Polar Vortex

This will not be a post where I will whine about the cold and the snow

and the freezing rain

but I will talk about it just a smidge...

last Wednesday we had a blizzard ~ the visibility was zero

nada nothing

since it was doing nothing in the morning

I went into work

they came around ~ around the noon hour saying that whenever you feel like

you want to leave, just let us know and go home

well it came hard and fast right around 1 ~ I stayed a little but longer

and then hit the road

we left at a good time because it just got progressively worse as the day went on

by the time it was all said and done we had received 41 cm of snow

and in some places here in the Maritimes the winds were equal to

a category 2 hurricane ~ that my friends is windy!

this picture is taken out my front window looking towards my neighbours house

yup ~ nasty stuff

so we all got over that ~ it was back to work on Thursday

had mild temps and rain on Friday so any effort to get out to get some "snow pics"

were gone as the rain beat it down by half or so

not that I am complaining about that ~ really!

so Saturday it is gorgeous ~ temps above zero ~ the sun in shining

feels like Spring really is coming 

I bought a bouquet of tulips and daffodils from the Cancer Society

then Sunday we get this

stop shaking the snow globe!!

do you have the Timpehop app on your phone?  If you take pictures and post

to instagram, facebook or twitter ~ it will pull your history for that same day

how ever many years you have been using that social media site

last year this time my crocuses were up and there was hardly any snow

I know this because this morning as freezing rain was pelting on my window

it showed me these pictures from a year ago today

so today we have had freezing rain which turned to snow this evening

mass power outages all over the place

so that's enough of the northeast weather!

Good news is I am on vacation this week

and although I wish I could have jetted off to somewhere warm

I chose to stay home and get some things done around the house

and spend some time to just relax

I have a stack of People magazines I have been binge reading

most of the house is cleaned

dinner plans tomorrow night with my cousin with shopping

an afternoon planned with my Mama on Thursday

and Friday I am getting together with my girlies ~ it's home made pizza

and the Hunger Games kinda night

I love the idea of just doing things at my own pace this week

have been spending some time in the kitchen

and taking time in the afternoon to have a latte and a piece of cinnamon bread

Happy Monday!