March 14, 2016 Enough With The Snow Already!!

All is white again. . .

Friday 3/11. Today's snow arrived at 12:30 pm and kept falling until about 3:30, when it turned to rain.  Twenty minutes later, it was back to snow.  By 5:00, precipitation of any kind was over.  Our high for the day was 36.

JB baked two beautiful loaves of bread, and was able to stand up to do that without any problem.

Elsie has taken to making her own face and body lotion of which she gave me a sample.  The two main ingredients are raw shea butter and coconut oil.  It is phenomenal!

Even with all the snow we have had this winter, watching it all still makes me want to hibernate, or at least take a nap.  We received less than 2" today and our high was 36.

With the last season of Downton Abby came a disc with the first episode of three new Masterpiece Theater presentations.  Last night we watched two, Grantchester and Poldark.  Both of which we liked, but especially Poldark.  This evening we watched Indian Summers, which was advertised as being "the Downton Abby of India."  We were very disappointed.  It is more like the Peyton Place of India.  Won't be getting that one.

Saturday 3/12. This morning's temp was 34 with partly overcast skies and valley fog.

I finished Dear John and now need a good mystery to read.

After lunch I drove Miss Kitty down to the main canyon road and the dogs came along also.  The road wasn't too bad.  Miss Kitty left about 4" deep tracks.  We all took a nap when we returned home.

We had lots of blue sky by 4:00 pm after a short hail storm.  The mountains, right down to Leavenworth, were getting a thicker blanket of snow, but it went north from there instead of coming east to us.  Our high for the day was 44 and the girls gave us one egg.

This evening we watched the movie, Divergent, which was quite good.

Sunday 3/13. We woke up to 28 and a very fine snowfall, with about 1/2" already on the ground.  The light snow soon became heavy.  I am becoming really tired of the snow, but only because it hinders our travel.  Well, also because it forces me to work inside instead of outside, and I am definitely ready for working outside.

Our refrigerator has been overworking for several weeks now.  I have called everywhere, but there is no one in this area who fixes propane refrigerators.  There is an RV place in town who would work on it if we brought it in.  Well, that isn't going to happen, at least not for another couple months.  The booklet on this appliance shows how to take the burner apart to clean it, so that is what we will do as soon as JB is moving around a little better.  Other than that, I simply do not know what to do.

The cistern water isn't really murky, but neither is it crystal clear like it usually is.  Am going to start using the filter we bought last year when we were having the same problem.

The snowfall quit about 3:00 pm and then the fog moved in.  By then we had received another 4-1/2"!  Enough already!  The sun was able to burn off most of the fog and we had blue sky.  

JB's brother is hosting the family Easter dinner at their winery's tasting room and we really would like to attend.  But if this weather keeps up, we won't be able to make it over.  Not just getting down our road, but getting over Steven's Pass.

I baked some Toll House bars this afternoon.  Then we were going to take showers, but the generator would not turn on.  It had worked just fine in the morning for the laundry, so we are not sure what is going on.

The girls didn't give us any eggs today.  I think they are sick of the snow, too.

Our high for the day was 34.  The winds that were predicted for tonight blew in with the blue sky.  My Aunt Nene emailed that they were getting 50-60 mph winds on the west side in addition to their pouring rain.

Monday 3/14. It is 29 and partly cloudy with a wind gusting to 13 mph.  We never did get the strong winds last night.  Pretty sure they blew themselves out on the other side of the mountains.

Am going Down There today for a big grocery shopping.

Thought for the day: It has been said that daylight savings time was founded on the idea that cutting off one end of a blanket and sewing it on the other end makes the blanket longer. . .