fun in the snow

despite the power outage, the snow was amazing, and buster had a good workout chasing snowballs in the deep snow.

power outage

for three and a half days, the house and most of the area has lost all power. steve drove up on a blizzarding thursday night to check out the house, and light a fire to keep everything warm. we ended up getting well over one foot of snow at gobble hill. it varied from area to area. some got 40 inches, and other places like kingston (only twenty minutes away) got practically nothing. i took a bus up the next night and fortunately the power was restored soon after. we barely drove anywhere since the snow kept falling through sunday morning. we left our car at the bottom of the drive since we could'nt get up the drive, and the plow came once early on, but not again. so...we cooked, we finished the puzzle, we shoveled, we napped, we watched tv, we shoveled some more, and we mourned a few tree branches that broke off. we also drained the pipes at a neighbors house who couldn't make it up that weekend.

mission impuzzleble

it took us three weekends to complete, but with some persistence, and some organization by texture or shape, all the pieces were put into place! ...and it looks kind of like a house down the street from us.

techno lock, heat and light

now we have the capability to adjust our heat, a light, and our door entry with a simple touch on our iphone and blackberry. we can turn up the heat before we arrive on a cold night, or we can issue a temporary push button code for anyone who wishes to enter the house when we are not there. this also applies to a light that we can turn on and off, or set to a schedule. all of these items have an internet connectivity which we can adjust via the web or on our phones. fancy, right? of course, we had a fire lit when i took these pictures, so even though i set my phone for 60, the house was toast at 82. steve did all the research on this and should get all the credit for this addition to the house.