After three weeks of snow, we now have rain and wind. The car is out of the garage and parked in front, but it's another good day for staying indoors.

I've been using Gramps on Ubuntu to organize the notes I made on family history as told to me by my parents. It's a good application, and the printouts are nice.

DH and I were careful to get in plenty of supplies for Christmas, but just when we were ready to restock the real storm hit. We look to have 6 inches/15 cm of snow on the ground and more is forecast for today. And Saturday. And Sunday. Yesterday morning it was -18C/0F in a town not far from here; my kitchen was about 7C/44F. That's cold enough! The ( Read more... )