And I'm not Talking About Pineapple Snowcones...

I actually heard someone sing-song to a baby today, "you smell like yellow snow, and I'm not talking about pineapple snowcones..."

I still don't know exactly how I feel about this. Bad about pineapple snowcones, I guess. I definitely don't want a slushy treat flavored even remotely like that kid...

Recipe for Pigpen Snowcone:
First & Foremost, you MUST have a Snoopy Snowcone Machine...

Snowball

Snowball by Shel Silverstein

3 Cold Monte

I am convinced that in the 11th hour of this cold, it has managed to reinvent itself and reinfect me, not once, but twice. Like the phoenix, rising from the ashes and then sneezing in my face immediately upon rebirth, this twisted, mangled, mutated cold has grown hardy and I am trapped in the hold-tight. I need a nap...

Cosmic Sneeze: The Phoenix Nebula

Cold Case

According to WebMD, Americans will each get 3 to 4 colds this year, and children will each average 6. So if I have 4 children, that means I can expect to have roughly 6,487 more colds this year. Hmmm...I may have forgot to carry the one, I'm on cold medicine...

A fictional woman once said, "I hate having a cold. Anyone can have a cold. I mean, I’d like to have a good illness, something different, impressive. Just once I’d like to be able to say: Yeah, I’m not feeling so good, my leg is haunted..."

Nonetheless, I am ill. I blog to you in spite of the vicious yet unimpressive cold that is now ripping through my body, inasmuch that, were I in bed, I might have said something like 'from my deathbed...' Unoriginal, yes, but still slightly more impressive than a cold. Man, this chair's really holding me back.

I'll keep you posted.


Click Here to See What Puts You at Risk for the Common Cold

I don't care, I'm not buying snow boots!

My adamant refusal to buy snow boots all these years has once again come back to bite me in the butt.

Running late the other morning, I found myself in a bra, wrap jacket, pajama pants...barefoot in the fresh powder, desperately trying to carry two school age children to the departing bus because they refused to walk through the snow that I neglected to shovel.

And, of course, because I am apparently quite elderly, I all but had a raging cold before I got back to my porch.



Click here for crock pot recipe: Ginger Chicken Noodle Soup

Because Snow Hates Me as Much as I Hate it

Snow and I are natural enemies: it would kill me if it got the chance...I know this. It has every intention of attacking me with a vengance any and every time I venture outside. Don't laugh...if you're in Utah, you've made that hitlist as well, Mon Frere. You're on Snow's turf now--all bets are off.




Montana Mountain Man: Click Here to Learn about Rough Terrain Snow Safety

Snow Owes me $35.00

Because I recently moved from an apartment with snow removal to a house without, I had to invest in a snow shovel. Additionally, I also had to buy 60 pounds of rock salt ice melter stuff, which was a joy to lug to my car, let me tell you. That means the desire to be able to meet my kids' bus at the curb compounded by snow cost me about $35.00 this week.

If snow hadn't come to collect, that money could've grown up to be:

• 35 Vitamin or Smart Waters
• 12 boxes of cereal
• 810 fish oil softgels
• 400 oz of laundry detergent
• 140 cans of Mountain Dew
• 35 Hot Pockets
• 10 gallons of gas
• 35 yogurts
• 29 Redbox movie rentals
• 2 yoga mats
• 6 Mossimo Supply Co. camis
• 3 toddler tutus
• 3 black ink cartridges
• 70 double rolls of toilet paper
• 1/10 of an 37" LCD flat panel tv
• 7 Subway 6" sandwiches
• 105 wooden kitchen utensils or 120 coffee mugs from IKEA
• 5 pairs of eyeglasses from zenni.com

Building a Snowman with Lousy Utah Snow

For more on building a snowman with lousy Utah snow visit:
How to Build a Snowman with Utah Snow

The Right Snow for Making a Snowman         
 (...And What to Do If You Don't Have It)

"My parents moved to Utah, which usually has dry, fine powder snow. It's great for skiiing; lousy for making snowmen. You need wetter snow. But you don't need icy styrofoam-like snow that has to be carved with garden tools (I've done it).

Here's what you want:



Left: If you close your fist around a handful, and it mostly falls apart, you'll have trouble. This is tricky snow for little kids to manage.

If it just won't stick enough to roll a ball, try piling it up high with a snow shovel instead, pounding it so the innards get compressed enough to hang together, then gently carving away loose snow and shaping the compressed core with sticks, garden tools or sand toys. Don't feel bad if it looks funny.

Right: PERFECT! If you close your fist around a handful, and it leaves the imprint of your fingers and glove, you've got sticky snow that's ready to roll or carve."

-squidoo.com

Left Out in the Cold During Black Out

1/18/12 repositioned post

Sign Google's 'End Piracy, Not Liberty' Online Petition- Click Here For 24 hours, Wikipedia will be blacked out to create awareness of Congressional legislation that is currently in discussion that would create Internet censorship in America. You can call your elected officials and tell them you are their constituent, and you oppose SOPA and PIPA.  Concerns have been raised that:

• SOPA and PIPA put the burden on website owners to police user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of entire sites.  

• Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend themselves.  

• Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being infringed.  

• Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't show up in major search engines. SOPA and PIPA build a framework for future restrictions and suppression. 

• In a world in which politicians regulate the Internet based on the influence of big money, Wikipedia — and sites like it — cannot survive.

• Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners, but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease. SOPA and PIPA are not the answer: they will fatally damage the free and open Internet.

-Wikipedia

 As a former student and neighbor of Rob Bishop, I must believe that he would oppose something that could hurt or devalue education and free communication. He was a creative, expressive educator who taught at a school with minimal funds and material and textbook shortages. To schools and educators such as these and the students they teach, the Internet is invaluable. Especially as he is yet undecided on this matter, I encourage you to contact him.




To Contact Utah Representatives, Click Here To see where Utah Members of Congress Stand, Click Here

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For Wikipedia's 'SOPA and PIPA- Learn More' Page, Click Here