All in the name of Idiocy: The weather outside is frightful!

Well the heavens opened up yesterday and took a massive dump on the whole of the south island yesterday and within the first week of winter!! I think we're in for a hard one this year!

The snow has given us a good hiding, some homes are without power, at our house we have internet but no phoneline (which means lack of contact with my mummy dearest, if you're reading this Ma, I'm still alive!!) and the garden is a shambles! Normally I wouldn't give a flying fart in a vacuum cleaner about the garden, but considering that I'm now boarding with Mummy T. who stresses all the time about her vege patch and about whether or not it's getting enough nitrogen or some random stuff I personally couldn't care less about, and her roses (the ones that she managed to nurse back to health after last years snow storms) have taken another beating from mother nature, I have to pay triibute to the garden! (after all caring about these sorts of things are what potential daughter-inlaws should do!)

The pre-school that I work for has been closed the last two days because the ministry of education saw it unfitto send the little twerps to school, so they have been stuck with their parents (hoorah!)

So the snow has been rather wonderful, well sort of...here is my short list of the pro's and con's on this years first dumping...

Pro: I get a day off work (or rather two days off!) to do more important stuff like catching up with my long lost friend, SLEEP!

Con: I don't get paid if I don't work, and subsequently I will be broke come pay day! damn! (also didn't get expected sleep-in because of stupid alarm clock on my mobile!)

Pro: pretty white stuff on the ground to build a snow man and make snow angels

Con: I'm an old fart now who perfers sleep over playing in said white stuff, however I did make a little snow-man but froze my little fingers off!

Pro: walking across town in the snow is good exercise!

Con: nearly slip arse-over on the ice, and legs hurt by the end of the day! Would have preferred if bus services weren't cancelled!

Today has been rather productive however, I got up at 6.30am expecting there to be work, but was told that we wouldn't open until 11am, then later told that we wouldn't open at all! I sorted out our bedroom and made it look nice and neat for the Snifter when he comes home tired and weary from work (whenever that will be! I sure hope it's soon, I need my human hot water bottle!) I walked for one and half hours to the old house and cleared stuff in the garage to get it all ready to go for the church to pick up tomorrow morning, I also donated a whole lot of stuff to my darling neighbors because I'm just such a philanthropist that way... and also because we are so desperate to get rid of our junk sitting in the spider ridden garage and we're too cheap to take it to the dump!

Needless to say, I am completely and utterly exhausted! I'm currently curled up in bed, with my laptop which mysteriously reserected itself when I turned it on today... a bit like Jesus really! With the exception that nobody would want to worship my shitty old laptop! (or would they??)

Here's my first attempt at puting photo's up on my blog... Enjoy!

My wonderful piece of art! I made this little guy on my way home from Nana and Grandad's house. My very first snowman of the season! I actually had some random guys comment on him, they thought he was "cool" WELL DUH! HE'S A FREAKING SNOW MAN!

What I woke up to yesterday, when I looked out the bedroom window.

Just to show you how deep it is, this is up to my shins! (and it was still snowing when I took this!)

The earthquake damaged church around the corner

The view from the living room, still snowing!

Yours truly! All rugged up in five tops, two puffer jackets, two pairs of trousers, two pairs of socks, wooly hat, scarf and mittens and gumboots.... and still freezing my bum off!!

Day two, there were icicles hanging from the trees and from the tables outside, the temperature got down to a tropical -6 degrees celcius (possibly lower) Time to whip out the bikini and get a tan!