Winter has arrived!

It's cold out! Not news to any of you I'm sure. What happened to our fall weather? It's December 1st and it's below 30 and snowing! So far we've not had much accumulation but it's the messy kind. Melt, freeze, snow, melt, freeze....

I am short and drive a Ford pickup. Clearing snow off the window is always a challenge. This morning I was out trying to scrape the ice and snow off with my small scraper. (When the sun was bright and days were warm, I took the long scraper out of the truck and now have no idea where it is!) I can reach about 1/3 across the window if I really stretch.

There is a dropoff of an inch or two between my driveway and my neighbor's yard. I usually park pretty close to that edge if I have to put the Toter back. Of course trash pickup was a day later this week so I moved it up Sat. and stayed inside all day yesterday. So there I was this morning trying to stretch to scrape my 1/3 of the window. Every time I got a good scraping motion going, my foot slid off into the grass. If you've been following along, you know falling is not good because of the knees so it was a struggle to stay upright. I can only imagine what people driving by thought as I stretched and slid, stretched and slid. These are the days when I'd like some of those Inspector Gadget arms!

It's windy tonight. It's comforting to be inside listening to it. Makes one grateful to have the home to be in!

Last Friday I went to Indy with a friend to go to Half Price Books Friday sale. Everything was 20% off from 7-10 a.m. No, we didn't get there at 7 but we made it in time to get the discount. Luckliy they were announcing the time every few minutes so I maximized my shopping by whipping my cart around the store telling everyone I passed to "Sprint for it!" I maybe saved $10 but it was the principle! We went across the street to the Original Pancake House. Highly recommend those cakes! They have all kinds. Found out they have a senior menu. Well, it's the kids menu but for seniors, too. So you get a meal with a cute name and a smaller size and price. Yay!

Hope you are staying warm and dry tonight. Take care!