For approximately 6 years, I’ve been grumbling about winter, the cold, the snow, the ice, the sludge. To put it simply, from November to March, my favorite sport is to have a fire in the fireplace and stay warm while dreaming about beaches and palm threes.
In fact, since our trip to Costa Rica I have been grumbling. (You can read about our trip to Costa Rica here) Before our trip I liked the cold weather….
These days it’s so easy to do our all our shopping on line. In the comfort of our home. At any time, day or night. We don’t even have to go out in the cold or when it’s raining and your purchases magically arrive in a few days later. It’s marvellous.!…
If somebody would of told us ten years ago that one day we would be vegetarians, I would of really laughed, I mean this was not in my realm of possibilities.
Mainly because not only at this time did we eat meat, but we also hunted and fished.
It all started when Aggy was in sixth grade, her teacher was absent for a week. No problem there. The dynamic young lady that replaced her launched the vegetarian challenge to the whole class. This challenge consisted of (you guessed it) not eating meat for a complete week… : -O…
I must agree with the majority, Christmas and gift giving or receiving go hand in hand. Everywhere, we see pictures of perfectly decorated Christmas trees, laden with gaily wrapped gifts. People who received them seem happy, just as if everybody found the perfect gift for everyone. Stores go all out with promotions, sales and incentives to get you to spend your money in their store. The frenzy that comes with the holiday season, that is the magic of Christmas….
I’ve always preferred winter to summer. Simply because, during winter, when it’s really cold you can always add another piece of clothing. Compared to summer, when it’s really hot, there comes a time when you can’t remove another piece of clothing. You have come to the end of what you can remove.
I loved to go out in winter, only dressed in a T-shirt when it’s cold outside; I mean very cold and feel the frosty air on my skin… When it’s so cold that you lose your breath when you step out of the house… When you walk outside and the snow crunches under your boots… But all that was before our trip to Costa Rica……