We got snow this week! The winter storm began Wednesday with freezing rain and sleet and just a skiff of snow but Thursday, a second wave hit and dumped about eight inches.
Friday was COLD but bright and sunny and it was "dig out" day. Steve very wisely said we should pace ourselves and do short bursts of shoveling throughout the day and, by evening, our entire driveway was shoveled! Our neighbor, Fred, loaned us his "Electric Snow Shovel" which brings to mind a ridiculous image but, in reality, it is just a small snow blower. It probably works better with lesser amounts of snow because, with as much as we had, it took about as much energy to push the electric shovel as it did a regular one, in my mind. Now, a self-propelled one would be a different story. Anyway, for the future, some research on snow blowers deserves some attention, I think. Wednesday, Thursday, and most of Friday, Steve and I just hunkered down here at home - everything was cancelled anyway. I wish I could say all I did was watch movies and drink hot coco but those days were pretty busy for me: on-line lessons, two orchestra Zoom meetings, house cleaning, etc. We DID watch "Deja Vu" Thursday morning but the rest of the time it was business as usual...
Steve and I celebrated our forty-seventh wedding anniversary on Monday! We did some shopping in the morning (getting assorted cards at Dollar Tree, Valentine fabric for pillow slipcovers at JoAnn, small bottles at Hobby Lobby) before we had lunch at Golden Corral, which I am sure to most would be the lamest restaurant to go to for an anniversary. But, I love eating there because there are so many gluten-free food selections. True, the ambiance leaves a lot to be desired. Sharing our anniversary meal with road workers in their florescent vests, really old people with walkers, and extremely overweight people (always at all-you-can-eat restaurants) is not the most romantic atmosphere but that is OK. I would much rather spend money on a gift than on food. (although, we haven't really decided what we are giving each other for this anniversary). Later that afternoon, we rode our bikes to the Concordia Cemetery office (the cemetery just across the street) to get important information for taking photos of the tombstones for Billion Graves. (which won't be happening until all the snow melts!). That evening, we watched "Return To Me", one of our all-time favorite movies. Hooray for our forty-seven years together!
Tuesday, we attended the temple in the morning and then we picked up Sam and all went grocery shopping in the afternoon. We usually shop on Wednesdays but the pending storm required us to move it forward. Of course, we had to deal with the entire population of Saint Louis as they prepared for being snowed in. Happily, neither Sam nor Steve and I needed a lot of supplies so the expedition didn't take too long.
We drove to Wal-Mart Friday evening after we could get out of our driveway and picked up the prescription we forgot to get on Tuesday and we also bought a new wall clock for my bathroom and a new pair of hair clippers as both decided to stop working.
Saturday morning was our first shift in the temple baptistry. We will work first and third Saturdays and those will be early start mornings as we need to be at the temple ready to go by 7:00. Because of the recent snowfall, a few of the groups scheduled to come to the baptistry were no shows. This was actually a tender mercy as it made our first day a bit easier. Oddly, our replacements were an hour late showing up so we didn't get home until 1:30, very hungry and weary. And Sally and Linus were very ready to get out of their kennel! The rest of the day was pretty chill. I taught a violin lesson and then practiced the violin a bit myself, I did some oil painting, and I made a delicious batch of gluten-free cinnamon rolls. Steve had a youth activity in the evening that he needed to attend (which provided dinner) so I made my dinner of pancakes - YUM! And I watched Guardians of the Galaxy 2. It was a nice day.
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