Snow!

We are now almost recovered from a 4-day power outage following a freak snowstorm in October.  We only got a few inches, but wet, heavy snow combined with still-leafy trees makes for a ton of broken branches and downed utility lines.  My magnificent husband rigged a system by which the boiler could be run for short periods of time off of the idling car engine.  As long as I could get a hot shower, we made it just fine :)  Lots of people left town.  The worst of it was losing our fridge contents, but between you and me, the fridge needed a good cleaning anyway ;)  All that's left is to get rid of a ton of branch debris from the 4 trees that mostly came down in our yard and across our driveways.  Reuel chainsawed up the logs, but we're trying to hire someone with a chipper for a non-exorbitant price to do the rest of the job.

Here's the boys enjoying the start of the snow!  http://vimeo.com/31936527