The snow looks so nice -- through the window
I can't think of any better wintertime view than sitting at my sunny kitchen table with a good cup of coffee looking at the pretty snow -- and the neatly shoveled driveway -- out the window.
That's what I was thinking first thing this morning. Then the folks across the street got up and started shoveling. Even better. Here I am in my jammies eating homemade toast while they toil away across the street. Smuggy McSmuggerson, I am.
Before you start thinking I am a huge jerk, I'll tell you that my boyfriend and I toiled away in our own driveway last night. While we were at it, we shoveled the next-door neighbor's driveway, too. Not because we are nice, particularly. (We're not.) But because our shovel is broken, and we have been borrowing his shovels all winter.
We also shoveled for him because he's the only adult in the house. Fact: It's the loneliness of clearing the driveway, not the weight of the snow, that makes the chore so dreadful. The two of us got the two driveways cleared in no time, and today I can look smugly out the window.
As much as I like admiring the snow from indoors, I am looking forward to playing in it this afternoon. The always cheerful Dan Lassiter and I are going to drive around Janesville talking to people who are playing outdoors. We'll look for skiers, fort builders, shovelers and snowmobilers. And sledders, of course. I'm trying to talk Dan into going to the sledding hill at Lustig Park, (south side, represent!) but he's thinking Riverside Park. Either way, I am going to try to talk some kids into letting me borrow their sleds.
I think today's weather is absolutely perfect for winter. Sunny and cold but not so cold it hurts. If it stayed like this until March, I'd be happy.
Where will you be out playing today?
Jan 23, 2012 at 12:16 p.m.
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MY BF posted a CL listing in
Florida, for a joke!
He got a response for 600 lbs.!!!
FOR SALE: Snow.
Great for making footprints in,
building snowmen,
assembling a snow fort,
packing into little balls and
throwing at each other,
excellent for creating snow angels,
making your lawn look white and
pretty all winter,
really good at giving you backaches
when you have to move it,
let your imagination run wild
and create many many uses.
On sale now for only
.59 per shovel full.
Get it while its cold.
Only .39 if you load your own.
Jan 23, 2012 at 9:09 a.m.
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To bad they ruined the mall hill. Im sure they will soon close down the other hills around town also and make it illegal to sled on any hill with a pitch greater than 1/4 inch per foot. Im sure the PD will put a dedicated task force together to bust these offenders, and then the gazette can put their picures in the paper and we can also track where they live via a special website. This is serious stuff here.
Jan 22, 2012 at 6:45 p.m.
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Really?
Jan 22, 2012 at 1:59 a.m.
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ImBack - actually, now that you've said that, too many people are going to connect the dots and discover the truth. There is no Ann Marie Ames or Greg Peck at the Gazette. When the banks and automakers crashed, causing massive advertising revenue loss, the paper had to cut back on staff far more than they wanted the public to know. There is only one writer now, Scott Angus. He is doing the writing of 17 "virtual" Gazette reporters. Using automated software programs, he scours Facebook and Twitter for tips on stories and photos for the paper. Ann Marie moved to Vegas and works as a showgirl at the Luxor. Greg retired last year in Miami after working for a while as a CPA (canine purchasing agent) for the Flagler Greyhound Track.
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