First, I want to begin by saying thanks to all those friends who reached out to check on us the week of February 15, 2021. It felt like John or I had a birthday – we received so many texts, calls, and emails. So thanks for checking on us. It’s been a weird week.
The past few weeks we’ve had beautiful, spring-like weather. In fact on January 22, 2021 I worked outside in the sun on the pool porch. I even had to move because I was getting too hot. Ha!
Working in the sun 
This week…. not so much. In fact, we had planned to go to the Texas coast for a long weekend get away for John’s birthday and Valentine’s Day. It would have been our first trip (albeit by car) since we went to the Cayman Islands last year for John’s birthday and Valentine’s Day. But as the weekend neared and the storm predictions got worse, we cancelled our plans and stayed put. Just as well – we had a number of chores to complete before the storm including covering up our garden beds, wrapping the water pipes down by the water well and pump, and gathering firewood for the weekend.
Yes, we did lose power, but not for very long – especially compared to others. We also briefly lost hot water, but John climbed into the attic and did his McGruber thing to fix that before the day was out. Our local paper called it a “once in a lifetime storm” and the Texas Governor called it “a once-in-every-120-year cold front”. I think that is fairly accurate considering the following records that were broken this week:
- For the first time in recorded history, all 254 counties in Texas were under a winter storm warning.
- For the first time in recorded history, the National Weather Service out of Austin/San Antonio issued a wind chill warning.
- Austin channels say the area broke the record for the longest period of time with temperatures below freezing (previous record was 140 hours).
Construction was supposed to begin on the swimming pool this week, but obviously with the freezing weather, that was postponed to sometime next week when we get back to “normal” temperatures.
We hope you are all doing well and have been weathering the winter well. Be on the lookout for posts about our pool construction, which will begin soon!
Until then, stay safe and thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Libby
Glad to hear you two are doing ok!
Thanks anonymous friend!!!
A few years ago in IL, you weathered a ‘100-year flood’ or rain or something like that! I’m glad your power came back on quickly and everything seems to be OK. hoping for ‘regular’ weather for all of TX again soon!