Friday, January 07, 2011

4.5 - 5

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

Inches of fresh new snow, that is. Winter arrived the day after Christmas and has not left! We still have several inches of snow (not to mention the piles where it was plowed/shoveled, etc) left from the blizzard. Now all that crusted-over snow has a fresh coating on top. It fell without any breeze or wind today. Very pretty! The only trouble was I was worried that Rick’s flight would be delayed since Newark is notorious for delays if anybody so much as sneezes, but that was not the case. His flight arrived right on time late this afternoon.

However ... I did have to look my fear right in the eyes and use the snowblower on Johnny to clear the drive. We have a system here: I mow; Rick blows. I’m not very good at the snowblowing gig, but I managed to make it work. I won’t have to do any leg lifts tonight as I got most of my exercise working the pedal to raise and lower the snowblower attachment. whew. But, I know if I have to I can get myself out of the house if Rick is not here. We have such a long driveway (and circular too) that it can be a challenge. Thankfully it wasn’t a huge snowfall.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

And, for tonight, we have an Emmy in the house. I am talking a real-honest-to-god-Emmy sitting right here a foot away from me. Tonight when Rick brought it home I took it out of its padded box and held it. It’s heavy! And gorgeous! It’s not really ours. It belongs to the company that Rick works for who was awarded the Emmy for their broadcast technology. More on that later. For tonight, the winged being is ours. Tomorrow we will take her to the office holiday event and hopefully Andy Jantzen (to whom it really belongs) will take her home with him for the night.

Photos to follow, I promise.

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Welcome, I'm Lynne. You know me better as a 'new' Jersey Girl. But now I've moved once again, this time to North Carolina. Here I write about my thoughts, good food, and of course, dogs.

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