February in review;
What can I say about February other than the weather was
cold, we had one really big snow and I had to work a lot; Oh and I was a bad girl
in November and I had to spend a looooong 8 hours and 40 minutes in drivers
school this past weekend.
I will say that I am looking forward to spring. This has been a cold winter. We have not had that many significant snow
days here but we have had a lot of rain followed by very cold days. The 60 + inches of snow that fell outside Philadelphia
was rain for us. California
would gladly accept all the extra wet stuff we are getting. In mid February we did get what can’t be
called anything else but a record snow; there was over 20 inches of the white
stuff on my deck. We had been warned of
snow levels around 8-12 inches and I had prepared for that by parking my car a ½
mile from home near the hard top road (VDOT tends to clear the hard top road
fairly quick) I knew that my road was going to be one of the last to be cleared
so my plan was park near the hard top and walk to the car when the road was
clear and hence not miss any work. As they
say “the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray” I missed 2 days of
work. The snow started on Wednesday and
I did not get out until Saturday afternoon.
I was not able to park up at my house until Tuesday. I am looking forward to spring….just saying.
Other than work I have been keeping busy cutting and splitting
wood. Inside the house should be nice
and warm again next winter. It has been
too cold and wet to get much done outside, and I do have a lot of projects that
need to be done. We had a big rain and
wind event last week that loosened a piece of fascias covering and that has to
be fixed. The garden needs to be cleaned
out, I need to clean out the shed, check the fences (I have a few that need to
be tightened) you know; just a lot of stuff that is best done in better
weather. When one owns a home there is maintenance to do.
I’m off to walk the big boy, he is a young dog and even
though he has almost 4 ½ acres to roam he still want me to walk with him and
throw the ball. He does not care what
the temperature is out side. He keeps me moving; good dog!!
