In what could only be described as a happy accident, I somehow managed to configure the landscaping in our front yard in such a way that we have consistently had more snow to play with than most of the other houses in our neighborhood. While we might have had two feet of snow in our back yard, at the bottom of our front sidewalk there was easily something closer to six feet of the fluffy white stuff. A quick glance through the neighborhood tonight showed that we are among the last to see our trees or shrubs.
THANK GOODNESS.
There are two reasons that I'm suddenly all about the snow sticking around just a little while longer. For one, apparently our dogs grew extra buttholes when I wasn't looking because OHMAHGAH there are an amazing number of landmines all up in the yard. I'm aware of the fact that Meg (the Bulldog) refuses to let her precious little paws touch anything cold or wet, so she has barely been out the door when she does her business. In fact, I don't think she's walked more than ten feet away from the house in the past two months. I just never really thought through the consequences of her princess antics. I'm aware now. And might need to puke if I become any more aware. BLECH.
The other reason I wouldn't mind a few more days of snow smothering our front yard is a bit, um, embarrassing. People, we still have Christmas lights out there. I KNOW! It's March! There's no excuse! Except that we really haven't been able to see those lights since mid-January, at which time we took down all of the Christmas decorations except for the strands of lights wound around the bushes and shrubs. We had no idea that it would be the last time we would be able to see those lights up until now. I even thought about plugging them in so the snow would melt around them, but I couldn't find the plugs. There was simply too much snow.
That snow NEEDS to stay until Saturday. On Saturday I can deal with landmines and twinkly lights, but not a minute sooner. So if you have any extra snow, could you please throw it on our front yard? KTHXBAI.
