We have gotten our money's worth.

Dateline:  April 23, 2013 - 17 miles east of Hayward, WI

10 inches of snow fell last night.  Schools are closed - even the school in the town of Winter is closed.  So...Winter is closed.  I wish it were closed.  Winter is open and thriving here.  Two of the spring sports teams haven't even suited up:  baseball and soccer.  The track team had two indoor meets.  (Watch out in the bleachers for the shotput or discus coming your way.)   We trying to be positive.  I have finished a quilt.  We are working on spring cleaning.  Once spring is here - who wants to clean?  Anyway, this is a minor inconvenience when I think of people whose homes are flooded around the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.  Or those who are recovering from a bombing or the families of those who aren't going to recover. 

Let it snow.  Let it snow.  Let it snow.  We have gotten our money's worth of Northwoods weather.  We're retired so we don't need to tackle it and then put in a day at work. 

Saturday's predicted high:  50

The Blog You Have Been Waiting to Hear from the Northwoods

Spring is very late this year.  Locals can't remember when it was this late.  Many people go away for March and return in April when Spring is suppose to return.  These folks are walking around in a daze.  Those of us who stayed have hidden away the kitchen cutlery for our own protection.  Last Saturday, it rained and sleeted all day.  Scheduled to read at church Saturday evening, in town I went.  (Case was at our son's house.) During the one hour at church, it started to snow.  Then I went to Walmart for the weekly food supply.  During the one hour in the store, the truck got covered with snow.  Covered.  Yesterday I was in town for errands.  I knew most of the shopkeepers.  "Did you hear the weather report?" they would say with this look on their faces.  Think Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining. Weather says there is a winter storm warning because 6-10 inches are expected with lots of wind.  The lake still has over 20 inches of ice.

And that's why you don't live in the Northwoods.