Checklist for an amazing January:
- Furnace
- Fuzzy blankets
- Wi-Fi
- Booster cables
- Alcohol
- Throat lozenges
- Mittens
- Electricity
- Fireplaces (or perhaps the Fireplace channel)
- Firewood
- Repeat quietly as needed: "A little more daylight every day. A little more...."
- Chips (because buying fruit might require a second mortgage)
- Books
- YouTube
- Hot chocolate
- Command start
- Skidoo
- Reminder: mosquitos are deader than disco
- Friends who bring the funny
- Potluck parties
- Skating (no skates required, some days)
- Snow forts
- Snowshoes
- Mukluks
- Hoarfrost
- An awareness of upcoming Sweet Short February
- Hoodies (bunny-hugs, kangaroo jackets)
- People who clear and sand the roads
- To heck with shaving
- Mettle (noun): a Canadian’s ability to cope well with difficulties or to face any demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way. Synonyms: fortitude, strength of character, moral fiber, determination, backbone, grit, courage, fearlessness, daring, disposition, nature, temperament, personality, guts, spunk, balls. [See Alberta man who punched a cougar at Tim Horton’s in Whitecourt, nuff said, drops mic.]
4 comments:
Plane tickets to Florida.
Those'll work, too.
Conspicuously absent is the half-ton of dark chocolate everyone knows should be on that list! (not to be mistaken for the wimpy beverage you have on there :))
I could not POSSIBLY survive winter without a Command Start. Best money you could ever spend.
And that Alberta guy HAD to punch that cougar. It was chewin' on his dog.
I'm glad you see some positives in winter... I keep trying to get my wife to move to Phoenix, AZ.
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