May 14, 2009

• “We made it through winter.”

  Doug was letting the dog back in a while ago, standing in the open door, in no hurry to shut it before he let all our precious heat out and a blast of Arctic cold in, when he said those words:  “We made it through winter.”

  It’s true.  I haven’t had to wear multiple layers around the house for at least a week.  It has been about that long since I had to kindle a fire in the wood stove for warmth.  I did bake brownies a few mornings ago, to take off the night’s chill in here, but by the time the brownies were done, the sun was doing its job in here.  If you haven’t seen the latest batch of pictures from the neighborhood, taken yesterday, check the photo module on the left side of my main page.  I saw a pair of cranes in the cul de sac, and they posed for me.

  We don’t have to hook the snap end of the dog’s chain inside the door to keep it from freezing shut.  It’s a real relief not having to winkle that chain through the gap between door and jamb to hook it inside.  Sinks are draining, and that’s a big relief too.  Those frozen drains were a pain in the ass.  It’s bad enough not having running water and having to haul it all in in buckets and jugs, without having to haul it all out again after we’ve used it.

  Now, if we just get through these next weeks of Mercury retrograde….  It has been gawdawful since I blogged about it yesterday.  CallWave wasn’t working.  Several hours of online business-related activity may or may not have gone through — I don’t know yet.  At the end of the session, things went wonky, and my emails are unanswered as yet.  There’s more, but why enumerate every little glitch and message gone astray?  I have to get off the computer soon, anyhow, because Doug is gaming again today.
  

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