Merry Christmas!
But..wait…we haven’t even had Halloween here in Connecticut.
Hurricane Sandy has wreaked havoc on all the trees, power lines, and coast so much that they postponed Halloween—the second time in a row here! Guess which day they chose to celebrate it?
Tonight.
Just when a nor’easter has decided to snow-torture all of us who have been without power and standing in hour-long gas lines for the past NINE days!
Wait. The lights just flickered off and on.
I can’t go another week of not being able to check my sales and email!
Anyway, I kept my Halloween decorations up in order to help get into the delayed-Halloween spirit, but now this is just looking pathetic. Gore and snow do not compliment each other. The town has canceled Halloween yet again and I hope this cold spell moves out so that my kids can get a night out in their much-anticipated costumes without having to cover them in snow suits.
Oh well, I should just count my blessings that my house and family are safe and power is up and humming. Halloween will come again next year…
Or will it?
Dearest Lauren and eastern US people: I wish everyone well cleaning up and getting re-established. **HUG**
If I may offer humour, I haven’t taken my decorations down (oh well) and see a similar raven dangling across from my window as Lauren’s picture! Also, when many of us were children in the 70s & 80s, winter temperatures and snow fell much earlier. A snowsuit with Hallowe’en costumes was normal. You don’t cover your garb Lauren! The suit goes over those parkas! 🙂
With much love to everyone in need of support and warmth,
Carolyn in southern Manitoba.
Thanks so much, Carolyn, and I’m sure those from Canada have some great suggestions for the colder weather. I’ve become too used to trudging through leaves instead of snow while trick-or-treating.
My thoughts are also with all those who are still struggling on the coast. At least the winds are not as strong as they predicted (even though the snow is STILL falling).
Oh no! I am glad that you are doing okay. I cannot imagine how frustrating that must be with all that snow. Up here in Ontario, we have only experienced a little bit of snow fall. Stay warm and safe!
Thanks, Sara! Usually we don’t get a good snowfall until late December. I guess this is becoming our new normal.
…and now we’re out of power again 😦
So sorry you are experiencing what we here in Florida have been through so much. I do understand and I totally sympathize with you. I know it’s hard, but this too will pass. You will look back and wonder how you got through it all. Good luck, Lauren. I hope you didn’t sustain too much damage.
It must be so horrible to be in area that has to get used to such continual destruction. We don’t get too much weather devastation around here and it has truly shown me what is important. Everything has been patched up here but now my heart is with NJ. It will be sometime before things return back to normal there.
Wow, all that snow already. It’s so pretty to look at, and yet, so yucchy to deal with. Merry Halloween.
I love that! I’m going to use it we trick-or-treat in this snow!
Now I keep imagining going trick-or-treating in the snow. No fun. 😦 Maybe your town should have a ‘comfort-stick-your-belly-full-of-candy night.’ 🙂 But I’m glad the power’s back!
Hope things get better soon! Stay safe. Meanwhile, try to pass the time with writing with pencil and paper 🙂
Throughout the whole thing I was so nervous that I couldn’t get any writing done 😦
But I was able to cross-stitch the day away! Now, back to my writing…