Icy, Icy, Icy

Well in addition to all the snow...27.6 inches since December 1st this morning we wake up to ice. A thin coating of ice on the roads, trees and vehicles etc. An inch or so of icy granules in the driveway - time to break out the salt for the porch and steps. It could have been worse we avoided the worst of the freezing rain and sleet that went south of us. But the forecast calls for it to return tomorrow night into Wednesday and it could be much much worse.

Trees are up - three of them, a ceramic on the table, a fiber optic on a china cabinet and the big one in the front window. Now I remember why I haven't been putting them up the past couple of years LOL. On the big one all the strings of lites worked, until I put about three quarters of the ornaments on it then one of the middle strings went out...still haven't gotten around to checking it out. Here is a picture of the main tree, at least it is up.

More expense on my truck...the power steering went last Thursday as I was tunring down my street...$355.18 later with new high pressure hoses etc it is fixed. Though I still have to do something about the muffler as that is beginning to go at least there I have a warranty for some of the work. Probably should consider buying a new vehicle since the truck is a 1997 and it has been over 10 years since I bought it. It is such a hassle though....sighhh