Monday, December 22, 2008

The weather outside is frightful



This has certainly been a week of weather to keep in the records book. It started with the ice storm 10 days ago. New England was hit hard with the ice that caused power outages. There are still 10,000+ residents in New Hampshire without power and in some cases, it will not be restored until well after Christmas.

A snowstorm hit on Saturday and brought 10 inches of snow in the southern part of the states and 6 inches up here in the north country. On Sunday a second storm came in that packed more snow. The winds blew, the snow fell for hours. I shoveled the front walk-way at least 10 times during the day. I just measured 16 inches in the front of the house. The dogs are jumping on and down to get from one section to another.

Mel had a very successful surgery last Wednesday. While he had trouble with pain that caused him to stay overnight, he was able to come on Thursday to recup. It is driving him nuts that he cannot do anything - but he has Broomhilda the nurse watching over him.. We go back to the doctors tomorrow (weather willing) for a checkup and additional therapy. His shoulder will have to heal for several weeks - but it will be well worth getting rid of the pain.

1 comment:

T3 said...

Yikes!!! Hi Sis, We looked at the pictures. I guess we won't complain it's in the teens at night down here. We got some much needed rain this past weekend, but it turned cold right after. 60-15 degrees in 12 hours.
I hope Mel has a speedy recovery so he can pick up a shovel the next time a snowstorm blows in.

T3 and Julie