Day 81: Snow

Hi again,
As I sit here with the wind howling outside and snow coming down and being blown around, I think it is time to find something to be thankful for about snow. We are currently experiencing a snow storm with winds gusting to 55km/hr causing low visibility outside and making it nasty to be outside. It is supposed to last till tomorrow at least into the afternoon. Personally I would love to just say that there is nothing to be thankful for about snow and choose something else but there has to be something and some days I need to challenge myself to be thankful for stuff that I don't like. So I will share what I have come up with so far. The first thing I have thought of while pondering what I can be thankful for is that while there is snow, there are no bugs. LOL It may sound funny but I do love this. There are no ants or spiders or flies or other annoying insects like mosquitoes. All the bugs dissapear during the winter and while there is snow on the ground. So no bug spray is needed which I dislike too because it's kind of icky but it works. This one blessing about snow has me feeling better about snow already. lol But not enough to want snow any longer than we have it already. :) The next thing I thought of is all the outdoor activities we can do with snow when it isn't so cold that we can't be outside comfortably. Some winter activities I love that are not possible without snow are tobogganing and skating and building snowmen and skiing. It makes me smile thinking of trying to do these activities without snow. lol One time when I was young I actually attempted to toboggan down a small dirt hill-let me just say it didn't go so well. lol So there are things to be thankful for about snow and whether it makes it worth it to live with snow 6months of the year sometimes I don't know yet but it makes it seem a little less bad. Does it make up for the bad driving and the cold? maybe having no bugs does. lol no bugs splatting on the windshield that you have to scrub off is nice. :) lol But maybe not. One last thing that can be argued as a good or a bad thing is that you don't have to go to the gym for exercise-just shovel some snow. lol It is definitely exercise! Also very tiring and hard on the back. Well this is my attempt at being thankful for snow!