No cabin fever here!

Waiting out winter, yup, that's what we've been doing these last few weeks. No new snow, in fact quite a lot of the winters snow has and is, evaporating away. Still cold and icy, the last couple of weeks haven't been higher than 32 with teens and twenty's at night. We did have some damage from the quick melt and refreeze that happened around New Years. The second chimney for the wood stove in the TV room below our bedroom was knocked loose by the sliding mass. I did all I could from the inside, but the metal ring that helps keep water off the seal was pushed down by the snow to where its keeping the stack tilted. Big problem? It's about 30 feet up so the only access is from above and off the steep metal roof. With the cold temps there has been a constant layer of frost on the entire roof making it impossible to be up there and fix it. So when the temps climb beyond freezing I'll be fixing it. And this spring, an ice dam will get installed so that shouldn't happen again.

With the cold, cold weather it has been TV and movie time!
Today we're watching episodes of HGTV's House Hunters International. We like seeing houses from other areas, and I can't believe how much properties cost at different parts of the world.

Yesterday with the final 10 episodes of Battlestar Galactica started last Friday, I thought we'd have a semi marathon of all the shows leading up to this final season. So on with more season one later.
Really not much else going on. Just work and home.
Haven't heard from many people lately so I'm guessing all is well with everybody!
I'm sure I'll think of more to write later, but for now that's the update.
Type later, Tad

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