Snow, ice, freezing rain, or just plain old rain? Local weather forecasters keep revising the forecast. We started with 3-6″ of snow. The latest forecast shows us receiving less than 1″ of snow on Friday, changing over to freezing rain the remainder of Friday into Saturday. Expected ice accumulation is about 1/4″, which should be cleared up by lunchtime on Sunday.

My plan is to hunker down until Sunday afternoon. A little bit of snow isn’t the issue – it’s the ice you can’t see when driving on the hilly, shaded streets around my home. Said ice on the power lines could potentially cause power outages (not fun). From experience, I know the house temps will settle in the mid-50’s if there’s no heat and outside temps are in the single digits. We’re forecasted to be at least 20 degrees warmer than that this weekend. The front of our house faces the sun, so the front bedroom is the best place to bundle up and hunker down while it’s cold with no heat. A hot meal can be had if I fire up the Big Green Egg.

I’m ready for whatever happens: a stack of books, handwork projects, my journal, a deck of cards and Sadie to play 9,000 iterations of the in/out game.