The white is here!
11/17/05 7:00 A.M.
16 F, Clear, NW wind 18 mph, Wind chill 2 F
Good morning,
We finally have a white world outside of the window. The snow continued all day and into the night yesterday. Not the picture type, big flakes, but it accumulated just the same. Do wish the soil was frozen, as this will make everything a mess in the woods for a while, the driveway too. I really do like this time of year, and the following winter, as everything changes, looking clean and quiet. Even the wind is quieter when there is snow muffling the sound. Suppose I need to find the snow boots too now.
Got the fire going in the woodstove. It is a really nice continuing experience to have a wood fire and stove to tend to. It really does tend to slow one's activity down and to enjoy the time more. Of course there are the associated sights and smells of a wood fire that is special to me. Love it. Too many folks in too much of a hurry these days.
Margriet and I had a miss communication yesterday, so didn't get the second furnace hooked up the main gas line. Everything else should be ready. I asked her how long it would be before she started to cook supper, so I could shut off the gas without interrupting, and she thought I was telling her to start supper. Her answer caused me not to shut off the gas. Oh well. Really not a bid deal, but would have been nice to have a little more heat in that end of the house. I have shut off the old furnace when the first new one went into service and have not started it since. It was 64 F inside when I woke up this morning. The other furnace should make it a bit warmer than that, especially when it really gets cold. Today the second furnace should get hooked up and running.
We have our Thanksgiving dinner menu, coming too soon, pretty well in hand. Decided to have Rock Cornish hens as the main dish. Margriet found a recipe for apple glazed Cornish hen that sounded pretty good. We picked up a couple when we were in Green Bay on Tuesday. I really was surprised at the differences in price from store to store. Many were 35-50% higher than we paid. Not too sure what the difference is. Still have to pick up some mincemeat for the pie, but otherwise everything is here.
With the new snow comes many accidents, mostly fender bender type. In and around Green Bay there were well over 100 in a short time. The same was true in the Appleton area. The local police/fire departments said they had a long waiting list and were only taking those with injuries. Just heard on the TV there is a 9 car pile-up with one on fire! We will find out how the roads are as we need to go to the bank and post office this morning.
Time to get after breakfast and get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
16 F, Clear, NW wind 18 mph, Wind chill 2 F
Good morning,
We finally have a white world outside of the window. The snow continued all day and into the night yesterday. Not the picture type, big flakes, but it accumulated just the same. Do wish the soil was frozen, as this will make everything a mess in the woods for a while, the driveway too. I really do like this time of year, and the following winter, as everything changes, looking clean and quiet. Even the wind is quieter when there is snow muffling the sound. Suppose I need to find the snow boots too now.
Got the fire going in the woodstove. It is a really nice continuing experience to have a wood fire and stove to tend to. It really does tend to slow one's activity down and to enjoy the time more. Of course there are the associated sights and smells of a wood fire that is special to me. Love it. Too many folks in too much of a hurry these days.
Margriet and I had a miss communication yesterday, so didn't get the second furnace hooked up the main gas line. Everything else should be ready. I asked her how long it would be before she started to cook supper, so I could shut off the gas without interrupting, and she thought I was telling her to start supper. Her answer caused me not to shut off the gas. Oh well. Really not a bid deal, but would have been nice to have a little more heat in that end of the house. I have shut off the old furnace when the first new one went into service and have not started it since. It was 64 F inside when I woke up this morning. The other furnace should make it a bit warmer than that, especially when it really gets cold. Today the second furnace should get hooked up and running.
We have our Thanksgiving dinner menu, coming too soon, pretty well in hand. Decided to have Rock Cornish hens as the main dish. Margriet found a recipe for apple glazed Cornish hen that sounded pretty good. We picked up a couple when we were in Green Bay on Tuesday. I really was surprised at the differences in price from store to store. Many were 35-50% higher than we paid. Not too sure what the difference is. Still have to pick up some mincemeat for the pie, but otherwise everything is here.
With the new snow comes many accidents, mostly fender bender type. In and around Green Bay there were well over 100 in a short time. The same was true in the Appleton area. The local police/fire departments said they had a long waiting list and were only taking those with injuries. Just heard on the TV there is a 9 car pile-up with one on fire! We will find out how the roads are as we need to go to the bank and post office this morning.
Time to get after breakfast and get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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