So Much For My Snow Bath

There was great anticipation on my part when I placed this bucket under a drip last night, in preparation for washing my hair and washing up, both personally and the dishes in the sink. 

However when I looked out the window this morning I saw a full bucket of water being used as a drinking fountain by the robins.

They can't find water in this weather so I was glad to oblige, yet, 

using that water isn't an option. You know how the birds muck it up.

So, I'm going to be outside tramping around in the almost two feet of snow looking for a drip off the roof that the birds aren't flocking around.

So disappointing. 

We have drinking water but Mr. S. thinks its extravagant to heat bottled drinking water for washing my hair. 

And, melting snow is an exercise in too much exercise with very little pay-off, since snow is mostly air.

If I can get water, I will wash my hair and make another video while I'm still able. This time, I hope to talk about skirts and blouses and how to wear them so that you look your best. Plus, I will discuss why dresses don't always fit well and how to alleviate that when choosing styles in the stores and patterns for sewing.

Here's my Arc de Triumph,  about ready to fall over from the weight of the snow:

 Im still going to wash my hair, even if it takes all day to melt enough snow.

It takes a lot longer to get the day started when you have to heat the snow and make water for everything, but it is worth it. I see why the pre-electric people were so thin. Filling pans and buckets with snow is very athletic.

The three old cars are buried in snow, but we are going to brush the snow off the one that actually works, and try to go into town for some supplies. Mr. S. thinks that being cooped up too much gives him cabin fever and interferes with his special creative humor.  We can't have that. 

Yesterday he said his pre-injured foot bothered him enough to let him know it was still there. So, he wants to get out and walk around on a flat surface in a heated building with lots of office merchandise.

But first, he has to shovel some snow so the car can get to the road.

To clarify:  we have no running water, due to the snow storm knocking over some electric lines. And so we have store bought bottled drinking water for drinking and cooking, not for hair washing or bathing. That is why I was catching the drips off the roof as the snow melted. We have not had running water for 4 days. But I did get some snow water melted and heated and washed my hair. I felt really spa rich, like it was some special water in an exclusive place. It is worth a lot!