• Dinner:  Chili con CARNE! con corn bread
• Article of Clothing: The hoodie-jacket combo, versatile and fashionable.  IMHO (Ohhhh I gotz sweet acronym skillz)
• Drink: Hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps.  Know as the “Alpine” where I come from.
• Pinch Tool for Removing Ice from Car Windows:  Scrap, sm’ape…Drive by memory and hope I’ve been there before.  Don’t worry the defrost kicks in eventually.
• Activity:  Cuttin’ wood, feels like liberty
• Not-So-Active Activity: Sleeping, I sleep better when its cold outside
• Word/Phrase: “Sweet I get to shovel snow”
• Album:  Wu-Tang Forever
• Illegal Driving Maneuver:  With the “Shitty” taken, I’ll have to double down and go with the “Front wheel drive, Reverse Shitties”, yes plural, consecutive rotations is optimal

This morning Cheeks and I woke up to the season’s first dusting of snow.  In recognition of this depressing development I give you…..MY SNOWY DAY FAVORITES!

• Dinner:  Chili.  With mushrooms instead of meat, cheese on top, and a baked potato.  Yum.
• Article of Clothing:  The Scarf.  Closely followed by the Winter Boot.
• Drink:  Coffee.  Black and thick.
• Pinch Tool for Removing Ice from Car Windows:  The credit card.  Or the driver’s license if it isn’t one of those flimsy pieces that you get in most states these days.
• Activity:  Being the first to disturb the pristine, white surface by letting my painfully dry winter nose bleed all over the snow.  Okay.  Fine.  Anthropomorphizing a pile of packed snow.
• Not-So-Active Activity:  Reading books by authors like Jane Austin and Charlotte Bronte.  They always have roaring fires and thick rugs in their stories.  And attractive men with names like Edmund and Mr. Darcy.
• Word/Phrase: “Snow!  G*d Dammit!” and other, more creative strings of profanity.
• Album:  Weezer’s Pinkerton.  Buy it.  You’ll love it too.
• Illegal Driving Maneuver:  The Shitty.  Though this requires more than just a dusting of snow.  My second favorite is extraction of the vehicle from a ditch, as long as it means that I get to stay warm and drive while Mr. gets out and pushes.  It’s even better if I can “accidentally” throw snow all over him with the back tires.  Instant Abominable Snowman….Complete with surly attitude.

So, there you have it.  My Snowy Day Favorites.  What are your’s?

~Mrs.

Are extra sensory powers transmissible by contact?

Me: Can U bring Twilight for C? He’s interested.

H: That is so weird! I just told N that I was going to bring it for him! R U practicing mind reading too?

Me: No, but maybe I should start!

H: U may have a natural talent.

Me: Hmmm. I might stop by the bookstore…Mind Reading for Dummies.

H: Totally.

~Mrs.