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Tell Me Why I Live Here
I am begining to wonder why we didn't buy a house further south...like Virginia.
We have gotten close to 200 inches of snow, and we have more on the way. Normal snow fall in this area is about
100-150. The only saving grace this whole winter was the January thaw we had. Luckily, that got rid of quite a bit of snow. The roads are getting narrower with every storm. The snow banks are so high, you take your life in your hand trying to pull out of a driveway or intersection. Snow is piling up everywhere. It has gone from being beautiful, to just plain ugly.
Yes, the shop is almost buried.
Will it ever melt in time for opening in May. We are taking bets.
We have gotten close to 200 inches of snow, and we have more on the way. Normal snow fall in this area is about
100-150. The only saving grace this whole winter was the January thaw we had. Luckily, that got rid of quite a bit of snow. The roads are getting narrower with every storm. The snow banks are so high, you take your life in your hand trying to pull out of a driveway or intersection. Snow is piling up everywhere. It has gone from being beautiful, to just plain ugly.
Yes, the shop is almost buried.
Will it ever melt in time for opening in May. We are taking bets.
"Back in The Day"
"Back in the mid to late 1800's, the average inside temperature was approximately 45 degrees." Those words we heard on the tour at Strawbery Banke at Christmas time seemed very real when we realized we had no furnace, and that our wood pile had only one days heat left to it.
The thought of a nice weekend away was quickly squelched with the reality of knowing we had to do something to avoid the pipes freezing. We have enough problems with no furnace, we don't really want an indoor swimming pool in our living room too. We asked a couple neighbors if they had a heater we could borrow, and they did not. Don said he had one, but we wouldn't want to use it indoors. He said, "well, it's quiet, but you won't wake up in the morning". So we thanked him, and then decided a trip was inevitable.
We trekked off to the hardware store to find a portable heater. Luckily they had 2. So we bought them both.
The next on our list was to find some wood. Called a few friends, they gave us a few names and numbers, and lucky enough one man had some left. Better yet his price was reasonable. We will be using him next year for sure.
The thought of a nice weekend away was quickly squelched with the reality of knowing we had to do something to avoid the pipes freezing. We have enough problems with no furnace, we don't really want an indoor swimming pool in our living room too. We asked a couple neighbors if they had a heater we could borrow, and they did not. Don said he had one, but we wouldn't want to use it indoors. He said, "well, it's quiet, but you won't wake up in the morning". So we thanked him, and then decided a trip was inevitable.
We trekked off to the hardware store to find a portable heater. Luckily they had 2. So we bought them both.
The next on our list was to find some wood. Called a few friends, they gave us a few names and numbers, and lucky enough one man had some left. Better yet his price was reasonable. We will be using him next year for sure.
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