Perfect weather

The girls had a great time with their friends sledding this weekend. We couldn't ask for better weather... crisp air and blue skies.

They call this "the penguin."

What We Can and Cannot Live Without

We have discovered there are many things you can in fact live without....

• electricity
• TV
• phones and cell phones
• a heater
• internet and computer

However there are two things we cannot live without....

• running water
• our wood burning stove

Thankfully our water is back to normal. Hot showers are a must! The phones are working again too. The word on the street is that the electricity will be restored on Saturday. All is well!

Snow Update

As some of you know, last week we finally broke down and got a satellite dish. This only happened after installing a digital antennae 300 feet up our mountainside. When all was said and done we went from getting 7 channels to about 3. Which now explains the picture.... Zeek removing the snow off the roof that was blocking the dish. We plug the TV into the generator to catch a glimpse of the news so we don’t feel completely shut off from the world.

This is our own personal sled run designed, and maintained by the WORLD’S BEST DAD who operates some heavy equipment. This is just a portion of the snow scooped from our deck, yard, driveway and street. This provides endless hours of fun and entertainment. In the girl’s eyes “Dad brought the tractor home to make them a sled run.”

The final update for today is that we've lost water pressure... we still have water or at least we did when I left this morning, but not sure how long it will last. I'll find out soon, I'm heading home.

Snow! Snow! and MORE SNOW!

We have experienced the biggest snowfall in Forest Falls at one time since the 70’s. It’s beautiful, and about 4 to 5 feet deep. There are a lot things we’re very thankful for.... the new snowblower that was able to clear the deck, the generator that keeps the food cold and can run the coffee pot, the gas powered hot water heater that provides hot water at all times, Zeek and his ability to run the LOADER, Without that we’d be snowed in for days.

10:00 p.m. Zeek finally is able to get home to clear our road.

Love this snowblower!

There will be plenty of sledding for quite a while.

Zeek, THE KING OF OUR STREET!

We’re the only street able to drive in and out.

We’ve got a fire going at all times, and plenty of firewood.

The generator is on long enough to keep the refrigerator cold.

There’s lots of food and we’re cooking anything that can be cooked on the stove top or BBQ,

At night the candles are burning, we’re cozy, comfortable and safe in our own home.

However.... we have no electricity and probably won’t for a week, and the phones and cell phones are out as well.

We’ll try to keep you updated when we are down the hill and will check our messages on the cell.

We're Buried

They were right this time!

We're buried in 2 feet of snow (new overnight).

We're trying to dig our way out. The snowblower is great.... but not big enough for this much snow.

Been at it since 5:15 and this is the progress.

Zeek's trying to get the truck uncovered.

It's still snowing!!!!!

Tomorrow's pictures will be more fun.... snowmen, sledding, snowball fights, etc.

It's Snowing

We're definitely getting some snow!

This is what it looked like when we got home this afternoon. It's snowing hard and there's about 5 inches of snow.

We got a chance to put Zeek's NEW SNOWBLOWER to work.

So far we've cleared about 10 inches of snow off the deck and it's still snowing hard.

The beautiful thing about it..... it only took about 20 minutes to completely do our 1000 sq foot deck.... and our backs don't hurt a bit!

They say we could get up to 40 inches over the next 24 hours.

We'll see.... they're wrong lots of times!