Don't Have to Dream about White Christmas

Our internet was missing in action yesterday. Bad enough to be snowed in, no mail, no papers, but no internet? I guess I'm okay with that. We have electricity. That's most important. But Santa's elves must have worked overtime last night and miraculously, the internet was back this morning. AND there were TWO newspapers in the box this morning!!! I84 is open again, hurrah! here is a shot of the icicles and the Subaru that won't be seen until spring.


The DeKay Deck Index was 26 inches yesterday morning. Add a couple more for last night. Another 10-18 due by the end of this wave. This is a shot of the deck lights and snow.


We took the opportunity yesterday, during the hiatus in snow, to go over to 'the big city' aka Hood River. I had an ophthalmologist appointment, and we did a little restocking of supplies at Safeway. It was messy on the roads but we got there OK thanks to our 4wd. On the way back we stopped in White Salmon to do a little shopping with our local merchants.

I stood in the middle of the street and took pictures of downtown. Not a lot of traffic!


After we got home, we got out the snowshoes and went for a walk. It's perfect snowshoe snow.

The internet crashed again. It was because the dish was buried. So Lloyd got on the tallest ladder we have, and took a broom to poke at the snow until it avalanched off the roof. We're good to go! No photo, I was busy holding the ladder, directing to the piles of snow, and ducking falling snow and icicles.

Today I put up the tree. Finally. The table saw is out of the living room, the wood is stashed in the office cubby, and the cookies/veggie doggie biscuits are ready to go out to the neighbors.

My Christmas list is very short. Please Santa, let this all stop long enough for my girls to get here, and for us to get them in Portland. That's ALL. Really.