I had so many titles for this post running through my head, it was hard to pick just one. Other options were "It's Coming!!!" "I'm So Excited," and "WHHHHHOOOOO HOOOOOO!" I wish I could have videoed these icicles because the sound of them dripping yesterday afternoon was the most beautiful sound I had heard in a loooong time. Yes. They. Were. Dripping. Our. Snow. Was. Melting. It was +3C (37F) at the height of the afternoon, and the above freezing temperatures, and the sun, worked miracles. Miracles, I tell you!
My ice chipper is my new best friend, and we renewed our acquaintance yesterday afternoon. Between the two of us, and about five minutes work, we unearthed the back steps. Hello you beautiful cement. I had forgotten what you looked like because you have been covered up for so long with ice. Like the specimen below.
And then we went to work on our front sidewalk. See that long beautiful stretch of pavement. See how it's even starting to dry. I know! I can hardly believe it myself.
And just to show you one more piece of beautifulness before I leave you, may I present to you -- our driveway. Now with less snow.
The kids could almost ride their bikes out there. Almost.
This post is for every post you endured from me complaining about Winter. About the cold. About the snow. This post is the beginning of the end of all of that. The forecast is for more snow, and colder temperatures, to reach us again by the weekend, but first we get another few days of above freezing weather. Ice and snow watch out, my trusty ice chipper and I are on your tail.
Yesterday also brought the end of the Great Laundry Mountain Of 2014. I did eleven loads of laundry in four days and, as of yesterday, it was all washed, dried, folded and put away. And there was great rejoicing!
And in case you missed it, Canada rocked yesterday at the Olympics. We got a gold in bobsled thanks to Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse, our mens and womens teams advanced to the finals in curling, and our mens hockey advanced to the semi-finals. And since Sam had a "tired day" (NOT a sick day!), and was home from school, we got to watch the mens curling game and the hockey game.
Yesterday was a GREAT day!
Our weather here (Ottawa) for the next couple of days does not look good. Yes we will have above 0 temperatures but mixed with that will be snow and freezing rain. Ugh! I am happy spring is in the air but the in between stages are awful.
ReplyDeleteI don't relish the in between stages but these days and weeks of cold have been brutally hard. I hope your weather doesn't get too crazy as Spring approaches.
DeleteHere's hoping today is as good as yesterday was, if not better!
ReplyDeleteYay!!!! After the temps you all have endured, 37 will feel like flip flop weather. ha! So glad that you all will get some much better weather, even if it is followed by more snow. boo! Is this how your winter normally goes weather wise? Ours has been much colder than normal and was just curious to know if yours has been too.
ReplyDeleteWow...that's a lot of snow. Glad to see a tiny bit of it melted away, though!! Congrats on all your big wins yesterday! I will admit that my friendship with you has made it a bit easier to manage every time we lose to yall in the Games this year. :) I'm like "well, we didn't win, but at least Natasha will be happy!" Hahaha
ReplyDeleteThis girl is celebrating WITH YOU over melting snow. BRING IT!!!!!! I'm so excited! And congrats on rocking the Olympics!! I've enjoyed watching your athletes!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for celebrating with me. I hope you got some melting of your own as you guys have also been hit pretty hard this winter. And thanks for being happy with us Canadian as we celebrate our Olympic athletes. It was just such a fun Olympics to watch.
DeleteI feel like boasting when I say that our weather this past week was gorgeous...60's and 70's! But really, you know I am just continuing to try to motivate you to move south. Of course, I know the recent success of Canada in the Olympics is not helping my argument. But hey, you can still have national pride in a warmer climate, can't you? But I am seriously glad you got to see a little warm up and can start to see the "light" at the end of the snowy winter tunnel! :-)
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