Rainy Day

Hurricane Sandy greeted us yesterday with a good deal of rain and some seriously high-speed winds.  I was able to leave early from work to get home before the storm hit its peak, since nearly all of our clients had called to cancel anyway.  We did lose power at about 8:30 last night, which was not restored until thirteen hours later, but we had plenty of candles and board games with which to entertain ourselves.

Settlers by candlelight!

When we ventured out this morning we discovered that the cause of this was a pine tree that had fallen across one of the nearby cross streets, taking power lines with it.  Thankfully, we made it though with no damage more serious than the loss of my squirrel baffle on the bird feeder.  Our newly raked lawn and clean driveway are now covered with wet leaves that must be cleared in time for Halloween tomorrow, but that is a small price to pay.   The tiny little creek at the very back of our property is not so tiny at the moment, though.

I (and just about everyone else at work) was actually given the day off today due to the storm, so once we had determined that we had no leaks or structural damage, I took the opportunity to get a few things done around the house.  I reorganized the bookcases in the front room to my liking, and moved in a small table to make it a more guest-friendly space.

You may notice the pumpkin in the window in the last photograph.  I had to bring my pumpkin inside because the squirrels are eating it and ruining the carving.  Furry little bastards...

Today's other project was adding handles to the drawers and cabinets in the hall bathroom.  The lack of handles has been bothering us, because the vanity is constructed such that there is very little space between the drawer facings and it is actually difficult to get one's fingers between them to open a drawer.  A few weeks ago we bought hardware that coordinated well with the existing hardware, and it has been sitting on the bathroom counter waiting to be installed.  Today we actually got it done, and it looks pretty good!

Before

After