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Digging Out a Little

November 28th, 2006 at 04:27 am

Well, I decided not to chance it and dug out the garbage can and a path from it to the end of the driveway. I left it in the middle of the driveway mostly because I have no way of telling where the edges are, but they will be able to access it easy enough from the truck. If the truck comes. Please let the truck come. It was so cold shoveling that it took my lungs about 2 hours to feel normal again afterwards. They felt cold on the inside.

I have decided that I don't care how badly my kids whine and beg tomorrow they are staying inside. It is just too cold. They had really red patches on their exposed bits of skin and I'm worried about them getting frostbite now. It's 25 degrees on the porch thermometer, but the wind goes right through you, I'm sure the wind chill is bringing it down closer to zero.

We are out of milk so I may try to dig out the car from the end of the driveway to the road. The road is plowed. It's still ice, but its sanded and all I have to do is get out of the development and turn onto the highway. It's plowed down to bare road. Just not sure if I want to really do that or not. It's so cold. But there doesn't seem like there will be a break in the forecast, fortunately no snow tomorrow, just cold again.

We haven't been eating all that great today. Nachos for breakfast (but hey, organic ones!), pancakes for lunch (multi-grain! with real organic maple syrup!), tv dinners for dinner (not a single redeeming quality). Not much in the way of protein, especially quality protein. Air popped popcorn for snack with too much butter. Ugh. But my energy levels are tanked. Do you ever notice how when you are trying to stay warm you sleep more? Is that where my energy levels went? Of course, it could be just a carb coma from all the junk I'm eating.

And the freezer under the fridge is getting cleaned out. I found a box of shrimp scampi so that will probably be lunch tomorrow and another day.

I wonder if I could get the kids to drink powdered milk. They drink non-fat anyway. Hmm. I so don't want to dig the car out, can you tell?

5 Responses to “Digging Out a Little”

  1. janH Says:
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    Brr. I think I'd stay home. Maybe they won't mind the milk. I have to venture out in the nasties at the end of the week. I'm not looking forward to it.

  2. rduell Says:
    1164711961

    I would stay in also. I just love the winter days with lots of snow when I'm looking at it from inside!

  3. Carolina Bound Says:
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    I feel for you. Sometimes we have brutal winters in Indiana, but the last two weeks have been almost like spring. I know that will change soon.

  4. miclason Says:
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    hmmm... children raised on "fluid" milk don't take to powdered.... trust me! (unless you add chocolate or strawberries, that is!) :P

  5. LuckyRobin Says:
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    I suppose I could just stir in cocoa mix and call it hot chocolate. I don't really like powdered milk myself. I just keep it on hand for baking and cooking.

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