We had some cold and windy conditions for about 3 days. Not too much snow at about 7" and very dry, so it was easy to snow blow. I worked from home for a while on Wednesday as the roads hadn't been touched and I wanted to snow blow the berm as soon as I could so I didn't have to fight any refreeze from road salt. I got all the driving areas taken care of that morning but didn't get to the pathways until Thursday evening as I wasn't about to fight the wind (I have enough lessons in futility, don't need to invite more) During the cold wave the lowest temp it got to was -9. Today is the first day it got above single digits for a high. Pellet stoves have been chugging away keeping it nice and warm. I changed the P43, main floor stove, to continuous running so it could battle wind infiltration more easily than if it was on the thermostat. Today I put it back on the thermostat after the sun rose and we got into the high 20's.
Work is going well and I'm getting used to having to lug a laptop and iPhone home. It was much easier at my last job where I could log in from my home computer, but the job before that I had to bring home a laptop so it's not a totally new concept. My biggest gripe is that I can't plug in my home monitor since the newer laptops don't have the regular monitor connectors and my monitor is too old to have the HDMI port. Ah, 1st world problems :)
I'm not impressed with the Apple product (phone), it doesn't seem as easy as the Androids that I have used. But I'm sure people that have to go the other way also have that complaint.
I'm sure people have seen the footage of the giant ice disk that formed on the Maine river
and NH had a smaller one on the Soucook River.
I have my own "ice disk" in the back yard.
That is the bottom of the bird bath turned upside down. Weird how the wind shaped the disk and then pushed it off to one side by about 1/2".
First Chapter HOG meeting of this year is tomorrow. This year I am the Membership officer so I will be inundated by people signing their yearly waivers and paying their yearly dues. As long as I can keep everything organized, I'll be good. I'm also helping the new LOH Officer figure out her new role. When I took it on I got zero direction or help, so I'm trying to make sure that her initial experience is much more positive.
I've stayed warm, the cats are cozy and the birds feisty, so life is good.
The mother ship has landed! I had caught a glimpse of the disk in Maine in a newscast; but, happy to get a better look at it, thanks.
I'm sure that the new LOH Officer appreciates your willingness to give her a boost. "Sink or swim" can be tough!
Posted by: Cop Car | February 02, 2019 at 10:17 PM
There are HDMI to whatever adaptors for most of the older style monitor connectors, most under $20, and a fair number of them under $10. Just make sure you're getting the right male/female ends you need.
Posted by: Ruth | February 03, 2019 at 10:10 AM
Came here from Cop car's blog. Oh no, really couldn't cope with those temperatures and that ice. Brrrr.
Posted by: Liz Hinds | February 07, 2019 at 12:27 PM
Thanks for visiting Liz. This year has been fairly mild. Sure, we've had cold weather, but has not gotten down to the lows we normally see, nor have we had weeks on end of very cold temps.
Posted by: bogie | February 08, 2019 at 05:46 PM