This week the big news (because I’m taking a much-needed break from the outrage of politics) is the HUGE snow in New England. Our northeastern friends are dealing with as much as two feet of snow, and quite frankly I’m jealous.
Here we are in the Midwest with naked trees, brown grass, and temperatures that are spring-like warm. Yet spring is really too far off to contemplate, so we’re stuck with the ugliness of winter without any of the interesting bits. I have guilt because the weather’s so nice I really should be out raking up the mountains of crunchy leaves that didn’t jettison from our oak trees until late December. I’m disappointed because it’s not much fun curling up in the evening with a blanket and a cup of tea when we had the windows open part of the day. No pleasing some people, huh?
I would actually enjoy the excitement of stocking up on milk and eggs, planning meals that could be prepared on our gas stove when the power goes out, holing up for a day or so before a kind friend drops by with his snow blower to set us free. A day of tea, reading, card games by candlelight, and knitting. And picturing myself as the intrepid Laura Ingalls, surviving the “Long Winter.” In my blizzard fantasy, the whole family would be there with me, cuddling up for warmth and rushing to the window every few minutes to stare at the beauty of the dazzling white drifts.
So I say to our New England neighbors, “Good luck and enjoy!” And please send some of that blizzard our way!
Mom Goes On 
Even after clearing 34″ of snow yesterday, I will still admit to a childish glee in having gotten a snow day off from work, and glad to have had my family home and safe with me for all of it. If I could, I would send you some of our snow — preferably everything that’s in my mother-in-law’s driveway because we still have to dig her out today!
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That’s the downside to owning a shovel and a snowblower!
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Hahaha! Don’t worry, you’re not alone in your blizzard envy 😝 We got snow where we are but not nearly as much as we were all secretly hoping for 😂
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Yeah, those “not quite a big snowfalls” are disappointing!
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You said it!
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That sounds like a wonderful way to spend a couple of days. Then it should all melt.
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Yes, immediately. Nasty grey slush is even worse than no snow at all.
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I’d love a bit of that snow too. Preferably I a day when I could go and play with the kids in the snow and then sit inside drinking cocoa, because on a work day I’d still have to go in and work, what with our snow never reaching a decent depth and work being too walkable.
By the time I’ve slipped over on it a few times and it’s all turned to slush I hate it. But for that first morning my inner child just wants to play.
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Yes, in my blizzard fantasy the snow lasts exactly two days,during which I do not leave the house, and then magically disappears without the mountains of nasty grey slush everywhere.
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Oh, if only!
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I am a New Englander & am grateful for the snow day today. I love the change of seasons. Not all of my neighbors would agree, but I know if I ever left it, I would miss it.
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I like having four distinct seasons, too. I suppose that’s partly why I’m disappointed with this season this year.
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