Saturday, February 5, 2011

  • Driveway from bridge 1 inch of rough ice. Bert, the SUV, made it up (and out) okay
  • snow has about 1/2 inch of ice on top of over-the-knee deep snow, which made getting to the front door interesting, but possible
  • house still a warm 54 degrees. I actually turned down the thermostat a tiny bit to conserve oil
  • oil tank was less than 3/8ths. Will it last until warmer weather and better road conditions???
  • big part of house's roof has a few inches of snow; the addition (dining room/kitchen) has about 2 FEET of snow with major icicles dangling and 6 inches of ice along the gutters.
  • There are DRIPs from the dining room chandelier and the ceiling onto the table. When we went to look in the loft, we discovered leaking along the wall that connects big part of house to dining room wing. Not much, just enough to get that braided rug wet on one end (moved a box of pictures) and wander to the low spot in the dining room ceiling.
  • we moved the dining room table to the side of the room and cleaned off the water.
  • covered the rug with plastic and a bucket
  • Bob opened the window in Nanny's old bedroom and was able to shovel off some of the snow over the door and nearby roof
  • We took lots of pictures, will post some and send a link to see the rest.
  • Door still hard to lock.
  • Good news is: the local groundhog didn't see his shadow, so spring is coming!!!

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