A Cold Day in Texas

We're expecting snow today, which according to forecasters is the earliest recorded instance of snow in this area. So much for global warming, huh?

Anyway, checked the outside faucets last night to make sure they were wrapped, which they weren't. I'm not worried about the other pipes, which are in the attic and are very well wrapped and are buried in blown-in insulation. Cas was at WM already, so I called and asked her to pick up some insulating wrap.

Seems like everyone else had the same idea.

So what to do? I came up with the ingenious plan of wrapping the faucets in plastic WM bags and then putting a coffee can over them to hold the wrap in place and keep it dry.

I didn't even use duct tape...

Has it been a year already?

Wow!

Today is my first wedding anniversary. Hard to believe it's been a year, but things have flown by very, very quickly. Staying busy tends to have that effect.

Which is my excuse for the extreme lack of posts, I've been busy.

So sue me.

Live Like You Were Dying

Sorry I haven't blogged in quite a while, but things have been fairly busy around here. Luckily, I'm on Spring Break this week, so I have a few extra minutes.

Even Spring Break has been hectic, trying to get caught up on the "to-do" list around the house and with the fire department. Yesterday, I managed to combine fire department duties with having fun. The rescue boat had not been in the water for several months and desperately needed to be run, so my brother and I loaded it up, along with his son and my youngest daughter, and headed to the lake.

We motored around the lake for the better part of two hours, stopping for a few minutes on an island out in the middle so the kids could do some exploring. It was there that I saw something that few people ever see, at least in the wild - a bald eagle.

It was perched high in a pine tree and we watched it for several minutes before it took off, to be joined by another as they circled over the lake.

Check that one off the list...