Darkness

Okay, it is one thing to have rain, but when it is so dark at 10am that I have to turn on lights in the house to get things done...that is not good. Now I am off to venture into the pouring rain...hopefully I will find parking and not have to stand at the overflow lot...

Hobbit Smoke Alarms

I don't know if I mentioned this but the Hobbit House on a whole is kind of small. The main living area is probably 900 square feet max. There is a basement and an attic but I don't use either of them for anything but laundry and storage. I have always know there were a lot of smoke detectors in the Hobbit House, but I never really took a tally. The other day, I took a tally....there are 5 in the main living area, and 1 in the basement. In the attic, there is a bracket for one (so one was there are one point), but there isn't an active one there. A couple of these are only a few feet apart.

I don't know if the fact that there are so many makes me feel secure or worried!!!

Hobbit House Snow

A couple of weeks ago, we got the one and only snow I think we are going to see this year. It wasn't a lot but it was still nice to experience the snow. The quiet, the stillness, the fresh feeling...it was all there, even with only a few inches.

Of course it came in the evening/night time because that was when it was cool enough for it to snow rather than rain. So it was hard to get decent shots but at least I was able to get a few to document our only snow.

Hobbit Seasons

The holidays started late for me since we were out of town until mid month, but I did find this cute little live tree for 10 bucks at the store and decided, "what the hell?", might as well do what I can to get into the spirit a little. I also had Xmas cards coming from friends and family and wanted to put them up. The tree only came with a bell on top (which I put on my front door), and 3 little ball ornaments, so I bought a few small things to spruce it up a bit.

I found a short strand of LED Christmas lights that I thought I might find a spot for. The only outdoor socket I knew of at the Hobbit House was near the back door, but I wasn't even sure if it worked. Without taking the lights out of the box, I plugged them in to see if the socket was good and it was so I quickly strung the lights up around my patio window...and instant festivity was had. Now, since my patio has no lights on it regularly, I am seriously considering leaving the Christmas lights up for a while, unless I can find some all white ones to replace them.

At this moment, all my Christmas stuff is still up...I need to get over to a couple of stores and see if they have any sales for Christmas stuff and maybe some white lights will be in my near future...LOL.