Based here in Athens, Georgia, snow is not a thing we get to see often. I'm originally from NJ and very used to snow... and so are the trees. We had several inches of snow last Sunday, which proceeded to break limb after limb and make Athens look like a disaster area. Roads stayed snow covered for days and most were without power for the first day. I never heard a snow plow or the sound of shovels.
Unfortunately, we lost power until Monday night. The nice Leland Cypresses used to make a privacy screen between our house and the road. One fell to the front of the house and tore down the power lines, cable and phone lines (but none were snapped and the power stayed on - a tree fell down the road a bit and took out the power). Another lost a limb and blocked off our driveway.
And here I am, totally helpless at just about 6 weeks to go until babyAlien makes her appearance. I ended up sitting at the neighbors house until afternoon while Chris was at work. I snuck home to take a nap when the power came back on. Of course, the first thing I had to do was jump on my computer to check up on business.
But it wouldn't come back on. My faithful yet old Mac G4 wouldn't start (It's almost 8 years old). My buddy was down for the count. Yup, I get attached to my computers. Occasionally I hug them. After some examination, we think it was the power supply inside the G4 that went. I tried a bunch of things that just didn't work, hoping that it would revive my Mac.
I decided to check out eBay for a replacement - found one twice as fast, etc. that I can plop my RAM and harddrives into. Now I eagerly await its arrival from the north. Until then, I'm stuck in limbo on a library computer. I have handcut paper cards and a few other things in limbo at the moment. I also have a bunch of patterns that I've been working on, but alas, they are also on the computer.
I did, however, manage to make up a bunch of Shroomy charms out of polymer clay and acrylic paint. Little guys are all of 1/2 tall. And working with clay that small is not an easy task. I'll have pictures up soon of my little fungi invasion.
