It's winter, it's official

[annathepiper]

So after the last month or so that's involved a big ol' snowstorm and an even bigger windstorm, I must grant that freezing fog is kind of anticlimactic. However, it means that the little bit of street right in front of our house is almost completely covered in ice. This caused me quite a bit of consternation coming out of the house this morning, since it meant I had to step over into the neighbor's yard to get to somewhere that actually had enough traction for me to make it down to the clear cross street without falling flat on my ass.

I was not quite so lucky coming home this evening. I thought (rashly) that if I inched my way up the hill I could make it to the house. This thought was quickly dashed as I found myself sliding backwards without even trying to walk. solarbird, who was with me at the time, quickly advised me not to lock my knees--and that was helpful. I bent them and crouched a bit, trying to get my center of gravity lower, and finally had to let myself do a bit of a controlled fall so I could just go ahead and get it overwith. Except that I landed on the right side of my bum, and now although it didn't hurt when I fell, I can definitely feel it sitting on our nice soft couch. Ow.

If it's still this icy tomorrow morning, I'm seriously going to consider taking advantage of my shiny new VPN access to work from home.

Saturday through Wednesday miles: 13.35
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1649.05
Miles out of Rauros Falls: 340.05
Miles to Isengard: 143.95

Last, but not least, have a meme:

Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my annathepiper, in this life or the next.

Which movie was this quote from?

Get your own quotes:

Maximus, darling, you can have me any time you like.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Happiness is VPN when things go south...

[annathepiper]

It was very helpful today, that was for sure!

[solarbird]

After we finally get the proper front stairs built, the next project - clearly - should be a sidewalk down to the street.

Or something.

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Weren't you the one who pointed out to me that a path from the house to the street isn't a sidewalk, but a walkway? :-)

[solarbird]

Down to the next street. The one wasn't iced over, at the end of the one that was.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

might be worth investing in a pair of yaktrax.

[annathepiper]

I did not know these existed! You're quite right, it sounds like it bears investigation. Thanks for the tip. :)

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

So how many times did it take you to get that movie quote?

[annathepiper]

Quite a few. ;) I didn't count.

[mistwolf.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor butt. I still think everyone should winter here with us. :)

[lethendy.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your butt. I'm sure that will be me soon.....

Have you thought about getting some ice grippers (http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=2&p=46633&cat=2,51676&ap=1)? I have version b and find them really useful.

[annathepiper]

I did not know such things existed--thank you for enlightening me!

I bet I could find some at REI. This bears investigation.

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Remember that ice storm which hit Frankfort and Lexington a few years ago? A video of an EMT team at a suburban home fetching a man who had fallen made the national news. The only way to get from the ambulance to the house was to sit and scoot, dragging their equipment. On the way back they just slid downhill. Even the patient in the stretcher was laughing as he slowly slid and turned down the mild slope.

[annathepiper]

I remember the ice storm vaguely, yeah. But wow, about that EMT team. I'm glad that even the patient got some giggles out of it. :)

[ravyngyngvar.livejournal.com]

Lucky you. Here in Bergen, it's currently 7 degrees Celsius, and wet. Having passed 60 days of rainy days, we've passed the all time high record of consecutive rainy days (defined as days with more than 0.1mm of rain), and it shows no sign of stopping.

Posting from my dad's house right now. My PC is still broken, and when the store, in their mercy, grants me a reply after I've been waiting on the phone for half an hour, all they say is that they still don't know when it will be ready. I think I'll go there in person on Tuesday.

[annathepiper]

Odd definition of "luck" you have there, involving me slipping on my ass. ;) And oh, don't worry, I'm sure we'll get around to racking up the record rainy days again. November was record-breaking for rain around here, and last winter we had set records as well. It's raining tonight, in fact, and we have a flood watch up. Oh joy oh glee.

Sorry to hear your computer is out! Good luck on your efforts to knock some sense into the repair people.

[ravyngyngvar.livejournal.com]

"The grass is always greener..." With the current weather I'm feeling that any resemblance to actual winter would be an improvement.

After much nagging, they've finally loaned me a new computer, which I'm just setting up now. Looks like it's working reasonably fine. I'm just wondering how much I should install on it, considering that I signed a paper to return it in more or less the same condition I got it in.

[annathepiper]

Glad you were finally able to get that computer thing resolved, from what you said in your email today. :)

Though it sounds like not much improvement on the weather front!

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, there was no rain yesterday, so 84 consecutive days of rain was what it stopped at. And the people rejoiced!

Well, no they didn't, because lots of people were hoping that we'd break the all time high Norwegian record ever, which was said to be 87. Now it's been corrected to 103, measured in Fana outside Bergen in 1986.

[annathepiper]

Hey Yngvar, your comment came through anonymous. Better check if you're logged into LJ, eh? :)

And wow, that's about on par with the rain records we've been breaking in Seattle. Last few days, though, it's actually been pretty nice. In January. It's creepy!