5 posts tagged “cold”

Paisley & I went over to hang out with Elysha, Scott, Abby, and Oreo. It was a good time. There was ice cream, dog park, walks, adorable baby noises, and dinner. Everything anyone could ask for on a weekend.

On the way home last night, and again tonight, I drove past the steel mill. One day, I'm going to pull over and get some pictures. It's so beautiful there at night, especially when it's cold. The sky is a dark navy blue, the smoke is in the sky, the lights are on, and it's lit just right. I see it, and for some reason I feel like it's going to be okay. I searched online, and am shocked that no one has taken the time to photograph it at night. It's amazing, and now it's on my list of things to accomplish.

Now we're back home, and it's cold. The house got down to 50 degrees (the low is 35 tonight), so I finally turned on the heat to get it a little warmer. I'll use that to get going, and then I have my two little space heaters on. I forgot how much I love the smell of the heater in the car. Every year around this time I start to feel like I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. Maybe this year I'll be right.

Worked 12 hours today. Accomplished a lot. Go in tomorrow for a half or 3/4 day. Then, off to Hermann, MO.

Hopefully I don't freeze to death before then. :)

It was a huge pain to shovel all that off. Yuk. Snow is my least favorite.

I woke up this morning praying to look out my window and see snow covered streets and no one on the roads. Well, it wasn't that way. There were a few cars. Damn it. So, I got up, took a shower, had breakfast, and collected my things for work. Get down to the basement, go to open the door and it wouldn't open. Go back up the steps, and through the front lobby to walk around the side. Yeah, the door was actually being held shut by snow. Then I se my poor car, buried in snow up to the bumpers. Called my boss, asking for a ride. His reply? "I have the jeep today and couldn't even get down our street, stay in. I'll call you if I have any questions." The street I work on isn't maintained by the city (lame!) so even if I would have gotten out of my parking lot, I would have been stuck somewhere in the street when I tried to drive down it. So, what else was I to do but run upstairs, get my camera, and document this??? :)

See the teal van in that picture? And the lady scraping it off? That is a STREET she's in. That's how all of our subdivision streets look, since they aren't maintained by the city until all main streets have been cleared. Nice.

And then in this one, if you look *really* closely, by those tall buildings in the distance, you'll see a glimpse of the arch. This is the view I'll miss when I get my house. I really should take more pictures of it here after this snow nonsense stops. :)

In a quick note of other news, here are my delicious chocolate covered oreos I got for my birthday...

Yummy.....

Okay, that's all for now. Happy February!!!