Well…that was some pretty extreme weather last night that is continuing this morning,,,8 inches of snow overnight with 8 more coming today with lots of wind and drifting…and the power was off for more than 4 hours last night that I coped with well after Tom reminded me I had a light in my booster box for the car and I used that to be able to read and keep myself from getting too bored…and I now know that the kitchen stove will keep this place from freezing…didn’t even have to run all four burners on the range top to keep it over 60 in here…but I prefer having power…going to try out the new boots when I go out to shovel the snow later this morning after I get the bike rides in…bought a 10 pound ham for 8 bucks yesterday and I’m going to make that later today and then I’ll have food for the next week or so…I really don’t like having my routine disrupted and I think it’s going to take all day to relax back into it…didn’t sleep for crap last night and went to bed late, up at three, and then out of bed at 5:30…so I’m going to try to take a nap this aft…probably won’t work but I’ll give it a try…not much to do today…it looks like a three shovel day after three rides that will get me down to only 200 miles left for the year…I know I didn’t eat enough yesterday with just a bowl of soup and then a chicken leg quarter for dinner…so I’ll have to do better today…it sure is comforting to have the furnace come on…more later….