Bizzarro Day

This picture is an illustration of just how weird today was here in Dodge:

What's weird about this picture is that the snow you see here (already melting in the sun) was the third snow fall of the day. All three times, the snow was falling heavily enough that we couldn't see the house across the street from us. All three times, the ground was completely covered with an inch or so of snow. And all three times, the sun came out after the snow and brightly melted all the snow.

The temperatures were fluctuating wildly. It was up to nearly 50 degrees this morning, then it dropped to the high 30s for the first snow. Then it was 65 degrees outside. Really. Then the temperature plummeted again to around 40 for the second snow fall. Up to mid-50s again, down to the high 30s again.

And, as you can see from the sky over the mountains in the background of that picture, it's quite likely that we will have yet more interesting weather before tomorrow morning.

So my plan for today was to work on the garden so we can plant things soon and to start getting serious about Pesach cleaning. While the gardening plan was affected by the weather,  the cleaning was not affected by the weather so much as by the fact that the vacuum cleaner is making weird noises and not sucking up properly.

Bad vacuum cleaner. Bad. We are pretty sure there's something in a tube that we can't reach and that the repair will be minor. So tomorrow, it's off to the vacuum cleaner repair store to see if they can fix it promptly. Pesach is just a little over two weeks away, regardless of whether you are in Dodge or not.

Since it has been such an effective strategy in the past, I am going to post a picture of the project I need to start on tomorrow (even if the vacuum cleaner isn't fixed yet).

That is Future Vet's bedroom. He will be home for his Spring Break in less than two weeks, so all that stuff I tossed in there to get it out of sight needs to be removed and put away. And the drawers I pulled out when I had to catch his cats and take them to the (present) vet need to be replaced. And the floor will, no doubt, need to be vacuumed. Since he occasionally checks this blog, I expect he will be on my case to work on his bedroom so that he can, you know, actually get to his bed.