Tuesday December 23...9:00 am

Well, not much has happened since the last blog entry – pretty much same-o, same-o. Snow, ice, more snow, more ice, more snow…I like same-o!!! School was out all last week, so Robert got an extra week for Christmas vacation. The extra rest was probably what he needed. But because of the weather he has not had his CT scan, nor has he had any cardiac rehab – the roads have been too icy and rehab has been closed.
It is going to be a white Christmas here this year! We have a winter wonderland going on…it is beautiful. We are enjoying it a lot, but our electricity was off for about 24 hours. That was a bit challenging. Fortunately we have a wood stove and we do not lose water when we lose power, so we could still flush! Many people do not have heat or water, so we were very thankful. The forecast is for more snow, so we still do not know if or when we are going to go to California. We haven’t heard from the kennel yet either, and we can’t leave until we have a place for Sadie. We are not very comfortable leaving while there is still the threat of losing power again…it is not a good idea to leave refrigerators and pipes unattended in freezing weather. When the power was out we had to take everything out of our refrigerator – part went in an ice chest in the garage, but the rest went out on the patio! Robert even put his carton of low-carb ice cream out in the snow. Last night, Robby said he liked it better when the electricity was out…he said it was quieter, calmer, and slower. Over all, that describes our life in general since Robert’s illness…not a bad way to celebrate Christmas, the birthday of our King.

~Jeanette