Re: [at-l] Its snowing!!! YEA!!!-No more snow PLEASE!!!

[rambleon@email.unc.edu (Jeremy Reiter)]

Paula wrote: 
> >Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow....
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Elizabeth replied:
> That is what I said last Friday when it snowed but now if I see one more 
> freakin flake I am going to scream!!!!  Guess I'll have to scream since 
> we are getting more tonight or tomorrow. :-)
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Solophile forwarded this to me awhile back. Half full or half empty?

Walk with white,

-Rambleon-

December 8:
6:00 PM. 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" 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. l didn't realize I
would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in
shape this way. I wish l 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. God I hate it when she's
right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20:
Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the damn stuff last night.
More shoveling. Took all day. 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
s*** 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 get
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 creep is lying.

December 23:
Only 2" 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". 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
snowplow, I'll drag him through the snow by his b**ls. 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 busy watching for the damn snowplow.

December 25:
Merry Christmas. 20 more inches of the nasty slop tonight. Snowed in. The
idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God 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 an
idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going
to kill her.


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.

December 28:
Warmed up to above -20?. Still snowed in. THE Lady 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. The snow plow driver is suing me for a million dollars. The
wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.

December 31:
Set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.


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