26 posts tagged “snow”

I've been looking forward to art class ever since the last one in November.  Tonight was to be the first night of our next class, but the snow came.  I can't be mad at the snow; I still love it and want more.  It was kind of silly to cancel classes and close the museum so early in the day when the sun came out a short while later and by 6pm (class time) things were clearing up, but my teacher lives even further out in the boonies than we do, so I can't even be mad about that.  Still, it was disappointing.

Craig brought home Thai for dinner though, and we had homemade pumpkin pie for dessert.  Then I made killer gingerbread martinis and we watched Repo! The Genetic Opera, which was delightful auditory foreplay (mmph, Anthony Stewart Head!) and total hot sex for the eyes!  (I must own this movie and commit it to memory.)

So no art class today (pout), but the night was still all kinds of yum *AND* I got to go out and shovel snow!  Total win!

Once up a time, I took my bunny, Loopy, and set him out on our front porch full of snow, just to see if he was interested in playing in it.  He sat there with his jibblies freezing, and just glared up at me, so I picked him up and took him back inside where he proceeded to exact revenge by chewing up the things I love.

This morning I went out to shovel, and decided to bring in a handful of snow for Jasmine.  She examined it and decided it was an edible treat.  She was quite taken with it.

I know it's still really early in the year, but I'm ready for my first healthy day of 2009.  It can happen any time now.

This head congestion and accompanying earaches (yes, both ears) are really getting stupid annoying.  I noticed a little ringing in my left ear yesterday morning, and I could still feel a lot of pressure there, so I didn't think much of it.  Yesterday evening, however, I kept noticing this really annoying electrical buzzing/humming noise that seemed to always be under everything else I could hear.  Standing in the quiet of the kitchen, I even found myself turning a slow, full circle to the left trying locate the source of the noise ...and then I remembered it was all in my head.  Except, this buzzing isn't like the normal tone I've heard with tinnitus in the past.  I even made Craig put his ear to mine to listen, because I wasn't totally convinced this unfamiliar feedback-like static noise was all in my head.  ...I don't know; it made sense at the time.  The noise is really stupid annoying though!  I'm just glad it's not worse, and I hope it's not permanent.  I don't know how people with chronic tinnitus can stand it.  It would drive me insane.  (Might still.)

Jasmine is getting better, but she still ***HATES*** her treatments and meds!  She hasn't bit me yet though,  She's such a lady.

I very carefully selected my heels for traction in snow today.  They were good in the snow all afternoon.  Then I nearly killed myself with my first step onto my kitchen floor on arriving home, because scuffing my feet across the mudroom rug hadn't been enough to get the packed snow out of the treads, and walking on a thin snow layer over vinyl was as slick as the smoothest ice.  I may have pulled something trying to regain my balance.  (ow)

There's a training area for local firemen out by the airport.  I've always known it was there and still, driving home and seeing the thick, black, oily clouds rolling up from massive bright orange flames...!!!  That always gives me a split second of terror before I remember the training grounds.  I *know* the training grounds are there, right by the airport, and it still scares the hell out of me.  I can't even imagine how those fires must terrify non-locals coming and going from the airport.  Passengers on the corresponding side of the planes on all flights can't possibly miss the seeing the horrific scene.

Argh.  I'm so damn tired.  I think I need an afternoon cup of something caffeinated, or I just won't be able to stay upright.

I also have one more resolution for the year.  I resolve to drink more in 2009.  Alcohol, that is.  I want to be perfectly clear about that.

It started snowing about half an hour ago and we already have about half an inch covering everything.  The snow is supposed to continue through tomorrow morning.  We're expecting "6+" inches.  Ah, spring!  *L*

My best dreams either involve the ocean or the snowy mountains.  This morning I got the snowy mountains.  Snow dreams are tricky because I always want to sled or ski, but almost always, by the time I get my sled or skis ready the snow has melted.  This morning there was a ton of snow and another three feet in the forecast.  There weren't really mountains, more like long rolling foot hills, so I was cross-country skiing.  There were some people in my dream, some old friends and some new I met in the dream, but conversation was easy and we were all enjoying the snow and it was just perfect.

Yeah, in the real world I'm ready for spring, but I'll take a night of perfect skiing any time!

I had to give Craig's car a little push to get him moving in the snow and on the way to work.  That sucks.  I should've just insisted on a snow day rather than shoving him off to work.  If I hadn't though, I know he would've worked himself out of that snow anyhow.  Darn him and his need to be at the office.  heh.

We got dumped on over night.  It was slushy and icy when we went to bed, and we woke up to six inches of snow in the yard.  Amazing.

The power went out last night too.  It was kind of freaky.  I don't consider myself to be afraid of the dark, but the power went out hard last night.  It was pitch black in the house, and there wasn't a glow of *anything* for as far as we could see out the windows in all directions.  Crazy me, even though we were in the process of shutting the lights off for bed when the power went out, we started digging up flashlights and lighting candles.  I had to laugh at myself even as I was looking for more candles*.  Even when our house is dark, it's not dark, there's the glow from the water filter and various appliances, street lights, neighbors' yard lights, ...  When it went dark, really dark, even though we were on our way to bed, without thinking I started lighting my home up as much as I could.  There is an undeniable wave of fear that rips through me when I go from seeing to not being able to see that quickly.  With about eight large candles lit, I started thinking again and figured I'd blow out all but two that we could head upstairs with.  That's when the power came back on.  We lost power again at some point over night, but since we were asleep, that one didn't send me on a frantic search for light sources.  :)

* Note to self:  Storm season is coming up; always have good candles handy.

We got at least SIX!  :)  Sometimes, not often but sometimes, the weatherman is wrong in *my* favor!  There's more snow on the way too, and it's supposed to start blowing later (shut up, snow-haters!  I mean literally, like with high wind), so Craig is working from home today.  SNOW DAY!!!  :D

They're saying we're supposed to get a fair amount of snow tomorrow!  I hope so.  I'm not holding my breath, I know how the local weatherman will sensationalize even the forecast, but I hope we get thoroughly dumped on!

*does snow dance*

I have eight inches of snow in my yard, a chicken roasting in the slow-cooker for dinner, a fine man happily crafting fine goods in the garage, the vast majority of the important holiday prep done and updated reasonable deadlines for work.  Life is good.

Had a nasty (and scary!) reaction to one of my vitamins this afternoon.  I'll have to call the company and see exactly what's in them, see if I can figure out what it is that my system doesn't like.  They're made primarily from organic plant compounds, and they're calcium/magnesium tablets, so I'm guessing it's something from the mustard family, which I am allergic to.  I'll take them to my doc next time I see her and have her note in my file that those things are BAD for me.  I hate feeling like that, wondering if I should be jabbing myself with an epi-pen and/or on the way to the ER.

After I started feeling better though, I got a shower and put on my new polar bear print flannel jammies and all is well in the world.  I have a good start on my holiday cards.  I need to find the rest of my stamps and get back to that.  Back to wrapping presents too.  Had a bad afternoon, but all is not lost.  It's still snowing and I'm back to utter contentment.