~Snowin ALL Over the World~

They's snowed in ! :-)
Ines is clearing off her green house...Their dog, Holly is a happy dog
with the snow :-)
Shovel, shovel, shovel.. joys of snow :-)

The weather is changing all over the world. My

friend Raife in the UK said they got 7 inches of

snow where he lives.. The roads are so narrow

over there I cant imagine one of our big plows

going down one of their country roads.. If you

keep some heavy stuff, I used to carry cat litter

and a cement block before I had my rear wheel

drive Reliant.. The weight in the trunk helps with

traction.. Penny has both in her trunk... Plus my

snow shovel :-) Cat litter works great ifn you get

stuck... They arent used to this kind of snow over

there like we are.. South Haven got DUMPED on

big time.. they have over 2 FEET of snow.. BUT

they are used to it and have all the necessary

equipment...Just like every town that deals with

a lot of snow... The pictures are of Raifes yard

in the UK. He needs a snow blower !

Winter is a fun time.. They have snow mobile

races that are quite dangerous sometimes.. Up

in Eagle River, Wisconsin, which isnt far from

where I lived in Stambaugh, well Iron River now.

We went to the races when they first became

popular.. But upper Wisconsin and upper Michigan

to live there year round you have to be an out door

person.. Ice fishing is MOST popular.. David, my

last ex... LOVED ice fishing and I HATED it... I

was NOT happy when he went... yet I got him his

first ice fishing pole and equipment because I

just didn't know what to get him for that Christmas

we lived in Green Bay... He didn't ice fish when we

lived up at home... But David LOVED to ice fish.. I

cannot handle walking out on the ice at all...

David wanted to ice fish a river he knew had lots

of fish...his buddies had told him about it and

where to go... So we went one Saturday.. He parked

the car, got out ALL his stuff, by now he had a power

drill that did the holes, a portable shack and I KNOW

at least 4 poles... The first time he got his power

drill , its like a big drill bit with a motor on it... he

came home and told me he didn't fish at all... He was

having too much fun drilling the holes for all the other

guys that didn't have one.. I think he said he drilled

over a dozen of them.. :-) Men and their toys :-)


Anyway, he parked by the side of that river and David

wanted me to go with him, I refused.. I was NOT

walking out on that ice.. I just couldn't do that.. I have

a huge phobia about deep water, that I knew was

under that ice.. No.. I was NOT going.. I sat and watched

as David dragged all his stuff out there all alone with

no company... the longer I sat there the guiltier I felt..

It took EVERY ounce of will power, but I started the

longest walk I think I ever took in my life and I KNOW

it had to be the worst.. Every step I took towards

David, the more my stomach flipped over.. my knees

got really shakey and I started to get really nauseous,

PUKEY in other words.. After a few more steps, I

went down to my knees, I hear David yell at me "Boo!
are you ok?" I raised my head and waved my hand at

him as if to say "ya, I'm just pukey great".. :-) I

continued the crawl out to David and had to stop

every few crawls to throw up.. I would look down

at my hands on that ice, see the cracks, and that's

all it took.. :-)

By the time I reached David, he was trying to be

so calm about it.. I could see he was smiling.. Cant

you just picture a woman crawling on all fours

across a frozen river puking every few feet? I

was SO glad there were no other fishermen , I

didn't see any... He told me "You didn't have to

come out here, the fish arent biting anyway and

I'm ready to head back in".. That's all it took..
I jumped up and ran like a scalded ape back to

shore and the safety of LAND!!! I did NOT look

back and I didn't even WAIT for David... :-)
I did NOT accompany him again on a ice fishing

trip.. One time.. was enough.. I tried.. NOT for

me at all :-)

Well .. what IS for me is to post this and get

some lunch.. Roast beef today with some of

my good fries.. I'm gonna make my own roast

beef Manhattan sandwich.. MMMMM But

just so you know.. This GORGEOUS WEEBLE

will return! :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...