Well! Wasn't that just special?
The Weather Channel. It lies. Through its teeth. Foul, stinky lies.
Why? Well, they said we were going to get some snow this weekend. They didn't make a big deal out of the deal. Said we might get 10 inches, which for here isn't that big of a whoopdedoo. Guess how much snow we got?
Oh, only about three feet. That's a meter for you non-US folks. Was not fun to shovel it because it was wet snow and therefore very, very heavy. My back is killing me. I think I pinched something. I do not think God intended women over forty to be manually moving cubic meters of snow at a time, noooooo.... But of course since it's the weekend, there were no convenient teenage boys around. They've got more work to do tomorrow, though, because us weak 40+ women couldn't get it all done without breaking something.
Also, to add insult to injury, our electricity went out. Yesterday. At about 5PM. It just came on today. At 8PM. 24+ hours of no electricity (and therefore no heat and no hot water) is not fun. We had to resort to using the oven, which thankfully is gas-powered, to heat the house. Luckily for us, we did not die of carbon monoxide poisoning. The snakes were not happy campers. We were not happy campers. All of the food that was in the fridge is now outside, buried in the snow. We have to go outside and dig for milk. We'll bring it in tomorrow, but for now the fridge isn't cold enough to keep anything cold, much less frozen.
So, my weekend was shot. Hope everyone else's was better. To console myself, I'm going to go do some coloring now. :)
Why? Well, they said we were going to get some snow this weekend. They didn't make a big deal out of the deal. Said we might get 10 inches, which for here isn't that big of a whoopdedoo. Guess how much snow we got?
Oh, only about three feet. That's a meter for you non-US folks. Was not fun to shovel it because it was wet snow and therefore very, very heavy. My back is killing me. I think I pinched something. I do not think God intended women over forty to be manually moving cubic meters of snow at a time, noooooo.... But of course since it's the weekend, there were no convenient teenage boys around. They've got more work to do tomorrow, though, because us weak 40+ women couldn't get it all done without breaking something.
Also, to add insult to injury, our electricity went out. Yesterday. At about 5PM. It just came on today. At 8PM. 24+ hours of no electricity (and therefore no heat and no hot water) is not fun. We had to resort to using the oven, which thankfully is gas-powered, to heat the house. Luckily for us, we did not die of carbon monoxide poisoning. The snakes were not happy campers. We were not happy campers. All of the food that was in the fridge is now outside, buried in the snow. We have to go outside and dig for milk. We'll bring it in tomorrow, but for now the fridge isn't cold enough to keep anything cold, much less frozen.
So, my weekend was shot. Hope everyone else's was better. To console myself, I'm going to go do some coloring now. :)