Our ice storm was about as impressive here last night/this AM as the blizzard we never got the other day-- all I had to do was add a little salt to the ramp so that the un-cindered borders would melt with the rest. By day's end it should all be gone in time for the next snowfall which should be small enough that I can shovel it.

Last night I took all the pix I had been posting on FB and threw them into a montage (Ramp and "Fashion" Forays ), so my MIL could see them as a DVD (as she prefers). It shows the ramp under construction, the finished ramp, me walking on it soon after it was done, and before/after shots as I tried to find clothes in my closet that fit.

The next one will pick up from this one with clothes that will come back from the alterations; I am hand-shortening a few gotta-have-now's and leaving the rest to the perfessionals. That list of must-haves is so handy now-- it guides which items the alts get done on first.

A new favorite from my closet is an olive, longish, military-cut denim "barn jacket" that I can throw on over a sweater or nightgown to get out on the ramp. It was originally purchased to use in place of a blazer with work skirts and was a tad too large then. Now it is loose enough to button top to bottom, over a sweater or hoodie, and even sit in it comfortably!

~S~