We woke this morning to to the snow promised for yesterday. Large fluffy flakes were coming down and it made Portland feel a little bit more like home. The bedroom was frigid as we couldn't turn the heat on. Yesterday the temperatures dipped below freezing so we turned our electric heat in the bedroom. Before long the room was full of burnt plastic smell. We quickly turned off the heater and inspected the area for an errant toy stuck in the baseboard. Not seeing anything we turned the heat on again to try and figure out where the smell was coming form. As soon as we turned it on a loud snap and sparks flew out of the baseboard. We immediately turned it off and I spent the rest of the day leering at the dam thing. Figures coldest week on record in Portland and we have no heat in the room we use the most.
Today was a wonderful day though so I really can't complain. We walked across the street to Starbucks bought a paper and spent a little while sipping hot chocolates and coffee while Matt tried to solve the NY Times Sunday crossword.
We came home and had fun watching ARCTIC BLAST 08' on the news. The local transit authority assured Portland that all their buses had snow chains and that they would be making all of their stops. Great except that assurance was then followed up with but the buses won't be following any kind of schedule so just stand out side and eventually one might show up...maybe..problably not. This was followed up with shots of Portland covered in 3 inches of snow and cars stranded by the side of the road. Waylaid by those same three inches of snow.
Disappointed by our fellow Portlanders we decided to go for a walk, do a little shopping and to buy a Christmas tree. All good intentions aside we ended up at the pub. It was good day.
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