WORST WINTER EVER

saturday
november 16 2013

it started snowing friday night.

in the middle of the night, the electricity went out and stayed out. from 11-4 we were in total darkness and cold.

at 4am, the electricity came on and the fireplace heated the house up. at 8am, we got up and started breakfast. in the middle, the electricity went out again.

i finished making eggs on the propane grille outside on the patio.

hubby started shoveling the decks. i helped. then he went down to get the snow plow. we went into town to get gasoline and fill gas cans. stopped at the latte stand (athol had electricity still. bastards.) then got fluid for the bronco plow at victory auto parts. the dogs came with us.

when we returned home, hubby plowed the driveway. and plowed and plowed.

by 11 the electricity was on again. however, a tree fell in the backyard on to the dog fence and destroyed a piece of fence.

when hubby was done plowing the drive, it was time to shovel decks and sidewalks again. it was still snowing. about 12 inches of snow probably.

then we took all the dogs with us in the X and went to post falls to pick up the chainsaw from nick at cn diesel (he had borrowed chainsaw last year and never returned it).

we got wendy's cheeseburgers for the dogs. in town, there was NO SNOW. it had only rained. crap.

stopped in rathdrum on the way back and walked the dogs in the park.

then went to super one and got groceries. they are in the middle of remodeling and everything was messed up. couldn't find anything!

we drove home and unloaded all the groceries. i was exhausted. had to keep shoveling the side deck as snow kept falling off the roof. we went to bed at 10:15 after the early news.

sunday
november 17 2013

got up and made breakfast sandwich for hubby & a latte. made omelette for dogs. fortunately, the electricity stayed on this time.

had to shovel the decks again as snow had fallen off the roof in the middle of the night.

got dressed & took the dogs for a walk at farragut park. we walked on the horse side of the park. stupid park ranger had to drive right by us, staring at us. i found myself not having the energy to even walk. i just wanted to collapse into the snow. no energy at all. am i sick? even isabelle was walking faster than i was... hubby gave me maggie & isabelle, he tried to hurry to the X. we finally caught up to him. but i did not even have energy to get into the truck. exhausted.

we drove home. hubby started to cut up the tree that had fallen on the dog fence.

i got the dogs collars off, then started to make another egg sandwich for me. did i need some protein? i went out to help hubby move the fence panel and zip-tie it up to the others. then we moved the old fence panel out.

we watched tv for a while, then i needed to go get bird seed. i decided we should just go to spirit lake instead of into town. i was exhausted again. i changed clothes and we took the dodge along with lil bit, bud, & ben.

ran into leo and his kid at the hardware store. hubby wanted to drive all over spirit lake looking at all the new construction of roads & houses. we drove over to the lake to look at all the new stuff that was there.

came home and made chili. filled all the bird feeders. i should not have eaten chili because i got cramps & bad tummy. hubby made filling for burritos. i took a hot bath. we watched top gear for a while. it got dark. at 35 degrees, it started raining outside around 3pm.