Thanksgiving

   That Thanksgiving eve storm got here about 1pm Wednesday with a wintry mix and things turned white quickly.  How come everyone forgets how to drive in this stuff?  Visibility was lousy and the roads were covered with slush.  Jeff had the 2 wheelbarrows full of wood sitting in the woodshed waiting to be stacked making it was relatively easy to bring armloads of wood into the house, and the oil company had delivered a full tank so we were set for a 'snow-in'.  Got 6-8" from that episode and a little more from the lake effect band that came thru yesterday.  It looks like a winter wonderland out there but I don't want to be out there!  The house was warm and comfy and even Fanny didn't want to go out!  My cousin Ed came over for Thanksgiving dinner but Jeff's sister Sherry decided not to drive down from Utica.  Dinner was nearly perfect...if I say so myself.  The pork roast was delicious, sweet potatoes and Jeff's carrots, with pumpkin pie and blackberry pie for dessert.  Now, what to have for Christmas dinner??
   Wednesday night Jeff noticed that the greenhouse had split.  We don't know if it was due to the weight of the snow or if the plastic had gotten brittle because he had hung the Coleman lantern inside.  He thinks it may just be the design...there isn't as much support as in the woodshed because the woodshed is made with cattle panels and the greenhouse isn't.  Those black marks in the roof are actually slits in the plastic along the PVC supports.  In the morning there was another slit along the next PVC.  One of the ideas Jeff has to mend the roof is to lay a section of plastic snow fence over the greenhouse and then cover it with another layer of plastic.  It's suppose to warm up a little this week and then we'll see.

   If there was a spy camera in my bedroom it would have captured a funny video Wednesday night.  I went to bed first but got up around 2:30am when Fanny started to growl and fight with something in the other bedroom.  I thought she had a mouse...or was ripping a pillow apart, a favorite past time, but it was just an itch she couldn't get.  We all ended up in the TV room with the can of Bag Balm before Jeff headed off to bed followed by the dog.  I got the job of turning off the lights, etc and when I got to bed there was barely enough room for me in bed.  Now, we're big people, but the bed is Queen size and if he stays on his side we can fit.  Thursday morning I asked him why he stayed in the middle and Jeff blamed the dog. Seems she was stretched out next to him...and she wanted her share of the covers!