Grumble grumble

I'm here listening to the radio, the dishwasher, and the TV has cartoons going; the man on the radio just told me that "Shubenacadie Sam" has Just seen his Shadow. The news is in 6 more weeks of Winter. I will hold that woodchuck/groundhog to his word. If I see snow 3days before March21st, you know I'm going in after him!!! I'm so done with winter this year.
I should though look at the positives, I did just spend 2hours yesterday going sliding/coasting with my kids on the front lawn. The boys love it! Mr7 is not my snow bunny but when he gets out there he has a good time, he's the child that feels cold first, he insists on wearing long johns from October until about the first of May!!! Mr9.5 is trying his hardest to get from the top of the hill, over the ditch, and the snowbanks on the sides of the roads, and into the street! I wonder if he'd like to go into training for the Luge? or Bobsled? He builds ramps, he lifts his sled into the air as he flies over! It's quite impressive actually. Now Mr almost, very soon like 23days 4, well he's just getting to the point where he can't sit on my lap to go down anymore and he's working on his bring the sled back up the hill skills. He did a face plant into the snow yesterday, comes up the hill with the sleigh to tell me "MOM MOM MOM!!! I got got the snow all ova my face, isn't that funny?" sooooo it's a good way to look at a cold situation. I'm not longer enjoying the cold situation. We've been back in Canada about 5.5 yrs now, I'm over the "fun" of snow! we always lived where there was snow, but maybe it's my age?
In other news, the abandon chair is still about the same point there were flurries yesterday so it was just enough to replace the settling of the last round of snow. I think another storm is coming this week, so that woodchuck is probably right, but whyyyyyy couldnt' he just stay a sleep? then no one would see his shadow. How btw does he see his shadow when the sun isn't shining? hmmmmm?

The abandoned chair update

We had a "storm" lastnight. I went to my ww meeting but left early because the idea of all the snow falling falling falling on my car was driving me a bit crazy. I didn't even stay long enough for my "I did it" exercise stickers, or any awards. When I got to the parking lot, i could still see foot prints of the last person that came in, so that wasn't so bad. They hold the meetings at a hotel now. Room service being delivered down the hallway as you walk past is not good for a person that didnt have supper and is waiting for the scale before I eat. They were giving out samples too, this crispy wheat crackers, yep just a cracker. It just felt like fluff food, and not a hunger filler or even something I wanted. It did the salty and the crispy of a chip but nothing to write home about. So I get out to the van, brush it off get in, turn on my cozy seat warmer and get ready to leave. Got home when the meeting would have ended and the snwo kept coming.

So this morning's Chair update looks like this!


The storm had called for 15-20cm during yesterday, it started at 430pm, and then 15-25 over night, and some mixed ice and freezing rain in there. We did get some freezing rain at about Midnight. The End results were 13cm total, and this was the morning look from the front porch.


winter happens....

The snow that came and is still here!

It all looks so pretty coming down flakes against big evergreens and then you see just how Deep it gets. This is a patio chair down there, stuck in my snow. It's "My" snow I get to keep it until about April, some years, I'm just so lucky it's May!


I wanted the pictures to show up in the opposite order but it's beyond my abilities today. My brain is probably snow blind!
I would like to Congratulate the USA on the swearing in of their new President today, #44! I'm sure I like most people from all over the world will be watching what comes next. I hope he can do a better job of Presidenting the I can with presenting this post. :)


ETA, I did it! now let's see....