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well, not so much right now, but it was very cold (between -5F and 10F) at the beginning of the week.
At rehearsal Tuesday night, my saxophone was so cold that it really couldn't be tuned -- it was nearly a full step flat, and even by the end of rehearsal it had only warmed up to a half-step flat. I can't shove the mouthpiece on that far! Even the tubas were closer to being warmed up than the baris were.
It was a bit annoying that we had lovely clear sunny days and the solar panels were iced over so we didn't get any power from them. It's currently snowing, too. I'd rather have snow and 15F than no snow and 5F, even though I do have to go out in it. The weather people tell us that it will be above freezing (and raining) by the middle of next week. J and I decided that we didn't need to shovel the driveway today -- it will melt soon enough, and it's not slippery snow.
I did not get the holiday cards done last weekend. sigh. I have hopes of getting them done this weekend.
We got almost all of the AV ballots sent out yesterday -- there's a handful more to be done today, plus whatever came in yesterday's mail (the mail hadn't arrived by the time we left at 5:15, so it's Friday's mail).
The birds discovered the mealworm feeder that I started putting out after Christmas. I have to fill it every other day or so. They really like the sunflower seeds - those feeders get filled full every day, and they're usually down to about 1/3 full by evening. (we bring the feeders in at night so that the deer and raccoons don't eat the birdseed/break them.)
At rehearsal Tuesday night, my saxophone was so cold that it really couldn't be tuned -- it was nearly a full step flat, and even by the end of rehearsal it had only warmed up to a half-step flat. I can't shove the mouthpiece on that far! Even the tubas were closer to being warmed up than the baris were.
It was a bit annoying that we had lovely clear sunny days and the solar panels were iced over so we didn't get any power from them. It's currently snowing, too. I'd rather have snow and 15F than no snow and 5F, even though I do have to go out in it. The weather people tell us that it will be above freezing (and raining) by the middle of next week. J and I decided that we didn't need to shovel the driveway today -- it will melt soon enough, and it's not slippery snow.
I did not get the holiday cards done last weekend. sigh. I have hopes of getting them done this weekend.
We got almost all of the AV ballots sent out yesterday -- there's a handful more to be done today, plus whatever came in yesterday's mail (the mail hadn't arrived by the time we left at 5:15, so it's Friday's mail).
The birds discovered the mealworm feeder that I started putting out after Christmas. I have to fill it every other day or so. They really like the sunflower seeds - those feeders get filled full every day, and they're usually down to about 1/3 full by evening. (we bring the feeders in at night so that the deer and raccoons don't eat the birdseed/break them.)
