SNOWMAGGEDON!!

So it’s almost March and I do not see the snow clearing up anytime soon.  The sun is helping to melt the ice crystals and form glistening mini streams down driveways, highways and streets, but as long as this temperature keeps staying on the frigid side we are stuck with our lovely white grass!  AND, it looks like this week will be mighty cold!! 

I hope for warmer weather the next few weeks, but even so the ground is frozen and it will take time for spring to arrive with the sight of grass, flowers emerging, and squirrels (as well as us humans) losing their hibernation weight from this long winter.  With that said, you are probably saying thanks for making everyone just a bit more depressed! Well, I am a Michigander and know that “it is what it is”. This is Michigan and we need to come to grips, if we haven’t already with the fickle weather. So instead of us belaboring or complaining about it everyday the way it’s easy to complain about our aches and pains and the meds we are on as we get older, let’s change our perspective on SNOWMAGEDDON!!!

Something that has recently put me in a good mood was seeing the movie FROZEN, and listening to the tracks “Do you want to build a snowman?” and “In Summer”.  The movie almost makes ice and snow seem fun and exciting. What perfect timing for Disney to come out with this film! Also, Olaf the snowman made me once again remember my childhood building a snowman and I laugh every time I hear him sing “In Summer”.  Listen and watch and see what I mean!! Remember, he is a snowman… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFatVn1hP3o

This winter I realized that Michigan is one of the few places where we shovel to make room for more snow!  Haha! This makes me laugh. So I decided to stop shoveling this month. In the beginning of the winter I went crazy with it. Finally the last few snowfalls I gave up, and although it gets a bit messier I figured the sun would eventually melt it the way it’s suppose to. It’s just not worth the time and effort and pain on my body. So I take that extra hour or so to watch a movie and have some cocoa. I have finally for the first time in my life realized how beautiful snow is and that it has a mind of it’s own…it doesn’t wait for an invitation or leave when you ask.  So, the key is to change your perspective and learn how to live happily in it while it’s here.  I now bundle up warmer, have more hot chocolate, play with the dogs in it, and even built a snowman this year!  Coffee with friends around the fireplace also became the new relaxing spot. Our dogs enjoy the fluffy stuff!!

With that said, I’m going someplace warm next week for vacation!! J

What’s your favorite (or least) favorite part about the snow and SNOWMAGEDDON we have had this year!??? Let me know on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BaggageDrop.