I love Snow!

BlackTigers

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December 8
It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

December 9
We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had! Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!

December 12
The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment! My neighbor tells me not to worry - we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man. I'm glad he's our neighbor.

December 14
Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.

December 15
20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska , after all.

December 16
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.

December 17
Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20
Electricity is back on, but had another 14 inches of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling! Took all day. The damn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have
another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.

December 22
Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white shit fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the asshole is lying.

December 23
Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she's lying.

December 24
6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a bitch who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow.

December 25
Merry f#%&ing Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop tonight - Snowed in the idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.

December 26
Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.

December 27
Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.

December 28
Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The BITCH is driving me crazy!!!

December 29
10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

December 30
Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. Nine more inches predicted.

December 31
I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.

January 8
Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
 

SnipeMasterJ13

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Lol, that's pretty good. Although I could only pray for that much snow. I'd just ride my snowmobile everywhere. Forget even trying to keep up on shoveling/plowing.
 

DaTT

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Read it a hundred times....but still a good read, and I will always read it through.
 

SearchMaster

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That's why I live in the South. I love to snow ski, but otherwise I have no use for the cold whatsoever. An occasional snowfall is fun but I can't imagine living with that every day.
 

DrPizza

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Read it again. That about sums up my winter so far. There has been snow on the ground since the 2nd day of hunting season, a month ago. I'm not sick of snow, hell, give me 3 feet of snow tonight and I won't care. I'm sick of the frickin, unrelenting cold!
 

TwiceOver

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Usually I'm the guy that sits back and says "It'll all be over with soon enough, just deal with it". Winter has never been a problem for me. This year is different. The last two weekends have been blizzards, has been between 0f and -50f for the last month, and every time I shovel a path the wind just blows the shit back in place. I finally admitted the other day that I'm tired of it.
 

DanTMWTMP

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how the hell do you guys even survive when the temps remotely reaches anything below 20 degrees f?!?!!??! I was in Chicago once during Thanksgiving, and my brother teased me "dude, it's only 25 degrees.." ..WTF!!! I have no idea what you guys have to wear to even survive anything below that. Christ!...

<--- born/raised in southern california, knows nothing about what it's like to be in any environment that is below 20 degrees because he has never experienced it; despite being a hardcore snowboarder :Q Well, been to Chicago MANY times and thought he was going to die (but never during Dec-Feb..). Godwilling, he will never have to go to Chicago or any other northern area during true winter. :p
 

effowe

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Good read OP :thumbsup:

I used to love the snow when I was a kid. No school and sledding all day was the life. Now I loathe the snow. It just means increased travel times, dangerous driving conditions, and is always a royal pain in the ass.
 

Cerpin Taxt

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Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
how the hell do you guys even survive when the temps remotely reaches anything below 20 degrees f?!?!!??! I was in Chicago once during Thanksgiving, and my brother teased me "dude, it's only 25 degrees.." ..WTF!!! I have no idea what you guys have to wear to even survive anything below that. Christ!...

<--- born/raised in southern california, knows nothing about what it's like to be in any environment that is below 20 degrees because he has never experienced it; despite being a hardcore snowboarder :Q Well, been to Chicago MANY times and thought he was going to die (but never during Dec-Feb..). Godwilling, he will never have to go to Chicago or any other northern area during true winter. :p

I lived the first 18 years of my life in Spokane, WA. Seasons like that described in the OP were not uncommon to me.

I went to college in LA. Lived there for just shy of 10 years.

Now I live in Seattle. We're having a rough spot right now with the weather, but its not ordinarily like this, and nowhere near as bad as Spokane.

So, having supplied relevant credentials, let me say: You just get used to it. It helps, I suppose, that from my early childhood I was taught how to handle extreme winters, but suffice it to say that I could move back to Spokane without hesitation on account of the weather.

There are some pretty funny stories posted around like on CraigsList and stuff about naive Seattlites trying to dig their cars out with dustpans and stuff. I guess I take the experiences of my youth for granted.
 

SarcasticDwarf

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I am feeling that right now. I spent the last five years in Wisconsin but this year am in Montana where they don't salt the road and the temperature never gets above freezing so it is solid ice. For extra fun I am having tons of truck problems including the total loss of 4WD this week. Damn is it cold.