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Once again, the kids are safely at school. Okay, so that may be a relative term, but you all know what I mean. I say safely, because this means I don't have to worry about them being outside and possibly getting clocked by falling ice. Ice is falling EVERYWHERE! Off the roof, off trees, flying off the roofs of cars as they drive by... even now, I'm listening to crashing, thudding sounds from outside. At first, I was jumping every ten seconds, because DAMN those crashes were loud! Now I'm sorta used to it.
Yesterday, I had gone out to check our satellite dish (we have Directv), which was coated with ice, and was walking back to the door when I heard a skittering sound. I turned around just in time to see a huge chunk of ice slam into the deck right where my footprints were so nicely etched in the slush. Ay yi yi!!! The Husbandly One went out to look at it, carefully, mind you, then came back in and said cheerfully, "Well, that DEFINITELY would have knocked you out, but we'd a found you eventually."
"Yeah," piped up the Impertinent Daughter. "When we got hungry or something."
"Or if we needed a jar of pickles opened," said the Impossible Son.
The amount of concern they display over me is so touching!
*rolls eyes*
It's warming up, though barely into the forties, which I guess is warm if you live in, say... ANTARCTICA!!
Well, at least the ice is melting. And for once, we are almost, but not quite, ahead in our rainfall totals. Which is nice, after two years of drought.
If you will excuse me, I am going to go make some hot chocolate, wrap up in a thick blanket, and watch a movie or something. That non-moving bundle on the couch? That's me. Staying warm and dry!
Yesterday, I had gone out to check our satellite dish (we have Directv), which was coated with ice, and was walking back to the door when I heard a skittering sound. I turned around just in time to see a huge chunk of ice slam into the deck right where my footprints were so nicely etched in the slush. Ay yi yi!!! The Husbandly One went out to look at it, carefully, mind you, then came back in and said cheerfully, "Well, that DEFINITELY would have knocked you out, but we'd a found you eventually."
"Yeah," piped up the Impertinent Daughter. "When we got hungry or something."
"Or if we needed a jar of pickles opened," said the Impossible Son.
The amount of concern they display over me is so touching!
*rolls eyes*
It's warming up, though barely into the forties, which I guess is warm if you live in, say... ANTARCTICA!!
Well, at least the ice is melting. And for once, we are almost, but not quite, ahead in our rainfall totals. Which is nice, after two years of drought.
If you will excuse me, I am going to go make some hot chocolate, wrap up in a thick blanket, and watch a movie or something. That non-moving bundle on the couch? That's me. Staying warm and dry!
