I just want it to stop snowing!  

It's what I call salt snow as it's so fine the flakes are no larger than grains of salt.  It gets everywhere!  But, because it's so fine, it's taking ages to build up.  So it doesn't look like there's much snow but it's as hard as ice ... and as slippery!  Yesterday, from midnight until the 6 pm news, there were 80 car accidents here in Oldenburg!!!! 

And I had to shovel the foot-/bikepath today!  I didn't shovel the entire path like I normally would as, as I said, the snow is as hard as solid ice.  Furtunately, given that I couldn't shovel the ice yesterday, I just threw some salt down the entire path and hoped the bikes going past would melt the snow.  Well, they didn't melt the snow as it's so cold but they did slush it up a bit.  So, when I tried to shovel this morning, I could shovel - albeit with increasing difficulty as my arms were getting so tired and achy and I could hardly move them by the time I was halfway through! - all the snow where I'd put down the salt yesterday.  It was still hard and icy but I could at least move it.  However, my path is the only one in the entire street that's clear!  Some others managed to shovel the fresh snow from the top of the ice and a couple managed a tiny path with some salt, but mine's the only one where the bikes can actually safely go.  But of course none of them will be fined like I was the one day I didn't shovel when I was too sick to do it and no one else had done it, either!  Grrrrrr......

But schools aren't back until Thursday (if they don't have a snow day as it's so dangerous out and about atm) and there's hardly anyone out on their bikes.  I had to go to the doc's this morning and I bussed it and then had a terrible time walking to the doc's from the bus stop along the back roads that hadn't been cleared.  The sand truck just keeps on going up and down at least 3 times a day but hasn't been around since dinnertime and now the road's all white again and the cars and buses are going really, really slowly again.

At least now I don't have to go out again until this cold snap - it's coming down to us direct from Siberia! - is over and the temps are back up to just over freezing.  I think it may be a public holiday tomorrow as I have heaps of orders from Amazon coming and some came today, then on Thursday and Friday and Saturday - none tomorrow.  So tomorrow I'm not going to worry about getting my path cleared before 7 am - which is legally when we're supposed to have our paths cleared - but just whenever I get up and after I've had brekkie.  Then I'll try and find out if the schools are going back on Thursday to see if I have to get up early and in the pitch dark to clear it before they all go to school.

Well, bed time for me.  

But then I've gotta get out of these nice warm clothes and into my jammies!  

Which reminds me, I'd better go and put my little footsie electric blanket on so it can warm up the bottom of my bed before I hit the sack!


 

Merry Christmas, Mila, to you and your family
It looks like a bread bouquet, with roses in the middle.  I love knowing random people from around the world and learning new things. 

 

Merry Christmas Mila 

Thanks stusue & lilyr for the well wishes on my finger. 

lilyr...No, the doctor didn't do a culture on the infection.  When he told me he was going to give me another antibiotic I just about groaned and told him I didn't want to take it.  He asked me why and I told him that they make me itchy,  Always on the second or third day I feel very itchy and just generally feel lousy until all the pills are gone, but commit myself to take all the pills since I start them.  Doesn't seem to matter what type of antibiotic since I have had several different ones.  Weird, huh?

Sounds scary, Wendy.  You could have ended up with a dead dog.  Once a dog has a taste for attacking other dogs or people, I don't see how they could be trusted anymore.  I find Pit Bulls scary along with Dobermans.

Last edited by sunshinej (January 9, 2016 8:54 pm)

Merry Christmas Mila.

I'm glad that ended the way it did Wendy with you all safely home.  Pit bulls are banned in Canada.