Hi.

Wondering what my visiters are up to. Since I've started my humble little blog, I've had 872 visits. Thank you. Soo...why don't you drop me a line? Whats up in your corner of the world? Okay...again I do not want messages from bloggers who try to use the space on my comments section to advertize. I am not interested. Believe me. I don't go to your blog pages and advertize some site that say..advertizes Goat Appreciation or anything. If you say you like the Blog, then be specific about what you like about it. K? Thats all. Thanks.
Okay, enough about that. I've spent the better part of two weeks here in White River. If you don't know where this little place is...it's along the Trans Canada Highway between Marathon and Wawa. Also an interesting note...this is the very place where a little black bear was purchased by a soldier from Winnipeg who became the much loved character Winnie the Pooh in A.A. Milnes books. Yup..Winnie was a she...later to be placed in the London Zoo where she became a popular attraction. FYI Christopher Robin was A.A. Milnes son. Just thought I'd share a bit of that with you. So I've been here helping out at my relatives restaurant...waitressing, cooking and such. I like working here because I've been meeting a lot of people from many different places. I've taken to handing out the business cards and inviting people to send postcards when they get to their destinations, which I will then post on the wall. I've recieved some positive feedback on this idea, and hopefully soon we will have postcards from all over Canada and the States.
I was supposed to go home the other day, but wouldn't you know it...we got hit by a massive snowstorm that closed the road home for a time. It is now clear, but if I'm to get home, I'll have to get there before Sat night, because another round of snow is on the way. It's getting cold now...wind chill in the mornings is now -21C. Yeah. it's not that bad...yet. But in this part of the world...longjohns are a necessity. I think back to those days in High School where we'd go without toques or scarves or mitts or even (gasp!) ear muffs....risking losing various body parts to frostbite just to look "cool". Man...such dumb logic eh? I really hate being constantly cold...maybe it's the Mediterranian blood that flows thru my veins that make it so I crave temperatures over 25 C. I dream of someday being able to live right along the equator. No snow. I know...I'm a Canuk...I should love the snow, but I don't. I dislike taking off the boots and inadvertently stepping into a puddle of melting snow, wetting my socks. Blech! I dislike how my hair gets dry and staticky when I wear a sweater, and I walk around all day, shocking myself when I touch something metal. I don't cherish the idea of stapping on a pair of narrow waxed boards and taking off down a hill at an ungodly speed.
Don't get me wrong...as a child....I loved making snowmen, having snowball fights, and once my sisters and I actually made an igloo. But I had snow pants back in the day, and a very overzealous mother who insisted on putting so many layers of clothes on us that we literally waddled down the street, unable to put our arms down to our sides. Hey she wanted to make sure we wouldn't get sick. And I never did. Thanks Mom. So, sometimes I look atthose at those carefree kids, so warm in their layers of winter gear happily making making snow angels and playing 'King of the Castle' on a huge snowbank and I long tobe able to do that too. Okay technically I could, but I don't seem to have the time to release the inner child. But if I could tomorrow ( and if I had a pair of snowpants) I'd grab a piece of cardboard or even a large Hefty garbage bag and slide down a hill. Yeah they had Crazy Carpets in the day, but cardboard and garbage bags are equally effective.
K...so I guess I don't have too much to say at present, so here's the Blogger question...what is your fave outdoor winter activity and why? Hopefully some of my visitors have something to say. Until then....blog ya later!