Tuesday's Tale

Well, thankfully, the 2-4 inches of snow they predicted for Tuesday morning did not appear. I don't think we got even an inch of snow overnight. But, the winds did pick up and that damn cold is still coming. It was 28 degrees F. when I took the trash out to the road, but the temps are supposed to fall throughout the day until we get down to -2 degrees tonight... I can't wait to see my gas bill next month!

With all the snow melting off the car over the last few days, the garage had quite a big puddle in it. So, before I left for work, I backed the car out into the drive and, using a broom, swept the water out onto the apron. As my brother George once told me (and I have never forgotten) you can move a lot of water with a broom!

The temperature at noon was 20 degrees F. when I went home for lunch. Just as I was leaving to go back to work, a big snowplow went down the road and mounded up the snow in front of the drive. Now, normally when this happens, I learn about it later, when the plowed snow had had a chance to freeze. So, this time, I just kept pulling in and out of my drive, flattening the soft mound he made.

But, when I got back home at 5:20 PM, I noticed all the new plowed mound was gone (even my tire tracks from this afternoon! By the odd tire tracks, I'm guessing my neighbor plowed me out with his quad-runner. Thanks!

Once inside, I treated the cats and did a bunch of miscellaneous household chores (checked the mail, emptied the dishwasher, and so on). Next, I swept the kitchen and downstairs floors and finally, vacuumed both of the walk-off mats (one by the patio back door and the one next to the garage entrance).

For dinner I made a small salad of the red leaf lettuce and the Romaine hearts and some sliced red onions. As my main course, I warmed up a bowl of my bean soup I had thawed out yesterday.

I watched TV until 10:00 and then went to bed.