Ah okay, THERE'S the snow

[annathepiper]

After all the whiplash in the forecast yesterday, we're still holding steady with the expected Big Cold this weekend. And now it's finally actually snowing in Kenmore. Not a stunning amount yet, but it's heavier than a flurry. So it'll be interesting to see if this keeps up.

Have had a delightful and restful day. Went off to have a chiro appointment and a checkup with my doctor; I've had to have her prescribe me some Allegra on the grounds that I suspect I may be harboring a mild allergy to the cats. This isn't a serious allergy, mind you, but just enough itchy eyes and sneezing going on to make me wonder if something's up. And Fred and George have been the only real alteration to our environment over the last year or so.

It's weird. This is certainly not the first time I've lived with multiple cats, but it's been the first time I've lived with two that are as fluffy as the boys are. And since I like them, I'm hoping the Allegra will manage this issue.

So far this afternoon my eyes have been noticeably less itchy, so this so far seems to be a win.

And for extra bonus Win, mamishka came over to hang out just before she heads East for the winter. We MUSH-geeked a bit; I'm not MUSHing anymore but I still appreciate Meems telling me about her adventures on Star Wars MUSH. And we watched the pilot of Due South just because I've been highly enjoying that and Meems hadn't seen it before. She and spazzkat went at it in Rock Band, then.

Looking forward to a relaxing evening, too. solarbird should be home soon from her Norwescon concom, and there will be pizza. <3

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[kieri.livejournal.com]

Snoooooooooooow!

It's even going down here in Fremont, and has been for an hour. Nice strong sturdy stuff, too. Very fluffy. The dog is extremely excited. :D She's a big snow fan.

Hope it sticks around - if it had to snow in Seattle, Saturday/Sunday is pretty much the perfect time to do it.

[annathepiper]

It's been snowing fairly steadily since around 5 or so up here, maybe earlier; around 5 or so is when I noticed. It started off just as flurries but now we have a pretty decent snow shower going on and about an inch of accumulation in the yard. The cats have noticed. They're confused. ;)

And yeah, it's a good time for the snow to hit. Though it may mean my massage appointment gets cancelled out from under me tomorrow!

[maellenkleth]

Big Snow still happening here in the village of Cumberland (el. 155 m); the loggers will be calling this the start of the Long Sleep, I suppose.

And anent fluffiness, I note the quantity of Fred and George wot hath now been extracted from my plucky computer's air-filter.

On a completely side note, Bailando (LJ|Siestabear, my spouse) is okay despite getting clobbered by the New England ice storm. Still no electricity or landline. Moral of the story is: get and maintain backup sources of heat and power. (Which I am sure you would have, anyway).

[annathepiper]

*snerk* I'm not surprised that Fred-and-George-fluff happened to get into your computer. Those boys shed like crazy shedding things.

Glad Bai's okay!

We have backup heat certainly via the gas fireplaces, which actually prove themselves useful during any power outages since we still get to have warm. We don't have a generator but we do have a UPS on the servers for murkworks.net, which hangs in there for about 30 minutes, just enough time for us to get the servers shut down in a leisurely fashion if we have to.

We may eventually get a generator. We'll see. Quite a few people in our neighborhood have them, it turns out.

[maellenkleth]

I am seriously thinking of a genset, but the issue there is safe storage of fuel and oil. They are not simple to maintain, and hot-fuelling them is a necessary and risky chore.

The photovoltaics and floating battery system keep us up for about a day. No heat, no hot water, but we can boil a kettle off the system (although it is far wiser to just stash a nice thermos or two of hot water whenever the forecast calls for wind or ice). All we really want is to keep the writing system running, and maybe have a heating-pad for our feet, and then life is good.

Of course, the power usually goes out when it is bloody cold, like today.

Stay warm, neh?

[annathepiper]

Warm won't be a problem! We have the gas fireplaces. Also lots of blankets. And gas stoves that work fine in power outages, too, so that means hot beverages too. But thanks. :)

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

oh, we have ++bad++ issues around gas stoves in wood-frame buildings in earthquake country :(

bottled butane, on the other hand, sure thing (and actually suppose that we should hunt up a butane wok-heater to go with our excessive supply of bottled gas). can do anything with a wok, after all.

enjoy said snow. watching it fall is okay. driving in it tomorrow at 0400 will suck, though. snerk.

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

oh, plus, of course, the seventy-leven zillion duvets all alike, that make a big difference on a cold night.

Bai says anent back home: power back maybe by Christmas. Maybe. Landline phone, who the heck knows? Cable likewise unknown. And another ice-storm forecast for tomorrow morning in mid-Mass.

[firni.livejournal.com]

"Little to no snow accumulation"... right. ugh

[annathepiper]

Snowed on in SNOhomish, I presume?

[firni.livejournal.com]

Yes, see my latest post. ARGH MONGO SMASH

One more week. If it could have waited ONE. MORE. WEEK. then the kid would be out for winter break, but nooooooooo, Mother Nature is out to get me.

[annathepiper]

More on the way on Wednesday, apparently!

[annathepiper]

Hee, yeah, much less snow this weekend in general than I expected, but certainly enough for kids to play in. I see on the forecast though that we're expecting more on Wednesday. Until then, it looks like we're just dealing with Cold.

Thanks very much re: job!

And har, yeah, the show is definitely trashier than the books, and yet it is retaining the ability to entertain. I need to get caught up on the last few episodes. I'm still waiting for an announcement as to when the DVDs will come out, as I'll most likely be buying them!

The birthday sounds like it was pretty entertaining overall. And woot for a tree! We don't have one--spazzkat is about to fly home to visit his folks and the cats would climb in it anyway--but I still enjoy shiny lights and tinsel and such. :)

[maellenkleth]

Hah, we could use the Fir Transfer Protocol to just send you a door wreath, perhaps.

In fact, would you like one if we can arrange it? Will be wanting one for Fir-Garden front porch door, anyway. ^_^

[annathepiper]

I certainly wouldn't say no to a wreath if one showed up, but I'll ask solarbird when she gets back from her meeting to see what she thinks too. Thank you. :)