Friday OT: Snow Day

[Angie]

What are your favorite snow day activities? Do you go out and brave the elements to snowshoe or build a snowman? Do you cuddle in front of the fire?

Our children went out and built a miniature snowman on Monday, and both made themselves an entire activity list. Snow angels, hot chocolate, building a fort. They each checked them all off!

 

[brianhos]

I will go out in this to snowblow the sidewalk, and that's it.

 

[CRcyclone6]

I would make the best forts as a kid with the piles of snow my dad would make. They would be as high as the loader would make the piles. I had to make the boys go out the other day (15 and 12).

 

[Angie]

I will go out in this to snowblow the sidewalk, and that's it.

Yeah, my snow day list involves a fire and not much else.

 

[Helser 83]

Day Drinking

 

[Angie]

I would make the best forts as a kid with the piles of snow my dad would make. They would be as high as the loader would make the piles. I had to make the boys go out the other day (15 and 12).

I don’t know what got into ours, but they went out three different times on Tuesday, then again Wednesday. I thought it was super cold and windy for that?

 

[Cyclonepride]

Finally got our new furnace in, so that's a plus! Not sure the 3 radiant heaters would have kept up for the next few days.

If I had a snow day today, it would be naps and video games in between clearing the driveway.

 

[carvers4math]

We always went sledding, both as kids and with our kids. When I drove by a local park this week, there were dozens of cars parked by the big hill.

One year, one of my brothers steered us into a pole at the bottom of the hill. Full impact to my face and I was bawling to high heaven. I was around 6 so he must have been 14 at the time, and was begging me not to tell mom. I didn’t rat him out but it became obvious with the black eyes.

We did a lot of giant jigsaw puzzles on snow days and played cribbage, hearts, pitch, and spades.

We built a snow dog house one year. The dog wouldn’t go near it, smart dog. It collapsed a few hours later.

 

[wenkeej]

I love my job being a remote job and being able to stumble down the stairs to Basement Office of Solitude each morning.

That said I don't get snow days anymore. Oh well, worth the sacrifice.

 

[cycloner29]

Got a Cowboy cut Ribeye at Walmart this morning. Going to Sous Vide it and sear it in a skillet for lunch.

 

[CYdTracked]

On a day like today I don't plan to step foot outside with the wind chill. Just hoping the wind dies down before tomorrow morning so I only have to snow blow once. I'm one of those people that will not clear my drive and sidewalk until the snow is done and its done drifting as I have a corner lot and plenty of driveway with a 3 stall garage to clear. On top of that I got volunteered to clear my neighbor's across the street this weekend while they are out of town too and they have a 3 stall driveway too so I'm not planning to do both twice if I can avoid it.

 

[MJ29]

Reading. Mindless movies. Coffee. Comfort foods. Possibly beer.

 

[wxman1]

Kids started a fort and then realized it also can double as an extra part of the hill to sled down in our front yard. Due to the winds today I am not sure if we will kick them outside at all or not.

 

[drlove]

I'm the guy in the neighborhood with a snowblower, so I enjoy clearing the sidewalks and driveways of snow. The only downside in Colorado was the time we got too much snow and I did keep up with it as it went, so there was too much for the snowblower. Sounds like Iowa is bracing for that sort of experience. Good luck everyone.

 

[Angie]

On a day like today I don't plan to step foot outside with the wind chill. Just hoping the wind dies down before tomorrow morning so I only have to snow blow once. I'm one of those people that will not clear my drive and sidewalk until the snow is done and its done drifting as I have a corner lot and plenty of driveway with a 3 stall garage to clear. On top of that I got volunteered to clear my neighbor's across the street this weekend while they are out of town too and they have a 3 stall driveway too so I'm not planning to do both twice if I can avoid it.

We got an electric snowblower a couple of years ago, as @Mr Janny thought it would be more reliable than our old one stage gas snowblower was. It wouldn’t even touch the snow that we got on Monday, so our entire family was out shoveling the three-stall driveway and sidewalks. As soon as we got inside, I made it very clear that we would now be purchasing a two-stage gas one. Ordered, picked up, and assembled over the past few days. We are going to give that a try today - never again on that heavy/icy shoveling crap, as we also discovered that the super wide shovel we purchased this fall isn’t useful for that type/deepness of snow.

Janny also waits until the end to snowblow. It is definitely more efficient time wise - the only thing is sometimes it gets wet and heavy during the day. So I do see the logic in both sides of the argument.

 

[Cyclonepride]

We always went sledding, both as kids and with our kids. When I drove by a local park this week, there were dozens of cars parked by the big hill.

One year, one of my brothers steered us into a pole at the bottom of the hill. Full impact to my face and I was bawling to high heaven. I was around 6 so he must have been 14 at the time, and was begging me not to tell mom. I didn’t rat him out but it became obvious with the black eyes.

We did a lot of giant jigsaw puzzles on snow days and played cribbage, hearts, pitch, and spades.

We built a snow dog house one year. The dog wouldn’t go near it, smart dog. It collapsed a few hours later.

When my son was about 3, we went sledding and he was going down feet first heading toward a tree. I did the Super Dad thing and ran down after him and dove to stop the sled. It stopped, but he didn't. Little boots hooked the front of the sled and he went straight forward and over, and face planted into the snow. He was so furious with me and I felt really bad. Really funny thinking back on it though.

 

[CYdTracked]

We got an electric snowblower a couple of years ago, as @Mr Janny thought it would be more reliable than our old one stage gas snowblower was. It wouldn’t even touch the snow that we got on Monday, so our entire family was out shoveling the three-stall driveway and sidewalks. As soon as we got inside, I made it very clear that we would now be purchasing a two-stage gas one. Ordered, picked up, and assembled over the past few days. We are going to give that a try today - never again on that heavy/icy shoveling crap, as we also discovered that the super wide shovel we purchased this fall isn’t useful for that type/deepness of snow.

Jenny also waits until the end to snowblow. It is definitely more efficient time wise - the only thing is sometimes it gets wet and heavy during the day. So I do see the logic in both sides of the argument.

Yeah I am not buying anything electric anytime soon until they make them just as good as the gas powered machine they would replace. The only yard equipment I own that is electric is my cordless trimmer/weed eater and it's not like that needs a ton of power to do its job.

I've always had a good sized 2 stage snow blower because I've lived on a corner lot at both of my homes so I am not messing around when I have to clear that much sidewalk. Even my gas powered snow blower you have to take it a little slower going through the wet heavy snow like we had earlier this week but the stuff we are getting now is going to be dry and fluffy but probably drift some with the wind and it will cut through that like butter. Not surprised the electric one struggled, even the larger 2 stage gas snow blowers will plug up with really wet snow if you try to go through it too fast.

 

[JP4CY]

Sounds lame but during snow days we try and wash bed sheets and sort out clothes for Goodwill donations.

 

[baller21]

Sounds lame but during snow days we try and wash bed sheets and sort out clothes for Goodwill donations.

Eww those must be some crusty sheets the rest of the year. We wash ours once a week.

 

[MeanDean]

What are your favorite snow day activities? Do you go out and brave the elements to snowshoe or build a snowman? Do you cuddle in front of the fire?

Our children went out and built a miniature snowman on Monday, and both made themselves an entire activity list. Snow angels, hot chocolate, building a fort. They each checked them all off!

This sounds more like a Mom XL spreadsheet than a kid thing. Unless it's "Like Mother, like child."