Growing up in Northern Utah, snow wasn’t that big of a deal. I only remember school being canceled once and it had more to do with the structural integrity of our school than the hazards of travel. Our school had hard plastic awnings that were cracking in the winter conditions and the school board decided it was better to fix them and miss a few days of school than have a lawsuit on their hands when a broken awning injured…
When we first started looking at moving to Colorado I’ll admit that I was a little worried about the winters (which honestly was silly considering where we were moving from). I just kept thinking of that Christmas a few years ago when tons of people were stuck at the Denver airport because of the horrific amount of snow they’d accumulated. I imagined life would be like that, for months. But, the weather hasn’t been like that at all yet, quite…
Too Much Snow by Louis Jenkins Unlike the Eskimos we only have one word for snow but we have a lot of modifiers for that word. There is too much snow, which, unlike rain, does not immediately run off. It falls and stays for months. Someone wished for this snow. Someone got a deal, five cents on the dollar, and spent the entire family fortune. It’s the simple solution, it covers everything. We are never satisfied with the arrangement of…
We’re supposed to get our first snow tonight, which means the leaves in our yard needed to be dealt with. We’d already spent a good chunk of time raking last Saturday, but the leaves just kept falling. Due to the time crunch, I bundled Cooper up like that kid in A Christmas Story and we headed out into the yard. For the first little while Cooper thankfully took a nap in his stroller, until loud expletives started coming from the…
We are not as boring as the blog makes us sound. I here include evidence to support my claim. We have celebrated several holidays since the last time either of us wrote including a traditional celebration of Groundhog’s Day complete with a Rice Krispy groundhog and the Groundhog’s Day movie on the big screen. The Reubin’s Tube was a lot of fun and here’s the video to prove it. Also, we had a most enjoyable Friday the 13th/Valentine’s/President’s Day weekend….
Look mom, we have wildlife here in Utah too! I looked out the window the other day and saw these two deer in the neighbor’s backyard, one eating and the other keeping an eye out for anything suspicious.
I miss the 10 year drought we were having here in Utah. We’ve seen way too much snow. We skied on snow, Shoveled snow, Bent the skid plate on our car from driving in snow, Got stuck at Danielle’s house with her smelly dog and no toothbrushes due to the snow, And returned to Logan to find that snow falling off our roof had removed the rain gutter from the house. We did, however, have a Christmas miracle. In the…
It’s the last day of March and the snowplows were out this morning. As we trekked up the icy sidewalk to school I pondered upon why they call it Spring semester, thus far I have not come up with any logical answers. I’m thinking about moving to Mexico.
I think the residents of Logan are ready for spring.
Yes, life has its problems, and yes, there are negative things to face, but . . . no misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. –Jeffrey R. Holland