I parked at my house to take a little nap, before starting my rounds. By the time I woke up I could barely drive the streets without slipping and sliding, and had to return to the post office with most of the mail undelivered.
No one at the post office had ever bothered to check our snow chains to see if they would fit the tires. And they didn’t fit. Mail delivery was canceled for two days, until we could finally get the correct chains.
When we returned to work, we had a high mountain of mail and parcels to climb, and put in many hours of overtime to catch up.
Heavy snows like this are very rare for our area, but some weather reports are predicting the possibility of up to 11 inches falling overnight.
We’ll see.
Meantime, have a Merry Christmas. And if it isn’t white, just look at this photo and enjoy vicariously. And be glad you don’t have to use your shovel.
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Chasing Unicorns 
Here Christmas will be green and bright.
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Sounds great. It’s been cold and windy here all day.
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So is it snowing yet? Did Santa bring you a big shovel? 🙂
I am sure you were ready for another nap after working overtime to get caught up!
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Not snowing yet. But it’s cold enough to.
I think I’m always ready for a nap. Working overtime just made me more eager for one.
Letter carriers get a 30 minute, unpaid lunch break, and I always took mine at home, before starting my rounds. And I usually got in a little shut-eye while on my lunch break. A power nap, as it’s sometimes called.
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Those power naps can help a lot! Stay warm!
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Snnnnxxxxzzz . . .
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Did you wake up to a Winter Wonderland today? 🙂
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No, it just rained all night. But now it’s snowing. So far we have 3″ on the ground. The forecast is now calling for up to 9″ by the end of the day.
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Oh I love to watch the snow falling. Sounds like you may be getting a work out with shoveling. 🙂
While here we are having it almost reach 50 degrees today! Crazy, but I am not complaining, I am sure we will see the white stuff fall before too long!
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Yeah, it’s beautiful to watch. It’s melting almost as fast as it’s falling, but it’s a little over 3″ now. Our normal high this time of year is mid-50s. It was 40 this morning, but right now it’s 32.
We’re going to send this white stuff your way, so you can enjoy it real soon.
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32? You should go take a walk. I was able to walk out to the mailbox with no coat, was nice. 🙂
Oh aren’t you nice to want to share your snow, but Santa didn’t bring me a new shovel!
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Hey, 32 must feel like it’s freezing. Screw taking a walk. If you think I’m a sissy, maybe you’re right.
But just try coming out to my desert on a typical July day, and go for a walk around three in the afternoon. But be sure to take along plenty of water.
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Ummm….you post the pics of your desert and I will take an afternoon virtual walk in July with the fan blowing on me. 🙂
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Okay, but throw a little sand in the fan blades now and then.
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Haha! Will try to remember that.
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I never knew you were a postal worker. That, perhaps, explains a few things …
When I was in DC, I was amazed that the city basically shut down on an inch or two of snow and ice. But then I realized that cities which don’t normally receive snow have neither the equipment nor the expertise to deal with it. I was so used to salted roads, snowplows, and snowtires that it simply never occurred to me that wouldn’t be the case elsewhere.
So – Did you have a white Christmas? We did not. I missed it some, but did enjoy driving to my daughter’s house in nearly 50 degree weather, and not having to bundle up myself as well as the gifts.
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Sounds like it was warmer in Buffalo than where I live, yesterday. Well, it didn’t snow yesterday, but it was very cold. However today it’s snowing. So far we have 3″ on the ground, with much more expected. Aren’t you glad you’re in Buffalo?
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Ha! Today it’s in the 50s and raining. Really weird December weather here.
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Wow, how warm. Our high today has been 49. At least the snow is melting, but I’m thinking of moving to Buffalo.
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Wow. It was 70 degrees here.
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Sounds nice. We’ve warmed up to a toasty 37 now. Snow depth is 7″ and the flakes are still falling fast.
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It was nice, but I’d also love to see 7″ of snow.
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I like this much snow about once a decade. Which is just about how often we get it.
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Glad you like it, for I do believe you special ordered it when you made a comment about someone needing a new shovel! 😃
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It’s karma. Anyway, we got 7 1/2 inches today, but now it’s melted down to 6 inches deep. But we’re expecting to get 1-3 inches overnight.
But out here, we don’t use snow shovels. We just wait for the sun to do our shoveling. And tomorrow is expected to be a sunny, melty day.
It’s only people who live back east who need shovels.
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Snow all melted? Well the shovel hasn’t been needed here yet. The snow shovel that is. 🙂
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There’s still a few inches left on the ground, but it’s going away rapidly. You’ll be proud of the fact that I actually got out our old snow shovel and cleared some of our walkways.
By the way, mail delivery was canceled yesterday, as was trash pickup. And I doubt we’re going to receive these services today, either.
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I am impressed that you are making use of your shovel.
That makes me laugh about the cancellation of services though, but understand it! It probably is safer that everyone stays off the road!
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Yes. Out here, people aren’t so experienced at driving in the snow. So everything shuts down when this happens.
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With the crazy way some people drive here when it snows you would think that they have no experience of driving in snow.
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Even where you live, huh?
Out here, we have very few snow plows. The highway gets plowed, and that’s it. So unless you have 4-wheel drive, it’s hard to travel after a big snow.
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Yes, its because having experience of driving in the snow still doesn’t keep some people from being idiots!
I only drive in snow and ice when needed, do not like it! I spun out on black ice before. Stopped in a snowbank so all was well though my heart may have been beating a little fast.
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Black ice can be very thrilling. Isn’t it nice someone located a snowbank right where you needed it?
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Not sure “thrilling” is the right word. LOL! But yes it was very nice that someone put that snowbank right where I needed it . It had my name on it. 🙂
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Nice!
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😊
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Don’t encourage that lady, I tell ya.
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Go lady go! Oops. Did I type that out loud?
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I hope she wasn’t listening.
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lol you apparently were..
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I heard her! 🙂
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Oh my gosh you all wouldn’t survive up here. We’d never get the mail. lol Hope you had a Merry Christmas. Happy New Year!
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Will you have red wine to ring in the New Year? 🙂🎊
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White and maybe some egg nog and rye! How about you?
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Egg Nog for sure. Been drinking it since Christmas.
We always have sparkling juices on New Years Eve. Still have 2 underage teens but not for long. I do have a bottle of Cherry Blossom red wine for later when I visit my friend. 🙂
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You’re all set then! Smart too hide the wine for you and your friends!
Mmmm egg nog!
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My husband had never drank egg nog til he met me and I got him hooked.
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Ah, so it’s addictive. Kind of like coffee.
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Oh No, he detests coffee, remember. Its just addictive the week of Christmas. You can’t get it any other time.
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Only available during Christmas? What a cruel trick to play on freshly recruited addicts.
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Haha! True!
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High five! You brought him to the dark side!
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LOL! Yup! Glad you are still awake! I think Tippy is in Zzzz land. 🙂
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Not yet. I’m here standing on my left foot.
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Haha! Well keep standing! But you are on the wrong foot!!
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Damn!
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Shhh don’t wake him, then we can talk.
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Zzzzzzsnx . . . huh . . . wha? . . . zzzzz
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Oh nothing. Go back to sleep.
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If I lived where you’re at, I’d turn into an icicle and shatter the first time anything touched me.
Thank you. We sure did have a Merry Christmas. I hope you and yours did also.
Happy New Year from the very warm and snowy south!
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Since Gibber brought up Egg nog, do you drink that ? 🙂
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If it’s raw eggs, then no. If it’s alcoholic, then no. And by the way, what the heck is a nog?
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Oh gosh, its not raw eggs and its not alcoholic, have you really never tried it? And I don’t know what nog is. 🙂
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Find out what nog is, and then I’ll consider giving it a try.
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Okay I will be ready for you to try it next December! 🙂
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Alright. I’ll try to remember in December.
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You would for sure. That being said it was plus 4 today so warm. We’ve had an easy winter so far compared to most others since we’ve been here, when it does snow though the roads are rarely cleared. Our street has not been yet this winter. Winter starting in Nov.
Thank you! We had a great Christmas! Hubby is still on holiday until Friday so it’s been very restful and relaxing. Good to hear yours was good as well. Happy New Year!
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Are you familiar with the song by the Brothers Four, entitled “Four Strong Winds”? One of the verses mentions your province:
“Guess I’ll go down to Alberta, weather’s good there in the fall . . .”
Then the next verse goes . . .
“If I get there before the snow flies, and if things are looking good
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare
But by then it would be winter, not enough for you to do
And those winds sure do blow cold way up there.”
That song tells me all I need to know about Alberta. I’m staying where I’m at.
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I haven’t heard it but it’s so true. Our first year up here it started snowing in Oct. and never stopped all winter. The winds can also be very wicked.
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The song is very powerful, but also very depressing. Must be kind of like your winters.
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Most winters have been, so far this one hasn’t been as bad. But they are very long like 6 months.
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It looks so pretty in a photo … a lot less so when you’re the one who has to shovel it.
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So true. I had to do a little shoveling after this last storm. It dropped 7 1/2 inches. It reminded me of the bad old days, when I lived in upstate New York.
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I’m happy to report that the snow that fell overnight melted before it had to be shovelled 🙂
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Hooray!
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This is my kind of winter so far 😁
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