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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Again with the snow!

Wow, you'd think it was winter in Canada or something! We got another dump of snow overnight, and it's started coming down again this afternoon. At least it's warmed up a bit.

(No, I know it's nowhere near as frozen as it is in many, many other parts of the country. But if your boogers freeze, it still counts as pretty darned cold!)

The thing about snow here is that people are just not equipped to deal with it. Also, the smallest difference in altitude can make a huge difference in depth of snow and crappiness of roads. Those extra few inches of the white stuff go a long way to wreaking havoc. Mr.Q decided to brave it anyway, and went over to the North Shore to pick up some books. And, hopefully, stop by MEC on his way home and pick me up those gaiters I never got around to. Thing is, about the same time he left, the transit website posted a note that, because it had started snowing heavily again, roads on the North Shore were like to "become impassable" in the next few hours.

I called and told him not to spend too much time browsing. Just in case.

Meanwhile, we're stocked up with coffee, eggnog, Christmas cookies, and soup. I figure we're good for a snow day. And...woot! I finally finished the last of the Christmas knitting yesterday. Squee! (Not including Mr.Q's Viking Sweater of Doom, which has been moved back to a birthday present.) So now I get to settle in with something indulgent for myself. Will it be cashmere? Those Rivendell socks? A wrap? Something lacy? The possibilities are endless!

And...I'll even be able to take pictures of the knitting soon - and the snow, and the cats, and and and....- as my dear Baby Sister sent us her old camera with the Christmas package from home. I need a new card reader thingy, since the "new" card doesn't work with our old reader, but what the heck - it's a darn sight cheaper than replacing the camera!

I put up our "tree" (such as it is - pictures to follow soon! Woot!) and stockings yesterday; went for a stroll to check out the neighbourhood lights with a certain Piggy the other night; picked up the turkey this morning & sent it off with Other Sis for dinner on Thursday; and am so far doing a reasonable job of not opening the stocking stuffers (though I can't say the same for the cats; somebody sent them a wee giftie that they got right into last night...so we opened it for them: A catnip mouse. With a bell. That landed in the water dish. Good times.) And - I'm on holidays till after the New Year now. Feels a lot like Christmas, it does!

Stay warm!

4 comments:

yarnpiggy said...

Glad to hear you're all stocked up with the necessary provisions! Mum and I hit the liquor store yesterday afternoon, so we're good to go, too. :-)

The snow is still coming down here...planning a quickie blog post tonight with pictures, and will probably update tomorrow. I've never seen so much snow here -- craziness. :-)

Sarah, Grand-Dutchess of Serendipity said...

There was this cool kiosk in the mall called paws something, so the kids demanded we get Reina a gift and then Levi (or was it Shiloh) piped up that your cats would feel left out so they picked the mouse. I take it they like it?

Anonymous said...

I can't wait to see pictures!

Oh, I tagged you....

Rabbitch said...

Merry Christmas to you and Mr. Q. And the kitteis, of course.