Feels a bit like living in an ice machine

The thing about living in Kentucky is that as a rule you get the best of all of the seasons.  Spring is rainy and unpredictable, flowers blooming everywhere, trees and grass returning to life.  Summer is hot and clear  and perfect for swimming and other outdoor activities.  Autumn is chilly and crisp, the trees are gorgeous as their leaves change...perfect backdrop for apple cider and pumpkin farms and trick or treating.  And Winter is...well, winter is supposed to be cold and snowy and icy.  You are supposed to be able to sled and ski and make snowballs and snowmen and...well, and do wintery type stuff.  So far this winter we've had a few flurries and a lot of ice.  Lots and lots of ice.

That's at least a 1/4 inch of ice.

Walking on the grass feels a bit like walking through an Icee swamp.

It's a Winter Wonderland! (except with super green grass...because it was 60 degrees last week!)

Hard to make a snowball or decent snowman outta that lot, lemme tell ya.  All of those snow days the school system banks at the beginning of the year?  Going to waste.  Normally by this time of year we've had at least a good week or so off for snow days.  I treasure those days.  It isn't like a planned break from school always ends up being.  Those are holidays so they end up with all of the attending stress and running about.  No...snow days are unexpected days of sweet down time where we get to snuggle on the couch and watch movies in our jammies all day, do only the things we want to do instead of the things we have to do.  Nowhere to go.  No running to be done.  Snow days are bliss.

Too bad someone pissed off Mother Nature and she revoked our snow day privileges.  To be fair the school board should give us back those banked snow days if they don't get used and let us out of school early.  I mean, if we have too many snow days they make us stay in school later, all the way into June....so turn about is fair play, right??!  Riiiiiight.

I guess I should just be thankful that the ice storm pictured above happened on a night/day when we didn't have anywhere to go and could just stay in and ride it out in warmth and safety.  Still...hoping someone kisses up to Mother Nature and she gives us some actual snow at some point this winter.

Hear that Mother dear?  Just enough to get out the snow gear...pretty please?