Aaaacccckkkkk! What is this, a joke???

So much for spring! The snow started falling before dawn and it's still falling. Visibility is poor and roads are slick. We're not going anywhere. Keith spent a few minutes shoveling out the driveway but soon decided to wait and let the sun take care of things tomorrow. By Wednesday and Thursday temperatures are expected back in the mid-70s.

Well, I found my steam mop but was a little disappointed when I saw the size of the water reservoir and the length of the cord. I tried it out on my kitchen and hallway tile floors and it worked like a charm. It turned out the small reservoir was enough to complete the job but I did have to plug and unplug the cord a few times to reach everywhere. It did a wonderful job, floors got very clean and there were no streaks to be seen.

I'm going to wait to tackle the floors downstairs until this snow melts. No point in doing it now as the dogs love playing in the little drifts and will be going in and out a dozen times in the next day or two. I will have to attach an extension cord as just the family room is 25 feet long, not to mention the long hall, the family room and the foyer.

Hauled the sewing machine out this afternoon and did some mending, shortened a pair of pants for Keith and finally hemmed the drape on one of the bedroom windows. It's only been a year - don't know why I was in such a rush.

Looks like a night of television for us but there doesn't seem to be a lot offered. Maybe I'll curl up with my book. I AM going to bed early - something I didn't do last night. I'm paying the price today.

So much for spring

Hard to believe that the weather here can be just as capricious as it was back in Wisconsin. A cold front came through and we had a 30 degree temperature drop overnight. It's nearly time for the sun to go down and it's finally poked it's head through the cloud cover.

This week has spun by so quickly. We're getting ready to head out to a nearby Catholic parish for a Lenten fish fry and then I'm off in search of a Bissle Steam Mop. Keeping the 1000 square feet of laminate and tile floors clean is proving to be a difficult job. Every time the dogs come in from outside, there are paw prints all over the place. I've tried just about everything I can think of to clean them without leaving streaks but so far, no luck.

Such big problems, eh? Compared to what's going on in the world, a few streaks on the floors is no big deal.

Spring is here

The sun is shining brightly today and the temperatures are creeping toward 60 degrees.

I am always grateful that the winters here in the Ozarks are so much shorter than they were back in Wisconsin but any winter at all is too much. At least it kills off some of the unwanted brush and weeds and tend to take over any cleared piece of land they find. We've got just about every inch of our three acres under control. All that remains is an irregular patch about 40' x 15' that is so filled with rocks, I doubt I'll ever get it cleaned out. That said, it is the perfect place to toss MORE rocks as we encounter them.

We did loose some branches from our oak and hickory trees in an early February ice storm but I hired someone to clean up the bulk of them. He did a good job. The few that have come down since then are manageable.

With that said, I'm outa here. The sunshine is calling me!

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