You folks who live in the north, don’t laugh at me but it’s cold in Texas today! Yesterday when I was outside in the early afternoon, it was 83º. Now, it’s 29º and feels like 14º, and worse, it’s drizzling/sleeting.
Ice!
Everything above the ground already has a thin coating of ice. On the north side of the house, on the front porch, the wind has blown the rain and the patio furniture is covered in a thin sheet of ice.
It’s only going to get worse for the next few days. I’m afraid to look at our electric lines from the highway to the house to see how many branches may be hanging over them. I had a grand plan for this morning to start making croissant rolls that take a couple of days and start making the tamales but instead, decided to bake an extra loaf of bread, get all the laundry done, fill some buckets of water for the bathrooms
Yesterday afternoon when I looked at our forecast, our low last night was supposed to be 43º so I left the lemon trees out. About 9 p.m., I was reading a friend’s Facebook posts and saw that it was already around 20º in Amarillo so I re-checked our forecast and our low for last night was down to 36º. I jumped up, grabbed a flashlight and went and put the lemon trees in the well house. I was glad I did because by the time I got up this morning, the mint plants, in pots on the front porch, were completely iced over.
Our heater is working. Thank goodness for a creative repairman. I think it was last Thursday when we had him out here and he needed to order a part from Austin. Neither of us were going to be available on Monday for him to install it so he was scheduled to come back on Tuesday. On Friday, someone knocked on my door, scared the heck out of me, and it was the repairman. He said the part was back ordered and wouldn’t be in for 2 to 3 weeks so he got the wiring diagram (or something like that) and rigged up another motor to work so we had heat again. We haven’t had to use it but I turned it on this morning for a few minutes and it works so I’m happy. I had been over in the sewing room most of the morning so I didn’t build a fire but now that I’m back in my chair knitting, I should get up and get a fire going.
Judy H says
Please send some of that cold weather down here! Our AC is out again! (sigh)
Susan says
I remember when I used to live in Texas and it would be 80° and the A/C would be running in the car and the next morning we’d have 10″ of snow. Thank goodness your heater is working and you put your lemon trees inside.
Linda in NE says
I sure don’t envy you the ice, but it was 6* here this morning. Please be very careful when you go outside.
Dottie N. says
We’re near Amarillo (down the road on 287) in Clarendon…..got up this morning and it was 23 – it’s warmed up to 25 but it’s drizzling and windy. BRR – good day to knit or quilt or bake!
Regina says
I won’t laugh at you Judy but I live in S.E. Wisconsin so I did chuckle when I read your first paragraph.
I know sleeting weather like that is a serious safety hazard for you all so be care and don’t drive unless you have to. Good to hear you and Vince won’t freeze waiting on your new motor. My husband is from MS and I keep trying to convince him that it hasn’t gotten cold enough up here to crank the heat up yet – it is our constant battle. When to turn the heat/AC on and how far to turn it up or down.
pdudgeon says
WOW! Judy, it sounds like the cold weather is going further South than the Weatherchannel predicted! I knew you were in for some rain today, but never suspected that you would have ice. Sounds like you’ve got a good plan going for today. We’re expecting a dip in temps likewise tonight into tomorrow, so i went to the store and made sure that we have a good water supply, a pork butt to oven roast tomorrow, and some chicken breasts to make Mexican Chicken soup with for the weekend.
sure glad that you have a good supply of warm yarn and quilts and firewood there.
Tina in NJ says
Ice is the worst! It scares me stupid. I hope Vince is okay if he drove in it.
Amy (Waunaknit) says
I can’t believe you’re getting temps that cold down there. I hate the ice, and we deal with it a lot over the winter. You better start knitting more sweaters.
Kay L Ford-Sollimo says
Just a thought… Will the chickens wear sweaters in this cold? I’m guessing they have enough sense to stay inside the coop and snuggle up in the straw.
Bon says
Whoa, that is cold. And ice…not good. Snow would be much better. It’s 29 here now. Snow is predicted for Saturday. Up to 9″ about 60 miles from here but only an inch for us. It’s the wonder of lake effect snow. Sunday our temps are supposed to stay in the 20s. UGH. I guess winter is on its way. Stay safe and warm.