Mid-Winter Blahs
As I sit here sniffling into my second head cold of the winter and not motivated to ski on my one day off tomorrow…I’m thinking I’m hitting the mid-winter season blues. Seems like I’m cold all the time and sick of wearing socks and three layers of clothing every day. I yearn to see green grass and walk around in flip flops. Seems like many “Steamboaters” are heading off to Mexico for long weekends and I have asked several if I could pack myself in their luggage, yet they decline due to the fact that most airlines charge extra these days for checking bags. I’ve been working way too much (“you gotta make hay while the sun shines”) and I really want to get my mountain bike out of storage and go for a long, warm, uphill climb.
To survive the next few months I have a few creative outdoor winter activities I hope to accomplish:
1. I’m going to create a snow couch. My plan is to build a snow coach right outside our patio door and bring our outdoor summer fire pit out of storage for some unique outdoor winter BBQ’s. Not sure if anyone would come over for a BBQ in mid-January but what the heck…something new and different.
2. Play a game of snow golf. After my couch is made, I’m going to smooth out the greens (whites?!?) with my hands, shovel, or butt and use a tin can for the cup for a few pre-spring rounds of golf.
3. If I’m motivated enough after all of this…..perhaps I’ll build a snow fort which I’m sure McKinley the doggie would love to hang out in.
Hopefully, this adds some smiles onto our neighbors and friends faces and better yet gets me through another few weeks of winter.
Happy January to all!
Karen Goedert
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