Is the Thaw Near?

And this folks, is how to prepare dinner when you can't use water (or your kitchen sinks) in you kitchen.  You put one of your grandmother's card tables in your utility room, and use the running water in you utility sink. Ha ha ha!

See that gray hose that goes into the sink?  That's because the drain to the washer is froze and I have to drain it into the sink.  Both the kitchen and the kitchen bathroom continue to have frozen drains, and no water at all in the kitchen bathroom shower.  The toilet won't flush until we hand fill the tank.

 

I drained the sinks by hand, poured boiling water in them (twice), and the drains are still frozen. I even tried the hair dryer trick to heat up under the sink.  Nothing is working.  So, we wait it out.

The only place we can get hot water, and where we can wash any dishes are in my master bath sinks.  Wash in one and rinse in the other.  

School is closed again today.

The trees are ice covered, and actually are quite beautiful to look at this morning.  The roads continue to appear to be bad, as cars are passing here at very slow speeds.

We are told, that all of this will be gone by Saturday, with temperatures up to 43°F.   Tomorrow's high is 38°F.  Today's high will barely reach 20°, which makes me wonder if they will close school tomorrow or not.  

While I was worried I would win the "Hag of the Day" award, we got hot water in my master bath shower.   Hubby saved the day, by being able to leave work on time for once.  He brought home extra essentials, and we are stocked up again.  However, I forgot to tell him to pick up coffee.  Once again, I am thankful for all the coffee we got for Christmas.  We have enough until tomorrow, thankfully.  We drink a lot of coffee, tea and hot chocolate to stay warm here.  Lately, the kids have been mixing up the coffee with my homemade hot chocolate mix.

I decided not to shovel out my clothesline (there is about a 2 foot drift out there from the door to the line), as the snow may not be there in two days anyway.  For now, it can dry indoors.
 
I'm kind of getting cabin fever.  I've not been able to leave the house since last Saturday.  However, it gave me time to work on baby items for my brother and his wife.  I'll have photos for you soon.