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Luka,
This is our 3rd winter here in Nebraska that has just gone
by (even though we have only been here 2 years) This
winter was definitely colder yet less snow than the other 2 prior winters, with only about 4 falls of snow then warming
up and melting. On December 15 the temperature was in
the 60oF the next day he temperature dropped way below zero when James and I were taking a weekend away. We
we returned the inside was 20o as we left our thermowave heater (does not get hot or catch fire should something drop on or near it - and uses the same amount of electricity as
the coffee pot all day) The poor heater could not keep up! Our other source of heat is the wood burning free standing fireplace, propane is too expensive to run our old furnace.
This sudden drop in temperature completely froze up our water pipes because they were not being used and when
they thawed out burst. The insulation on them under the
house was not enough so we had to do learn quickly to
do repairs.
My children are coming to visit with me a few days tomorrow
until Thursday. I have been running around like a 'headless
chicken' in readiness as we have not had visitors so had to
put beds up etc that was in storage here. I am excited
because I have not seen my son Daryl in 8 and half years,
he was a teenager when I left NZ and he is 25 now! I have seen my daughter Kerie as she has been coming out to the States to work each year and this is Daryl's first trip.
They are flying in from Colorado (the next State over) and
they work at Vail.
Amanda
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