On a seasonal cool December day, Bob and I checked the house and yard. Bob treated the gas in the J. Deere for the winter, I disposed of 2 mice from the upstairs toilet (ewww, but I'm getting used to it), checked the oil tank (just below 3/4 full), reset the clock on the stove - from some short power outage - only a minute off, and checked the kitchen phone outlet which wasn't working. It turns out that I had turned off that fuse, too, when I switched off the refrigerator. The phone's back on. (The phone in the living room worked the whole time.)
We spent some time cutting young trees out of the big rhododendron in the driveway 'turn around' and I pulled out some old dead parts of the lilac at the end of the stone wall there. A couple  dead trees fell on the far side of the circle which were too heavy to move. So you can't 'turn around' now. We'll have to bring a saw sometime maybe. Obviously, we love to 'work' outside!
We took some more firewood from the old maple. There's still a lot left!
Keep warm!