What's there to like about nasty weather...

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<p>that you can barely walk in , let alone drive in?</p>

<p>t has got to make a dent in those overwintering spider mites which are trying to eat my conifers.</p>

<p>An excuse to wear a warm yet flattering knit scarf to hide my " now I know what Nora Ephron was talking about", without looking like Diane Keaton wearing turtlenecks on the beach. ;)</p>

<p>Although D#2 recently told me that I bring out all the bad things in her :frowning: ( I told myself, I am safe & so she lets all the garbage out around me) ,her friends home from college- are stuck elsewhere, so desperate for entertainment, she asked me to go to a movie. :slight_smile: ( The movie was * meh* new Will Smith vehicle- she loves anything he is in- is Will the Tommy Lee Jones for her generation? )</p>

<p>It is really fun seeing the youngish parents out with their young children- both so excited by the snow ( plus- we got rid of a snow saucer- crossing fingers)</p>

<p>Half the normal idiot drivers actually stay home ( except around the malls, we picked up the dog yesterday, who of course was across town & the flattest way to get there was past the mall). Rock!</p>

<p>Hot chocolate sounds good.</p>

<p>When we went to the coffee shop yesterday- to use the internets ( we have dial-up @home), it wasn’t packed as it usually is.- ( I wondered when I saw a local news anchor there if there was some developing story I didn’t know about- but she didn’t have a cameraman so she may live in the neighborhood. )</p>

<p>Seeing throngs of people out walking & laughing. </p>

<p>An excuse not to go to the back of beyond to see my brother ( or my sister) for Christmas.- </p>

<p>Baking cookies. ( ya know how Provenza always says " he doesn’t run" ? I don’t normally bake- but cookies are in and out of the oven fast enough that by the time I get another cookie sheet ready, the first ones are done- so they don’t burn)</p>

<p>Caroling. We have some neighbors that must have grown up in the Midwest or something, because they have organized not only big block parties & periodic picnics every year, but caroling in the winter. Which is today- which will be really interesting cause we haven’t practiced.
:o</p>

<p>I feel better about winter already</p>

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<p>Thanks for the pleasant thoughts, but the wind chill here has held steady at -35 (give or take) all day. There’s nothing that could make me feel better about winter–not one bit! </p>

<p>Well, actually, the threads about the nightmares some students are having getting home via airports made me feel very grateful and blessed. My S was packed, finished a final Thurs night, and made it home half an hour before the ice storm hit. The weather has been downhill since then…</p>

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<p>If your in laws have to cancel a come-over. Well worth the shoveling.</p>

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<p>Something we call FWA - pronounced “phwah”</p>

<p>Flexible Work Arrangements.</p>

<p>Means I get to stay in my jammies and fluffy slippers and work while sitting on my comfy sofa all day. By a crackling fire. With a cup of tea or hot chocolate.</p>

<p>And I get a lot done, because no one plops down the the chair in my office and says “Do you have a minute?” when they really mean “do you have 20 minutes?”</p>

<p>Au rev-FWA!</p>

<p>Arri - FWA - derci!</p>

<p>Bon - FWA - age!</p>

<p>Hasta - FWA - vista!</p>

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<p>Good for FWA if it works for you. I never found work-at-home days productive. It’s too relax at home for me to loose that edge at work. In office I have to be a pirahana, making every minute count. It’s just me.</p>