The driveway snow and ice seemed as if it was softening and melting at a pretty good rate and I had been storing trash bags in the Toyota for two weeks. Today there were five bags and I thought I'd take the truck out to the transfer station to toss bags, plastics, and wine bottles.  When backing out I guess I backed out a little too far out and got hung up on a patch of ice. So dropped back a little more, turned the front wheels at a different angle and slowly trying not to spin thought I could catch the wheels on gravel.  I tried putting it into four-wheel drive.  Cliff told me years ago how to do it, but like anything that I don't do often, it was erased from my memory.  That one wheel found the ice and and just kept spinning. 

My neighbor further up the road,who is a retired South Florida firefighter and now a volunteer for Bellview St. 17, came to my rescue.  He showed me how to put it into four-wheel drive then offered to take all my trash because he was headed to the recycle anyway.  

This morning one of the medics showed up at my door to remove the old 65" TV and install and setup my new 50" one.  He brought the old one to the Ambulance Station for his medics.  I'm cleaning up slowly, getting rid of excess.

Today was 43 and sunny.  Next week another cold front is predicted for us with daytime temps in the twenties and low thirties. I'm thinking of breaking out a new jigsaw puzzle.  With more cold windy days ahead I can drink hot tea and challenge my brain with a 1000 piece Charles Wysocki puzzle.

 I should have this one completed by Lauria's birthday, April 1.

to be continued...................