Those were the days we went sledding or on a walk or attempted to clean the sidewalks.
Then there was the rest of January. The grey, suffocating, gloomy, frozen month of January. Some days I really thought I was being held captive by the White Witch of Narnia. Sadly, I was never offered Turkish Delight.
Those were the days we (mostly me) hibernated in denial. At times the animals even appeared to have been turned to stone by the ornery White Witch. However, there was still comedy to be found as we watched a guy using a snow blower to clean off his roof. Through the clouds and grey skies we could still find the refuge of the temple, but mostly, I hibernated.
During the coldest days we would offer senior privileges to Harrison, our 12 year old tabby. He really doesn't like the cold and would sit under a window or at a door and meow and meow until we finally gave in. I can't blame him; I don't like being out there either!
To add doom and gloom to Derek's January, we visited the dentist. After having his entire mouth numbed by numerous shots, his reward Jamba was more torture than treat because he didn't have the muscle strength to suck a straw.
And the #1, most exciting, thrilling, remarkable news for January is . . .
We got a new, supersized Walmart!!!!! With supersized stuffed animals and supersized acreage to get from pharmacy to food. It's pretty sad when the community is so over the top excited about a new Walmart. Sure, it's bigger than the old one and it offers a much larger food selection, and a tire center, hair salon, and eye center but let's get real; it's still just Walmart!
On the plus side, the new Walmart has brought in Harrison Ford (though he only traveled in by truck instead of the Millenium Falcon) and a family of moose pranced into the building and tried out a trampoline (which led to tranquilization and family relocation). Oh, and then we had a two hour evacuation due to a mental health patient wielding a machete (which did end peacefully and with help for the young man thanks to our patient law enforcement and caring medical staff).
Oh, My!
Pointing to Erika's baby belly and then to each growing breast, Hyrum shyly asked, "Are you having three babies? Here, here and here?"
Justin's current favorite joke: Why couldn't the chameleon change colors? He had a reptile dysfunction.
(Daisy is in Hyrum's class at school. Justin is her gymnastics coach.)
Hyrum: Daisy has a crush on you.
Justin: Nope, I can that she has a crush on you! She's always talking about you.
Hyrum: No Sir!!!
Justin: Is she mean to you sometimes?
Hyrum: Yes.
Justin: That means she likes you!
Nathan was busy writing an adventure story and remarked, "I'm feeling the burn!"
Erika was riding in the BMW with LeRoy and I as we headed to meet Bret for a dinner date. At a nippy 13 degrees Erika mentioned that shivering was causing contractions. LeRoy's response, "no dropping a baby in the back seat."
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