Tag: winter

The Blizzard of 2015

I poked my head out of the front and back doors at about 7:45 this morning. I figured I’d snap a few pics in the morning, and then a few in the afternoon, and then a few before bed so that we can all have fun (sarcasm) comparing the size of the drifts and such.

Out the front of the house we see this freshly fallen frozen hell.
The Blizzard of 2015

I didn’t actually go outside. For this pic I had to lean around the open door. Hence the tilt. I’ll try harder next time.
The Blizzard of 2015

Out of the back door, the first two don’t have any frame of reference. They are just nice wintery pics.
The Blizzard of 2015

The Blizzard of 2015

The gas grill gives us a little perspective on the whole awful mess.
The Blizzard of 2015

More pictures this afternoon. Assuming we don’t lose power.

Snow

I shoveled the last of yesterday’s snow off the driveway this morning. I believe it is the best snowball/snowman making snow I have ever seen.

In other news, the snowpocalypse is supposed to be coming late Monday night and running through Wednesday morning. They are calling for about three feet in my neck of the woods. We have been lucky in these parts as yesterday was the first real snow storm we’ve had this winter.

Looks like our luck is about to change.

Yippee.

Think I’ll hunker down with my guitar and hope the power doesn’t go out.

Winter Sucks, Even in Spring

Spring started yesterday.

Today is the first full day of Spring, and the first day that isn’t even a little bit in the Winter season.

The forecast for this coming Wednesday calls for a blizzard.

Even when it’s not Winter, I hate Winter.

It is definitely time to move to San Diego.


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Oh Happy Day!

Today is the day! It has finally arrived!

Today is the first day of Spring! Hooray! Winter’s seemingly endless oppression is finally over!

Of course the temperature is only just above freezing and it’s going to rain all day, so it’s not really a glorious first day of Spring.

I’ll take it!

Happy Spring, everyone! Screw you, Winter!

Patio Furniture

I was in BJ’s the other night picking up boat loads of water for our cooler.  They had patio furniture for sale.  It made me think of summer.  It made me think that I’ve been wanting to get some decent patio furniture for the whole time we’ve been living here.  Mostly though, it just made me optimistic that maybe some day the Winter will end.

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Of course… it’s supposed to snow a little tonight.  That sort of destroys the optimism, ya know?

I’ve Had It

That’s it.  I’m done.  Screw you, winter.

I shoveled out the whole driveway yesterday, as well as the fire hydrant in the front yard.  When I finished the street was more or less clear too.  Just before going to bed I looked outside.  There was a two foot snow bank at the end of the driveway.  Apparently a plow came by and tried to widen the already wide road. 

I got up a little after 5:00am and went outside to shovel the snow bank.  It was 34 degrees out.  The snow was melting a little, and it was drizzling.  Never in my life have I shoveled heavier snow than this morning.  I was already hurting from all the digging last night, but this was just insult to injury.  There was also some slush on the two cars so I cleaned all of that off too, and I dug out the fire hydrant once again.

At 7:00am the kids and I left the house.  The car was covered in a thin layer of fresh snow.  Are you kidding me?  I cleared it off again.  If you’re keeping track, this is now three times that I’ve cleaned off the car, and I haven’t even driven it yet. 

On top of all of that crap-ola, while Jen was driving to work this morning a rock hit her windshield and cracked it a little.  Again, are you kidding me?  Kiss my ass, winter!  She told me it isn’t cracked badly, and it’s safe to drive.  If it starts to grow, as cracked windshields often do, we’ll have to replace the damn thing. 

Enough already!  I want Spring back RIGHT NOW DAMN IT!

Oh, and did I mention there is more snow in the forecast for tomorrow and Tuesday?