If One Photo Could Sum Up This Weather...

It would have to be the photo my friend Nancy took of her Newfie. Even with all of the inconvenience of icy roads, closed schools, and being shut in, it is nice to remember the joy of a change in weather. This dog sees the opportunity even in the annoying.

She's saying... "Can we go for a walk? Puh-leeese??"

Snow Crazy

The great ice storm of February 2011 has had me stuck indoors for most of the week. Here is what I have learned from this experience.

1. It's nice that I can VPN in to work and get my job done at home. But I still miss the true snow day of yesteryear. That's not because I am a slacker. I just missed that moment in time when people had to stop their lives for a day or two and wait for Mother Nature to finish her business. It put things in perspective.

2. I hate a silent house. NPR doesn't help, either. 

3. QVC with the volume turned down makes for perfect background noise. I have zero interest in buying anything, the presenters are not screaming about politics and the chatter is steady and soothing.

4. My cat has a whole life I didn't know about.

5. I eat less when I work from home. Hmm... am I nervously munching at work and I don't know it?

6. I really can go for long stretches without bathing.

7. My home office chair is terrible. I now have screaming lower back pain.

8. I miss the gym more than I miss my daily run to Starbucks. Who knew?

9. My neighborhood dressed in white is quite chic.

10. While we do not have any NHL draft picks on our block, I get great pleasure out of watching the neighborhood boys play hocky on the streets outside.

But I really need to get the heck out of this house.