We love the new house. I try not to gush about it because I think that would get old fast, but yeah, this is the right place for us. I still half expect to find some hideous defect, because it shocks me that this place was in our price range. Thankfully, thus far, we do not appear to be living on an Indian burial ground, nor are we suddenly in the flight path for an airport or next to where they are going to build a highway.
However, now that we've had our first snow, it turns out that our lovely, long, steep, tree-lined driveway does not get enough sun to melt. It snowed on Saturday. We popped out early to get our Christmas tree, and then I spent a wonderful relaxing day baking and watching it snow. We had a fire in the fireplace and there was a Harry Potter movie marathon on TV. I didn't have anywhere I had to go, and the snow turned my already picturesque neighborhood into something out of a Currier and Ives print.
I didn't have to go anywhere on Sunday, either. I'd gotten the lights on the tree on Saturday, but stringing the lights always makes me cranky, so I'd decided to take a break before starting on the ornaments. So on Sunday I decorated the tree and did stuff around the house. There was a Lord of the Rings marathon on TV. I didn't actually mean to watch the whole thing, but I caught most of it as I drifted in and out of the living room between tasks. I love those movies, but I have to admit that sometimes the Frodo bits annoy me. Ok, we get it. Hobbits are innocent and carrying the ring is a burden, and it is precious to Gollum. When it comes to hobbits, I much prefer Merry and Pippin.
And then Monday arrived. I had the day off of work and was planning to go do some Christmas shopping. My driveway had other plans for me though. It took two bags of salt and two hours of shoveling to get the driveway to the point where you could get a car up it. It took another hour to get it cleared to the point where it felt truly safe to drive on. And that was just for our part of the driveway! Our neighbors, clearly more savvy than we are, had cleared the part we share with them on Sunday and left bags of salt along the length of it. Of course, they have an SUV too, so I guess the snow is less of an issue for them. Good thing I didn't have to go to work.
I'd put up photos, but every time I connect the camera to the computer, it freezes. Awesome.
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