Luke’s school actually canceled yesterday afternoon before a single flake had fallen. We probably got about two inches overnight. It is pretty, and not many folks are on the road. We’ve got a fire going and Luke is looking forward to sledding.
Treehouse progress – almost finished!
On Thursday after school Luke and I drove up to Monteagle. My dad was up there and we went to dinner at the Mountain Goat Market. We talked with Eric a bit and enjoyed some tasty pizza. On Friday morning we started working on the treehouse. It was cold but not miserable. My mother came up as well. We spent just about all day working. Now we just lack a few things – caulking some holes, hinges for one door, and boards for the bottom bunk and a ladder. I have all of these things at home. Luke and I went to the campus dining hall for dinner. This morning we hung out a little, then walked on the Mountain Goat Trail with my mother. We drove down to Shelbyville and had lunch with her before continuing home.
The Final Boss of puzzles.
For Christmas my sister gave me a 3000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Luke and I have been working on it a bit. We had to divide up all the pieces, starting with the edge pieces. We missed about three, but will fins them later. Now that the outline is done we are working on the interior. This puzzle doesn’t have the oddly shaped pieces that some of ours do, which makes it a bit more challenging. We are currently working on the building’s roof, which involves a lot of trial and error. We are enjoying ourselves though.
Snow much less than expected.
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.
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.
