Snow Day

It's been a long winter......and  I am bored. So, here is my little list of things that I like about winter:

1) there are no snakes slithering around in the winter - I am TERRIFIED of snakes...the only reason I don't pass out when I see them is b/c I am afraid that if I faint and fall on the ground that they will crawl all over me..so I just stand there and scream at the top of my lungs and then proceed to curl up in the fetal position and rock back and forth for the rest of the day.  I can't even look a magazine that has pictures of snakes in them. Any books that Colton has with snakes in them...those pages have been ripped out and thrown in the garbage. Terrified...truely, 100% terrified! And I am the kind of person that if there is a snake around, I will be the one that spots it! So I will welcome snow if for that reason only!
2) Two words: Roast Dinner! There is nothing more satisfying than sitting down to a warm, home-cooked roast dinner on a freezing cold winter day like today. Mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies, fresh buns and delicious roast beef or pork. That has to be one of my favorite winter meals of all times. I keep the butchers in business in the winter around here. Thankfully I have a brother who raises and butchers pigs, so my freezer is full of 'porky-goodness' this winter. I have a pork roast in the crock-pot as I write this and it will be accompanied by roasted potatoes/carrots, GF gravy and fresh rolls(for the boys).
3) Rosey Cheeks - I love to see Colton all bundled up on a cold day and seeing his red cheeks come through the front door and him saying, " mom, feel my cheeks, they are cooooooolllddd". : )
4) Christmas!
5) Crunchy snow - I love the sound of tires gripping on the snow-packed roads or walking on crisp snow.
6) Snow days - as much as I hate to be couped up inside for days on end, it is nice to have a 'snow day' once in awhile. A day to do nothing and not feel bad about it. A day to sit and watch movies and eat chips and unhealthy snacks. All though the following day is usually spent as a 'sick day' for all the garbage you ate on your 'snow day'...you just can't win, can you? : P
7) Snowmen and snowball fights - There is nothing more fun than spending a beautiful day outside with family and friends and enjoying the childish things that we can do once in awhile. Seeing the faces of  kids as you whip a snowball at them and they look at you like, " Are we allowed to throw one back and not get in trouble?". And who doesn't love building a snowman??!
8) Flannel Sheets! Is there anything better than crawling into a bed that has flannel sheets on it? NOPE!

Well that is my list so far....Today is a 'snow day' here in Calgary ( -35 with the windchill) so I am sitting here with my feet up, watching a movie and eating all the unhealthy snacks I have in the house. Tomorrow will for sure be my 'sick day'...: )
Stay warm my friends!