Snow - and it's annoying

I still haven't figured out how to make my iPod nano to play the stuff I want it to play.  I'm giving the two of us a time out.

The house's pipes are flowing nicely.  Last night I made sure to leave a couple of faucets running slightly.  I sure don't want to go through the whole frozen pipes scenario a second time.  Nope, nope, nope.

As if I wasn't already feeling annoyed, today's weather helped things along nicely.  It started snowing early in the afternoon.  Mucked things up a bit and then stopped.  Fortunately things cleared up enough to make it relatively easy to get to my car.  However, as I headed home, I could see clouds headed my way.  Sure enough, about halfway home it started to snow.  NOOOOOOO!

At one point I was sitting at a stoplight and you could see the snow beginning to accumulate on the road.  Oh, no!  Fortunately, at about 3/4 of the way home, the snow tapered off and things went fairly well the rest of the way.

After I got home I took a few minutes to sweep the snow off the sidewalk.  Otherwise, tomorrow it would most likely melt enough to change into ice before I got home.

It's supposed to be COLD again tomorrow and then start warming up to normal temperatures by the end of the week.  Sooner rather than later would be nice.

Papillon

A New Allergy?

I think I'm becoming allergic to winter.  We had a pleasant time until right after Christmas when things turned colder.  About the same time my sinuses started acting out their displeasure.  I'll spare you all the symptoms, but suffice it to say there have been a couple of days where I've taken OTC medication and then put a warm, dry compress on said sinuses.

Now we've got a cold front moving through.  It's been lightly snowing for a portion of this afternoon and this is projected to continue through Wednesday morning.  I'm not too worried about that, I don't have to be anyplace this week so can stay home if need be.  What does worry me are the temperatures for the next several days.  The Weather Channel is predicting that on Thursday our high temperature will only be 17 degrees and that we'll get down to -2 that night.  Yikes!  In the 20 years I've lived in the Albuquerque area, it's never gotten into minus numbers.  You can bet I'll be leaving several faucets dripping so I don't end up with frozen pipes.  And my outdoor faucets have insulated covers on them.  Now I can just think positive thoughts about everything coming through OK.  (And hope for nicer weather soon.)

Note: I do realize anyone living on the east coast of the US is sneering. You have my sympathy for having to endure this winter's weather.


Stay warm!
Papillon