January 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011

It was a grey day today. It was grey at 7am, at 12pm, and at 5pm. The temperature stayed at 26 degrees all day. It's supposed to start snowing at any time now but the temp will be rising overnight making a wintry mix of sleet, ice, and rain by morning.

I didn't do much today. I changed the filter for the furnace, took the cover off the heat vent in the bathroom. I saw something down there that looked suspiciously like a stink bug. It turned out to be a fuzzy piece of lint or something. I thought I had gone all day without siting a stink bug but one crawled across the livingroom ceiling this evening. I caught me with my latex glove and put him in my coffee can of soapy water. They seem to be in the livingroom and kitchen. They probably literally crawl out of the woodwork. They are just so gross.

I got the rock salt out of the shed and spread it around the area where my driveway meets the road. It had become a sheet of ice about two inches thick. I don't know why. I hadn't driven over it much. I only went out twice. I guess it melted off the road and pooled there. My safe paws didn't make a dent in it. The rock salt was starting to do it's job. I need to put some more down but I'll wait until morning.

I had to walk along the edge of people's lawns to avoid the ice and slick surface of the road. It will be a worse mess tomorrow.

News from the Vorlon Wife.

Posted by tedkarol at January 17, 2011 7:23 PM
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Please be very careful while you're out walking or driving. It sounds pretty nasty in your area. We're supposed to get some nasty weather beginning mid-morning, so our bible study was canceled. Keep catching those nasty nasty stinkbugs. They are so awful and we sure hope they don't start heading our way!! Ruth

Posted by: Ruth at January 18, 2011 8:23 AM

I caught four more stink bugs today. Danny spotted two of them. He barks at them. I wondered what he was barking at. He was looking up at the ceiling so I looked up and saw the critter. Into the can of soapy water he went. I'll flush them tomorrow.

Posted by: Karol at January 18, 2011 7:42 PM