We got it in our heads to visit Whole Foods in Hyannis, for no particular reason, more or less to get out of the house for a while.

We also wanted to find a scoop shovel, which had become a mild obsession after being demonstrated by one of the contractors who installed our radon remission system.

We stopped at Home Depot, but the only scoop shovel they had is owned (and loved) by the store.  We did a shop at Whole Foods, nothing big, just a few items.

It being mid-day by that time, we’d hoped to eat at an organic food cafe in Hyannis, but they were closed for winter break.

Instead, we ended up at Keltic Kitchen, which had been highly recommended by one of our friends.  We had a large, delicious and filling lunch and bought some nice items at their gift shop.

I suggested Agway in Dennis for the shovel.  We were bloody lucky: they had one remaining from a shipment that had arrived only yesterday.  Unbelievable.

We had a few hours of daylight left, so stopped at the RMV in Yarmouth to get the glasses restriction taken off our licenses.  After a 45 or so minute wait, we got called.  I didn’t see their test well enough to be comfortable, but Ron passed and shelled over $25 for a new license.

We headed home after that and got to the house around 4:30, just as the snow started up again in earnest.

February is a big month for birthdays:  Bonnie’s, Emme’s, Ella’s, Kathy’s and Gabriella’s.

I made a batch of gluten-free brownies for Bonnie yesterday.  We brought them to her shop so she could enjoy them away from the greedy ones at home.  Used Bob’s Red Mill: every bit as good as non-gluten free Ghirardelli’s.

Mailed Ella’s card today, did a laundry, worked on some stuff for Jim.  We did a good-sized shop yesterday, partly in preparation for the storm that’s supposed to hit on Thursday night.  We may get up to another foot over the weekend.

Cold and raw today.  29 but feels much colder.

Good snowman snow this time.  Snowed for a long time, but not a lot of accumulation.  Shoveled the top of the driveway twice.  Not bad compared to the other day.

Started gathering info for taxes.

We made caramel in the microwave!

We both fell asleep before 7 last night.  I was up at 5:30; Ron, around 7:15.

We were finished with laundry, transfer station and changing sheets by 3 pm.  Quite mild today, in the mid-30’s.  Roasted Ron’s compost eggshells in the grill.

Good day for streaming videos.  Watched Virunga this afternoon.

Watched Transparent and Alpha House this evening.  Have never seen Ron laugh so hard!

Ron brought home this cheerful bouquet yesterday!

At some point or other, we had roasted vegetables and salad for supper.

Yesterday, I finished the new URL routing pages and made progress cleaning up the second bedroom.

We finally set up the now-repaired sideboard.

Didn’t get out of my pajamas all day.

I’ve been working on pages for Jim and an MVC online tutorial.

Ron lost a couple of fillings yesterday and since our regular dentist couldn’t see him for five days, he made an appointment with a new one, in Mashpee, very near the Commons.

He was so pleased that we both switched over.  I never liked our old dentist much, and as a bonus, I’m pretty sure that the COA would give us a ride to the Mashpee office if we couldn’t drive.

I’ve been cooking: roast vegetables and haddock last night.

Ron has been going a little nuts with shopping this week.  He’s also been happily chopping away at ice.

I just contacted a bunch of FCC Commissioners and our representatives about Net Neutrality.

We watched the game on our computers last night.  Rather, Ron watched it all the way through.  Seeing a team fall behind because of errors upsets me, and there was enough of that to make it more pleasant for me to clean up the kitchen.  Honest.

My right shoulder still hurts, but fortunately, we didn’t get the amount of snow that was predicted, and right now it’s freezing rain.

4:27 pm: just turned back to snow.  Fortunately, I just finished pushing the slush out of the driveway.

We did the laundry, sheet changing and transfer station run.

Steak (Ron) and salad for lunch; chili (me) and corn bread (Ron) for supper.

Steeling ourselves for the next onslaught of snow.

We picked up quite a few nice things at the winter farmer’s market at Mahoneys.  Only two farmers, though.

I fixed Ron’s van!

The door locks had frozen into closed position.  I was able to free them up with a big screwdriver.  Similar setup as the hood latches.

I am in a horrible mood, partly because Ron yelled at me about not being able to hear me rather than expressing appreciation, and because one of our neighbors has a lousy, imperious attitude toward us.  If it weren’t for the fact that I’m fond of her son, I’d be tempted to go over there with a baseball bat right now.

I am so fed up with people: on Facebook, in the neighborhood, in the course of everyday commerce.

Hope to be able to laugh about this tomorrow.

We got a dusting last night.  Windy this morning.

My right shoulder hurts.

Made corn chowder yesterday.  Used condensed milk, but that made it way too sweet.