Camping out in the living room

Well, we moved into the living room back in August, and I must say, it's getting old. With all our belongings packed into the garage, stored in the attic crawlspace, or jammed into the back of the closet, finding warmer clothes has been a chore. I'm hoping we'll be able to get one of the rooms completed in the next two weeks so we can finally move our bedroom back upstairs, and I can unearth my turtle necks and find my winter coat!

The October 30th snowstorm dumped only about 4 inches, but it was enough (combined with the wind) to knock out power. So here we are, still camped out in the living room, but with the trusty wood stove keeping us toasty warm.

I think Callie Lou loves this setup--she gets to sleep on the folded up futon, right by our heads. She thinks it's nice and cozy, and she doesn't have to negotiate the stairs.

Giant fall carrots

Curiosity made me go pull one of the carrots, just to see what we had going on down there, under ground. Once the garlic was harvested, John put more compost on the garden, and voilá. we have a nine inch carrot! There still in the ground, snow covered, waiting for me to pull the remaining crop. Yummy!