It is raining as predicted. 50 degrees outside.

The Herbie Hancock CD “Possibilities” arrived yesterday. I wrapped it for Ron as a very late Christmas present. I believe it joins “Night Fly” in the “trapped on a desert island” collection.

The good people at LINE-X adjusted the tonneau cover for me.

I picked up two pair of jeans at Goodwill but didn’t realize until I got them home that they are lined. Too warm for most of the year but great for working outside in winter and in this office, though.

I stopped at BJ’s for a few things: ice cream, cheese, crackers, Oxy, cinnamon rolls. They have FRITOS! Picked up four packages of gizzards for Lizzie at Stop & Shop. Decided to cook them all and freeze them in small packages rather than freeze, defrost and cook individually. Should save time.

Lizzie and I shoveled the front walk and stairs.

I picked up peanut butter and batteries at Roche.

Snow is gone from the solar panels.

I bought a discounted membership to BJ’s online and after getting the replacement tonneau cover installed at LINE-X, swung by the store to pick up a membership card and get food for Lizzie.

Loaded up on salad mixes and frozen vegetables and veg “meatballs” as well as Blue Buffalo cans.

Back in Mashpee, picked up a big bag of peanut butter-flavored treats at Baer’s.

Appliance Guy was here before 9 and fixed the washing machine. Ron literally spent the day plowing through laundry, including sheets and whites.

Lyons is the idiot Assistant US DA who thought she was doing the world a favor by offering a sweet plea deal to Travis and Gregory McMichael in exchange for a fake confession of guilt.

Thank goodness for U.S. District Judge Lisa Wood.

https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-all-conservative-loudmouths-irish-american-691691

We’re done with the blizzard and were fortunate: never lost power and thus, have internet, heat and hot water this morning.

It’s 8 degrees outside.

Ron worked until almost 10 pm last night clearing the driveway with the snow blower. He’d also shoveled off the deck. I did some shoveling around the truck tires. Slow going because of the drifts and a waterlogged bottom layer of snow.

We tried making paths for Lizzie; she wasn’t able to navigate at all in the deep snow.

We got around a foot. Less than many other places, including Boston.

I knew it would happen: with 7 hours left in our home warranty waiting period, the washing machine broke.

A repairman came today and we hope it’ll be fixed next Tuesday.

I took Lizzie out for a couple of short walks, but she’s off her food. Ron’s going to try another one now.

We had a food festival yesterday. After I ordered a tonneau cover in Hyannis, Ron treated us to lunch at Au Bon Pain and brought home cookies and croissants.

We stopped at Whole Foods for Dave’s bread (half off), store cookies and sushi. Got home to find someone had put ground chicken and fresh basil in one of our bags!

On the way back to Mashpee, we stopped at a local Mom and Pop in Marstons Mills for gigantic burritos and tacos, packed with fresh vegetables.

This weekend, Ron made a delicious cranberry/orange bread from scratch.