After a short workweek due to the two storms, Ryan and I took off Friday to head up to my parents’ cabin in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. It was so great to get up there. We usually go every New Years and spend three or four days snowshoeing, but this year we stayed home to work on the house (booo). This weekend was a little different (and so much more fun!) because it wasn’t just the two of us and Tela, my parents and my brother Eric and his family were also all up. The boys went sliding and Eric, T, Ryan, and I got a chance to get out into the woods and visit “our” Sugar Shack we always hike out to.
Also of note – Nick, our six year-old nephew may just be a budding young architect. Ever since Ryan gave Nick some old elevations to color on, it’s kind of their thing. Nick usually draws plans for Ryan to bring to the workmen; this time I asked him if he could give us some ideas for the house, too. He spec’ed out some windows and doors and also designed a doghouse for Tela. Here’s some of his original designs.
I got in on the action, too.
Tela took advantage of this unsupervised time to eat a six-pack of homemade donuts.
Bad dog.
Woke up to eight inches of fresh snow Sunday morning.
After digging out, we headed home to see how Ipswich did with the latest storm. Luckily, no more snow from this storm and instead rain and warmer temps which have melted the ice dam quite a lot. Before heading out Friday, Ryan was up again on the roof clearing it off and on advice from my museum’s facilities manager, cut some channels through the ice dam for it to drain. Seems to have worked. Don’t worry, cold air is coming back tomorrow, along with five or so more inches in the next few days.
