And still I have one frozen solid in the ground.

A few weeks ago we had a mild spell. Actually I remember it well, it was the day of the fourteen hour power outage, and the kids were home all day, and it rained because it got up around eight degrees above zero. Anyway, it was warmer than usual, as a part of the mid February thaw that we always get at a random time in Feb, so I took the time to remove as many of the exterior Christmas lights as I could, that weren’t directly attached to the eaves on the house, which require a ladder, and would need me to move a bunch of stuff in the garage, which I didn’t want to do. Anyway, unwound the lights on the trees, removed the inflatables, and free standing light displays, and the wreathes that hang off the garage door, all in one spurt. Then tackled all of the cords on the ground, which is where I have my problem. All bar one came up without a hitch, but I have one twenty five foot extension cord with a one foot section frozen solid into the ground behind my steps with no way to get at it until it melts on it’s own. So we cleaned up, but I have one random yellow/orange cord hanging off the front porch because I am unable to remove it yet. Argh! However, today’s forecast is in the mid teens, so I will uncover the ice as best as I can without killing the ground cover shrub near it, and will attempt to pull it up and out of the ice today. I will make this attempt several times throughout the day if need be. We also have to watch for flooding in the back yard, but that’s it’s own issue.

Lazy Sunday is here, I wonder if we will watch a third film we haven’t seen yet? We watched the Mitchell’s vs. The robots, and the live action Dora the explorer film this weekend. I don’t know what else is out there that is for a whole family. I don’t know where or if we could find Sing 2, or something along those lines.

My wife and I have started to watch Parks and Rec in order starting from the very beginning. I didn’t realize; one, how short the first season was, two, how many times I had seen all of the episodes on tv recently without knowing it was season one, or in chronological order. Weird.

**Editor’s note: Got the cord out of the ground on the third attempt. Consistent sunshine and an average temperature of 14° Celcius helped to work the damn thing loose. Happy man! – 1:27pm.