5 posts tagged “michigan”

Walking in the woods with sandals on, just to feel the wet dead leaves on my toes.

"Wintery mix"

As quoted by most any weatherman about our weather the past few days.  Although I don't see how it applies since all we've been getting here is plain freezing rain.  I must say that it makes the world a prettier place... all that ice hanging off of everything in sight.  But it is, after all, just ice and water.  No snow.  No sleet.  No hail.  No other forms of precipitation.  So how can freezing rain which coats everything in ice be considered a "wintery mix"?  Not to mention that "wintery" isn't even a word.  And it's not like we're talking about a delicious treat (trail mix anyone?).  Why can't they just say "Freezing rain to leave a coating of ice.  Possibility of sleet or snow in some areas."  Perhaps they don't want to be too specific in case they are wrong.

Anyone else find that amusing?

So I post about Mother Nature and apparently somebody has issues.  Not you.  And not you either, put down the fork.  No, I'm talking about Miss I'm-going-to-frak-with-the-good-residents-of-MI-and-watch-them-squirm McPoopypants.  Nother Mature.

Mind you, I'm not complaining.  Really, I'm not.  I'm not one of those hard to please never happy women.  I'm not!

I'm happy we got snow.  I'm happy the high today is 31 degrees.  I'm happy it's only 65 degrees inside and the lizards are in comas.

I am.  Happy.

Okay, so seriously, I am rather happy that winter has decided to, well, be winter.  Not a timid pale version of fall.  When it's well into January and my parsley in the garden is still a vivid green.  Well, I do tend to have issues with that.  When I can count on one hand the times we've had frost on the windshield.  Issues.  I have them.  I also have a kitten on my lap who doesn't appreciate me hitting her in the head with my forearm or in the back with the keyboard, so I'll cut this post short before she decides to take a chunk out of my wrist.  It's been known to happen.

There is just something very wrong when you watch the nightly news and when the weatherman comes on, he says something to the effect of "Stay tuned for the weekly forecast and when we'll get the sunshine back," in the frakking beginning of January.  When he actually starts talking about the weather a little bit later (and telling us when we'll get sun) he mentions that the temperatures will start "falling" after Wednesday.  Falling to what you ask?  Try 42 degrees.  From the middle fifties he's forecasting in the next day.  Falling from the fifties to the forties.  In the beginning of January!!  I have to say at this point I'm rather disgusted with Mother Nature.

I also find it ironic since I want to move to the southwest and here I am complaining about mild temperatures and the lack of snow.

Instead of "You know you're a redneck..."
It's "You know it's a Michigan Christmas when..."

The morning you leave for your mom's house, it's foggy and clammy.

As you go from one family home to another, it's raining.

You finally arrive home and the weatherman says the rain will turn into snow.

You're still waiting for the snow.