Month: February 2015

Did more shoveling this morning.  Moved giant ice boulders from the plows from the bottom (top?) of the driveway.  Cleared the driveway and dug a path to the shed.  Got some snow off Ron’s van as well.

We watched Downton Abbey after breakfast.

More snow expected tomorrow.

Had a good chat with Sunnova this morning.  We are still not billable as far as they are concerned; waiting for Trinity to give them the okay.  Probably just as well, the panels are still covered in snow and maybe even ice.  They suggest letting everything melt rather than trying to remove it manually.  Fine with me.

We shoveled most of the driveway this afternoon with Elvis and “Greenie”.  I finished the laundry and changed sheets.

Tried to figure out the solar meter.  One screen has date, one has time.  One shows total electric usage.  I can’t figure out the others.

 

I made pizza for lunch: maple/bacon/onion jam, tomato sauce, mushrooms, bacon, provolone, romano.

We did the transfer station run in the morning, filled up the truck, home for lunch, then to Kappy’s for a tasting.

I made soup and bread pudding from leftovers.

We bought chocolate for each other at Ghelfi’s and Ben & Bill’s, then took the ocean road home.  It started snowing just before we got back.

Cheese, crackers and good Scotch in lieu of supper, and watched Diane Reeves’ first set at Lincoln Center via Livestream.

I turned on the panels yesterday.  Unfortunately, Trinity dropped the ball on getting the info Sunnova needs to enable the modem, so for now, we have to check the outside meter to see if the system is working.

I’ve been looking for instructions on how to read/interpret the output from the meter.

It’s Valentine’s Day, and Ron, droll fellow, has posted his thoughts:

What a fine Valentines Day! 0 degrees at 6:30 AM. I’m looking forward to going to the transfer station this morning (in lieu of the closure tomorrow & maybe Monday due to blizzard warnings) and then a Champagne and desert wine tasting at a local store. Nothing could beat this day with the possible exception of shooting rats at the dump.

The NStar installer – nice man – was here today.  He appreciated that we’d cleared a path for him and mused that he couldn’t understand how people can complain about their bills but make it impossible for the installers to do their jobs.

Duh.

Trinity is working on getting the photo that Sunnova needs.  Meanwhile, we have their okay to turn on the system.

Finally.

We got it in our heads to visit Whole Foods in Hyannis, for no particular reason, more or less to get out of the house for a while.

We also wanted to find a scoop shovel, which had become a mild obsession after being demonstrated by one of the contractors who installed our radon remission system.

We stopped at Home Depot, but the only scoop shovel they had is owned (and loved) by the store.  We did a shop at Whole Foods, nothing big, just a few items.

It being mid-day by that time, we’d hoped to eat at an organic food cafe in Hyannis, but they were closed for winter break.

Instead, we ended up at Keltic Kitchen, which had been highly recommended by one of our friends.  We had a large, delicious and filling lunch and bought some nice items at their gift shop.

I suggested Agway in Dennis for the shovel.  We were bloody lucky: they had one remaining from a shipment that had arrived only yesterday.  Unbelievable.

We had a few hours of daylight left, so stopped at the RMV in Yarmouth to get the glasses restriction taken off our licenses.  After a 45 or so minute wait, we got called.  I didn’t see their test well enough to be comfortable, but Ron passed and shelled over $25 for a new license.

We headed home after that and got to the house around 4:30, just as the snow started up again in earnest.

February is a big month for birthdays:  Bonnie’s, Emme’s, Ella’s, Kathy’s and Gabriella’s.

I made a batch of gluten-free brownies for Bonnie yesterday.  We brought them to her shop so she could enjoy them away from the greedy ones at home.  Used Bob’s Red Mill: every bit as good as non-gluten free Ghirardelli’s.

Mailed Ella’s card today, did a laundry, worked on some stuff for Jim.  We did a good-sized shop yesterday, partly in preparation for the storm that’s supposed to hit on Thursday night.  We may get up to another foot over the weekend.

Cold and raw today.  29 but feels much colder.

Good snowman snow this time.  Snowed for a long time, but not a lot of accumulation.  Shoveled the top of the driveway twice.  Not bad compared to the other day.

Started gathering info for taxes.

We made caramel in the microwave!

 

We both fell asleep before 7 last night.  I was up at 5:30; Ron, around 7:15.

We were finished with laundry, transfer station and changing sheets by 3 pm.  Quite mild today, in the mid-30’s.  Roasted Ron’s compost eggshells in the grill.

Good day for streaming videos.  Watched Virunga this afternoon.

Watched Transparent and Alpha House this evening.  Have never seen Ron laugh so hard!

Ron brought home this cheerful bouquet yesterday!

At some point or other, we had roasted vegetables and salad for supper.

Yesterday, I finished the new URL routing pages and made progress cleaning up the second bedroom.

We finally set up the now-repaired sideboard.

Didn’t get out of my pajamas all day.