And my streak of bad luck continues…..
I woke up to a cold house this morning. The furnace is running and the lights say it is working but the thermostat said it was 64 in the living room. I keep it set at 71 all day and night. I turned on the fireplace and it has warmed up to 66. Not sure if it is the 55 MPH wind gust and the 3 degree temperature or if something is wrong. The service guy is coming out to make sure since it is Friday. I have a feeling it is working but just can’t keep up. The wind chill is -23 and the sustaining wind is 40 MPH.
I found snow inside a window in the NW corner of the bathroom. I sent a picture of it to the window guys. He had me double check that the window was properly locked – it is. Not sure what they are going to do about that.
The driveway that got shoveled out yesterday is no longer clear. Thank heavens Kathy and I left our cars in the barn and didn’t park them in the garage. The rest of the driveway looks clear although I didn’t walk it to make sure. Neither one of us are going anywhere anytime soon and I don’t need to know if the rest of it is blocked. Guess when the furnace guy gets here I will find out about the rest of the driveway.
I went down to take care of the chickens. Kathy kept an eye on me until I got back to the house. When I walked down the driveway and hit the drift, I didn’t sink down through the snow. By the time I came back up, I couldn’t tell where I had walked the first time.
The girls gave me 16 eggs today. That is a winter record for them. Guess they don’t have anything else to do but lay eggs. Thinking I need to charge a premium price for them. Hazard tax of some sort!
They were out of water so grateful I went down. Their coop felt OK to me temperature wise. I’m grateful I put up the heat lamp as it adds a bit of heat for them. I was able to get all three doors open so grateful for that.
Walking back up to the house is harder than walking down as my buckets are empty and I don’t have their weight to stabilize me. That wind is brutal to walk into. Almost went down a couple of times but I managed to remain vertical and had an uneventful trip down and back.
The water faucet in the garage was so tight I couldn’t turn it on when I tried to fill the chicken bucket with water. I have a mop sink in the laundry room that I used to fill the bucket with. I’ll have to fill a bucket and take out and fill the dog’s water bowl.
The dogs were outside romping in the snow a bit ago. They have been hanging in the garage under the heat lamp and on the heating pad part of the day.
Woke up feeling tired mid morning. I took my medication and then ate breakfast. I couldn’t find my on switch today so went back to bed and slept another two hours. Still feeling drained this afternoon. I had a very hard day yesterday and today’s issues haven’t helped. Thinking I have reached my limit and need to recharge somehow.
This is day five of my staying at home. Doesn’t look like I will get out this weekend at the temperature is to be hovering close to 0 all weekend and dipping below zero during the night. This weather is not fit for beast or man. It sure would help if the wind would calm down. It looks like a blizzard out right now with the snow blowing so hard.
I’m going to fix myself a good dinner tonight. I haven’t been eating very good and thinking that might help. It is a good day to have the oven on and maybe help warm up the kitchen. Cream chicken and biscuits sound mighty good to me right now. I shouldn’t eat the biscuits but I need comfort food today.
Grateful the chores are done for the day, grateful the furnace is going to get checked out, and grateful I have the luxury of staying home today.