperell, at least my neighborhood, got 10 to 11 inches of snow–I measured it. We’re getting a little rain now, not much. I went out and shoveled as soon as the snowflakes stopped. The snow itself is wet and heavy, … Continue reading