We were thoroughly abused by cold weather as of late. Last Thursday the snow/rain/sleet/hail/ice started to fall, and it coated everything around us with a nice layer of ice, which tore apart trees and knocked out power all over. We were only without electricity for about 24 hours (apparently we're on the same part of the power grid as the township offices, which helps), but it got mighty cold at night. I left the house Friday morning and it was 55 degrees in the house. As of Monday, some people were still without power. When the sun came out, it actually looked pretty cool outside, with every twig of every bush and tree looking like it was covered in glass. It's finally warming up some now.
Over the weekend the girls stayed at Lisa's parents, so we had a lovely good time: we had dinner at the Outback, saw the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, slept in, watched Wedding Crashers at home before noon, had dinner at Panera, went to a Griffins game, had drinks/appetizers/dessert at Friday's, slept in (Lisa until 10:40), and then went and picked up the girls. We could use a weekend like this once a month.
In cat news: Tate is healthy and very much a kitten (he insisted on sleeping next to me under the covers the other night when the power was out), Layla has a horrible cold and is on three medications, and apparently Marta has a heart murmur that is getting checked out via ultrasound today. Yikes.
12 years ago
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Special needs pets! Yes! Aren't they the best? Our bird is always on medication, getting X-rays, etc. It's what I like to spend my spare money on!
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