A Great Day

It is a beautiful white world over here and finally a bit milder weather. I must admit I am not a BIG fan of -20 degree weather. I even put on my snow pants to take the dog out at night before bedtime! That would make me a bit of a weenie. But...to each her own!

We got about 15cm of nice fluffy snow last night so after the boys went off to the bus I shoveled the driveway and headed off to church. I love the subcontractor who shovels the church out because he always seems to be just finishing when I get there. This is good because then I can get into the parking lot with my car, instead of getting stuck in that pile the snowplow dumps when they clear the street.

I love living on THIS side of the street. When the snow plow comes by, it always does the right hand side of the street first. The blade takes 3/4's of the street's width and deposits the snow on the right side of the street. By the time the plow comes back.....there's only 1/4 left and that trickles onto the end of our driveway. See??? I LOVE living on THIS side of the street. Now mind you...when you get a foot of snow....you still get quite a dump on the end of the driveway....but at least you can see over it. :):):)

So I shoveled at church and had finished the north side where the sun never shines. There was a thick layer of ice on that sidewalk that is just nicely breaking up. I think I will go and sprinkle a bit of salt there this afternoon and take advantage of this mild weather to get down to the cement.

This is my life....but the best parts of the job this morning were the sun shine....and Ray's Uncle Henry. He came by with his tractor lawnmower/snowblower.....He blew out a whole section at the side of the church that would've taken me hours! He also finished clearing off the front step with his little wonder machine!!! It was soooo great. I gave him a big hug as he was leaving. What a treat to NOT have to shovel that!

I started out in my snow pants, fleecy and spring coat, headband and big fleecy scarf, but by the time I was finished I was down to the jeans and spring coat. Soaked down to my hempie en broekie. NO...I wasn't shoveling in my undies. The weather wasn't THAT great.

I have been very busy playing scrabble online in case you were wondering where I've been. That and playing Minesweeper. DON'T even start! It is actually nice to have a week that's not too busy. I made cards on Monday with the ladies and yesterday was Little Lambs. This morning after shoveling was my once a year appointment with the doctor, and we all know you can't show up straight from shoveling. And since Uncle Henry saved me all that time shoveling I can go and get my hair done this afternoon. I called the spa to see if they had an opening and they asked if I could come at 2:30. SURE! So I'm off to finish the shoveling and then off to the spa....at least THAT makes my life sound a little glamorous.....