Our First Big Snow

After much hemming and hawing, we quickly dashed to Denver and back for some shopping on Friday and Saturday.  Those odds and ends of things we knew we could find quickly in Denver, plus a bigger piece of furniture we couldn't find around here, were the reason we went.  The Habitat Re-Stores up there really are treasure troves for us, as people around here know how to use something up before getting rid of it.  With a full little Ranger, we set sail for home on the front edge of a big storm.  When we had to stop, we noticed the temperature drop, and the snow would catch back up to us.  Sunday morning, we awoke to a winter wonderland...  (my dad requested pictures)

We had a pleasant 6 inches or so.  It seems Cimarron got a few more inches and the mountains got at least double.  The declaration that we weren't going anywhere was one I enjoyed (no 4WD, and the truck was still loaded down with a piece of furniture we hadn't unloaded in the chill and darkness of night, and our highway is the last to be plowed).  It meant a bit of scurrying for me in the morning, as I quickly made phone calls to church folks to cancel a class, etc.

We were able to finish unloading the truck.  This beauty slid in through the sliding door, and we got it wiped down and set up...

We were looking for just such a piece of furniture, and ta da - it was waiting for us at the Re-Store for less than a fifth of what I'd seen for a smaller unit at the furniture store.  It already has a plant on top! We did take an unanticipated break to take care of a frozen water valve at the trailer, but good fortune was with us again when Pop arrived with his backhoe to dig up the frozen ground so we could cap the line!  Then we got back to it and set the tile for underneath the wood stove.  We figure it'll take a few more days to do row by row up the wall behind the wood stove, and then we'll ready to install it!