Ahhhh winter! Sunday we got a mother of a storm - lots of snow (Dad guesstimates 6 inches at our house - Duluth got 9.3) and a great day to be inside! Amazingly, the church Christmas program was still a hit with all that snow - 150 people in the church to see the little angels sing and speak! THIS is true Minnesota folks!
Since Sunday it's become quite bitterly cold and if I hear one more person whine about how cold it is...I don't know what I'm going to do! Good grief people! We live in the great white North, whaddya expect? 70 and sunny all year round? Move to Florida! (where they have hurricanes and alligators!)
I'm a happy person as long as the sun is shining. It can be a bazillion degrees below zero but as long as the sun is shining, I'm good. The sun shone all day long yesterday, I went out of the office three times just to spend some time in it. Today it's not sunny and yet cold, but still, not whining! It could be 120 and a hurricane outside instead! Or, we could be broke and homeless!
Or, I could be the one-ton woman who needs a forklift to get myself out of the house. Heavens, it could always be worse, be happy it's not!!! ;)
Anyway - I said I'd tell you about my weekend when I came over next so here goes! :)
Saturday I met my friend Andy in Owatonna for some shopping and lunch. I drove 35W south on purpose just so I could drive over the new bridge - it's pretty cool - funky little SSS decor on both sides of it, very streamlined! I can still see the TV in Sam's Club showing footage of the old bridge collapse (that's where I was when it happened, you see). I must admit that I wondered aloud if it smelled like toast down there because of the burning bread truck - yes, I have no heart.
I also saw a santa in a fire truck in Wyoming (MN, silly)...they were getting gasoline at the Citgo! :) Oh - and seriously, don't drive W south of 94, the construction on Crosstown is stupid insane - what a mess to have to drive through that crap?! Take E if you're just going through the cities, completely not worth it just to drive on the bridge!
Anyway - shopping was tons of fun, I'd forgotten that there's a Target in Owatonna and a new Fleet Farm has been built since I was there last. We shopped at Cabela's - got super cute pair of boots. Then had lunch @ Famous Dave's - I don't think you can go wrong there ever, can you? We went to the outlet mall in Medford (just three miles north). Wandered in all the shops there - really cute little antique store, filled with all kinds of antiques and new stuff - very nicely done. And hit Columbia - got an excellent jacket for just $30 - I've worn it twice now and it's super warm! We didn't want to say good bye, so we drove around Owatonna a bit - went to Target and Fleet Farm...it was funny cuz Andy sat down to test out a chair, I found another chair and we sat there for about 5-10 minutes just talking! :) Who needs a bar when you can go to Fleet Farm and talk? Heh heh...
So with this "huge storm" coming, I decided I'd better not stay over in Owatonna and headed home around 5.30...stops at the McStop in Lakeville and Tanger in North Branch (cute sweater and top there) got me home around 9. Only the last 5 miles were iffy - the rest of the trip was uneventful home...
...woke up at 7.45 on Sunday to only 1/2 inch of snow - grrrrrrr! I could have stayed in Owatonna! 1.5 hours later there was 3.5 inches of snow and more coming! Ok - good call, but still - ugh!
I watched Elizabeth:The Golden Age (very good - cool views of the Spanish Armada defeat) on Sunday and read The Tale of Despereaux (highly recommend it!) yesterday. Am going to get started on Revolutionary Road today sometime.
So - there you go - another update in the life of Anne! Family Christmas coming up on Saturday!
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