Snow much less than expected.

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There was about an inch on the ground when we woke up this morning. We got maybe another two over the course of the day. Luke was happy that we had a fire in the stove. He went sledding with Liz after lunch, then sledded and built a snowman with a couple of his schoolmates that live two doors down. In between he had hot chocolate and peanut butter cookies. Yesterday Luke and I went to Chapel Hill to get new sleds at Ace Hardware. Ours had become warped in storage. I am hoping that this snow melts quickly as there is a lot of work I want to get done outside.

Winter is here.

Posted on by David Maxwell

It has been pretty cold recently. Later this week is supposed to be even worse though, topping (bottoming?) out at fifteen degrees tomorrow night. Friday will supposedly be snowy, with Luke already making plans to be off school and go sledding. His school was two hours delayed this morning, his first day back, due to alleged ice on the roads. I think a big snow would be pretty fun. I went to the grocery store this morning, so we are pretty well stocked up. Tomorrow I will bring firewood and kindling into the garage. We have only burned once this year, mostly because I don’t like our stove, but I think we may this week.

Burning.

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Last Thursday there was pretty much no wind, so we were able to set our burn pile ablaze. We also brought down more trees from the back field. We didn’t burn as much as I would have liked, due to a late start, but it was still progress. It’s looking like later this week might be a good time to burn again.

December.

Posted on by David Maxwell

It was a pretty good month, other than the week that we were sick with the flu, Christmas week. Luke finished up his first semester of kindergarten and we got a new roof on the house. Luke had a big Christmas and is enjoying his presents. Unfortunately we are on the front end of a pretty cold spell that is due to last a couple of weeks, at least.