Big Snow!

We spent the first 90% of the winter with below amounts of snow, but a storm which is hitting us now will make up for that and no doubt we will exceed the average amount of snowfall before it's done. There are 15 inches of wet, dense snow out there now, and it's still snowing. This storm is #2 of 3 storms, with the 3rd storm starting Thursday morning and going into Friday. When all is said and done, we may have as much as 30 inches on the ground.

Somewhere around midnight last night we lost power. I had been dozing on the couch and woke up to TV running and the lights on. Deciding to go to bed, I did the usual look-out-the-window-first to see no lights anywhere! No lights at the Westerner. No street light across from my driveway, and then I realized the dull sound I was hearing was the self-start generator. Upwards of 50,000 people served by Central Hudson Gas & Electric are without service, but I have everything because of the generator. Even satellite TV is working again. Must be accumulated snow slipped off the dish.

I've been dozing on and off all night on the couch but am kind of antsy so made coffee and am watching TV waiting for the local news to come on.

I took a short, 4-day vacation to Tybee Island and Savannah, GA, over Presidents' Day weekend. I met my friend Becky, whose family owns a beach house on Tybee, at the Charlotte, NC, airport, and she drove from there to the beach. It was good to get away.

Em has been great! I haven't seen her quite as often the past 2 weeks because of vacation and then my being sick when I returned, but she did spend last Thursday and Friday nights with me here and loved it.

Gas prices - They've come down a little with Cumberland Farm in Glenmont at $2.739.

Weather - See above! Snow snow snow.

Going on Vacation!

I leave for vacation on Thursday. I am very excited. I haven't been away since last May when Ron and I went to Mystic, CT, for the weekend. This time I fly, eventually ending up in Savannah, GA.

I finally got my act together and am exercising and eating sensibly. I've lost 7.5 pounds since January 24. I feel so much better physically and mentally. My initial goal is to lose a total of 19 pounds. I may stay at that weight or I may lose more.

The sale of the store closed this past Thursday. YAHOOOO!!! It's a relief to have that albatross off my shoulders and to have the financial buffer provided by the money. There are so many projects I have on my "should I do?" list for the house. I will consult with my real estate agent before doing any of them. Maybe... maybe.. maybe... the house will sell this year and I will have a second closing.

It's been a very cold winter. It's also been a snowless winter. We're way below average in the number of inches of snow. I hope it stays that way.

The price of propane jumped 65 cents in three weeks. Seems the pipeline coming into Selkirk is down and propane is being trucked in from Rhode Island. I think the first project I attend to will be some insulation.