When Christmas Day is on a Sunday, the Monday is then considered a holiday.
It was a good thing that Lewis Drug was indeed open today. They had closed on the 23rd in the morning due to blowing snow and the same for the 24th. Now today being the 26th they were backed up ten deep. Dennis was one of their customers standing in line. Not a good day for a new employee behind the counter. All is well as Dennis did come home with the correct items.
Grandson Ryan was here this morning with the skidloader. The pile of snow in our front yard is huge. Ryan takes the snow from Stauffer Avenue, which is where Dennis needs to back out of with the little red pickup for his errands, and that snow is piled in the backyard. Oh so much white.
Who knew that the snow that began to fall Christmas day would continue most of the night. When I went to bed at ten and looked out, the snow against the street light looked as if glitter were falling from the heavens. Every color imaginable reflected.
The storm that we had over Christmas blew snow in drifts that became hard. We had never had snow pile up at our back door to the depth that this was. It took quite a push for Dennis to get out of the house Christmas Eve morning. That push also took off part of the sweep from the bottom of the combination door. There we had it . . . flopping every time the door opened and closed. After Dennis cleared off snow from the back door walk to the garage, he was due a break. With the bitter cold, I rolled up a carpetrag rug to keep the cold at bay. A short term fix.
When Dennis was napping, I looked the door situation over. What would my dad, Raymond, do? The vinyl sweep tore through from the screw holding it on. The sweep was kept at bay by that screw length and thus not fitting back under the combination door. The sweep had u-shaped channel that was now full of frozen snow. I dressed warm and took one step at a time. That step was clearing the frozen snow off of the inside door sill. I got out my pastry brush and cleaned all the snow out of the channel. I couldn’t get the screw out. With a side clipper I snipped out just enough of the vinyl sweep so it bypassed the screw and I could get the length of the sweep back under the length of the door. It’s not the best fix. With the snow being kept away from the bottom of the outside door, it will do for now. At least the sweep will keep the cold air from seeping in under the inside wooden door.
When Dennis got up he couldn’t believe we were back in business. There is nothing like a DIY Grammie.
Today with laundry done, I decided to come down into the studio. It had been dark for far too long. It also gave me a chance to try out the small heater we purchased to sit under the sewing table. The remote works great and can be set to oscillate if needed.
Yes, this is a winter that we have not seen for many a year. Now . . . if the forecast is correct we may have temps in the 30’s for the remainder of the week. Go figure.
