[A little bit of shoveling midway through the storm.]"I love this!"
"It sucks!"
"You'll grow to love winter yet."
*snort* "Sorry, honey, that's not happening."
"Isn't it gorgeous?"
"No, it's not gorgeous. It's a pain in the ass!"
"So, we do a little shoveling. It's a good workout."
"A little shoveling??"
"Okay, a lot of shoveling. It's a winter wonderland!"
"The only wonder is that people live here."
"Jeez Louise. We have power. We have food. We have drink. We have a fireplace. We have each other!"
"We could have all that without two feet of snow!"
"People spend a lot of money to be in this kind of snow."
"People are idiots."
"I find it romantic."
"...Oh?"
*pulls him by shirt front* "Yes."
"Maybe it's not so bad."
Question du jour: Is snow romantic?
Bonus question du jour: Does anyone do snow angels more than once?
Q1: It was damn romantic today. And that's all I'm sayin'.
ReplyDeleteQ2: Yes.
Yes
ReplyDeleteNo
yes and yes! having this much snow (and power - i'd be grumpy without electricity) is a cosmic gift. LOVE.
ReplyDeleteYes, the snow is absolutely romantic... until it turns to slush. And yes, snow angels should be made as often as possible, particularly with that much snow!
ReplyDeleteYes!
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No.
It was romantic when I could watch it fall from the childless comfort of our old condo.
ReplyDeleteNot so much now that I have to stand in the yard while my four year old throws it in my face.
SNOW IS TOTALLY ROMANTIC!
ReplyDeleteOh. And DUH! Snow angels EVERYTIME IT SNOWS! I can't stop shouting. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteSnow is NOT romantic, unless you use it as an excuse for romantic trysts with your chiropractor or the guy who fixes your hernias.
ReplyDeletevw: snerial - a TV miniseries about snow.
Yes, your snow is very romantic.
ReplyDeleteNo, and I couldn't anyway. I don't have enough snow here ..... BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Ask me again in 9 months when all the babies are born.
ReplyDeleteIn theory, yes. It's so pretty in the beginning. In practice, it's cold, soggy, slippery, and annoying. In my opinion.
ReplyDeleteSometimes.
ReplyDeleteand
Sometimes.
I don't do snow angels, but that is only because we don't have snow. Dirt angels so not the same thing.
ReplyDeleteOUI! and oui. when i was little i liked to make snow angel chains by getting up in my first snow angel, trodding carefully through the already pressed down snow, and then lying down sloooooooowly with my hand in the same place it was when i got up.
ReplyDeleteit sounds complicated, but i'd still do it now if i weighed what i did when i was 10.
I don't know about snow and romance, but I love your marriage. You two!! It's SO right. Like the Thin Man movies, you really are. Bravo!!
ReplyDeleteSnow is romantic only if you have plenty to eat and drink, you have power, and you don't have to go anywhere at all. The lack of power can actually be sort of romantic because you really have to stick together to stay warm. (I have recent personal experience on this.)
ReplyDeletesnow sucks. styx does not. +1 for the headline.
ReplyDeleteSnow angels multiple times.
ReplyDeleteSnow is romantic while falling at night. Once you have to shovel or see the slush, it's a PIA.
Sorry, you'll be getting another 2 feet tonight.
YES.
ReplyDeleteAnd? I think it multiplies if you have no cars and nothing to shovel.
BOO YAH.
Is snow romantic? Hell no!!
ReplyDeleteThe only people who think that snow is "romantic" are those who obviously don't get enough of it in their area.
After the third month of the stuff, you are ready to kill someone, not make love.
Summer+cocktails+hot sun+lake=romance!
It might be ... if it didn't happen so damn much. If I didn't have to dig my car out from under it. If other people could drive in it. If it would shovel itself out of my driveway.
ReplyDeleteI think someone decided and sold the idea that snow is romantic, just because it is pretty. Truth to be told, i think it is kind of a pretty serious pain: cold, slippery, heavy and dangerous. I still wonder how a place like Wisconsin was ever colonized (I lived there 6 years)
ReplyDeleteAnd, I have never done a snow angel.
haha, that's so cute!
ReplyDeleteWasn't in the mood for snow angels this year, although D did one. Only once! lol
That picture is insane! I've been away from DC (in NYC) for a few days and have almost forgotten what it looks like.
The snow would've been welcome even if it wasn't romantic. I just loved remembering that there are four, separate seasons. DC's normally just-really-long Falls never seem natural.
ReplyDeleteSo did you get stuck outside in the snow or did you leave for the Bahamas again?
ReplyDeleteMaya: Q1: Nuff said. :) Q2: Huh.
ReplyDeleteAbbotofUnreason, Cyndy: Right you are!
Rahree: You said it, Sister!
emmajames: Slush holds a lot less appeal, unless it's in a daiquiri.
Mac and Cheese: Can you throw it back, at least?
Kate: THAT'S OKAY!!
Bilbo: Chiropractor? I never figured you'd be addicted to the crack.
Mike: *My* snow? I feel so empowered.
Dmbosstone: *makes note in Google calendar*
Lemon Gloria: Don't forget nasty-looking when it gets dirt/exhaust covered.
Rose: Way to commit.
lbluca77: I'll be building dirtmen is different, too.
Vittoria: A snow hands-across-America, huh?
Reya Mellicker: Oh, too live up to our blog image. ;)
Barbara: So glad you made it through!
The Chauffeur: Gee, um, thanks.
Little Ms Blogger: Only got another foot. Yeah, I said only.
LiLu: BOO YAH!
Pauline: I respectfully disagree. Although, I like your recipe, too!
Kate: They ought to put a snow-shoveling simulator in the gyms--great exercise. You know, if you don't have a heart attack.
Titania: That someone is me.
spleeness: And that was only *half-way* through the *first* of two storms.
brad: It's not dull here this year. :)
Mike: Thanks for the prodding. Just not rich in material at the moment, but the local cab company came through for me last night.
They're so thoughtful when it comes to my blog.
Snow is never romantic. That's just talk from people that don't live in it. Like when they say California is always sunny they lie, lie, lie!
ReplyDeleteI make snow angels all the time. Usually after I've slipped on the stupid snow/ice and am trying to right myself.