Ted's Blog

Yesterday it got very cold with the high in the 30's. Then last night it started raining and sleeting. By this morning there was a layer of ice on everything and it continued to rain and sleet off and on all day. My car is covered in icy armor with icicles hanging down off the bumper and over the license plate. Katie and Clio do no like the ice. It crunches under their feet and covers up the grass. They don't seem real sure about where they can go to the bathroom.

I didn't go anywhere today, just sat around the house and watched TV and played on the computer. I pulled out the Powerbook 5300 Jeb gave me and figured out why the power adapter isn't working: there's nothing wrong with the adapter itself but the tip appears to be broken. So I cut it off and I get voltage through the wires, but will now need a tip. Meanwhile my Powerbook 520 seems to have died completely. I'm not sure why it won't work anymore, but I think it is a fuse in the Powerbook itself (or the keyboard won't work and that's where the power button is).

I couldn't even walk up the slight hill of my driveway without going into the grass where I could get footing. The street is mostly ice, but people have been driving enough that there are two tire tracks that are clear. I haven't lost power, but I charged up all my batteries just in case. I've heard a couple of big branches snap and fall, but nothing major yet. Tomorrow it is supposed to go into the 40's so all of this should melt.