Winter is certainly making a dramatic statement this year, so far. After getting 8 inches of snow last weekend, the temperatures plummeted for the week to end the week in another large snowfall - probably around 9 inches. We spent Friday and Saturday repeatedly shoveling out the driveway and sidewalk trying to stay ahead of the white stuff. We are only in December and we are already running out of places to put the snow. We are hoping for some warmer temperatures just to compress the snow banks a little so we have a place to put any new snow. You certainly don't usually have to worry about having a white Christmas in Wisconsin.
We did manage to get out and enjoy some the reason to have all this snow. Saturday, after shoveling out the driveway, we got out our cross country skis and headed to Lake Park for an hour of skiing through fluffy white powder. We were the first to make tracks which is always fun and the sun poked out of the clouds for the majority of the time we were out. We spent the afternoon doing some cooking for our brunch on Sunday and making a couple of batches of Christmas cookies. Later that evening we tramped on out to tackle another round of snow clearing as the snow started really coming down again starting around 4:00 PM.
Sunday we had our now annual Christmas brunch with our nieces, nephews, and Kathy and John. The weather cooperated in that the snow finally had stopped, but the temperatures were in the low single digits, so gathering by the fire for our white elephant gift swap was certainly welcome. All the dishes worked out and we managed to have everything done at the same time without significantly undercooking or overcooking any of them. Since a couple of the dishes were experimental, we were relieved it all worked. It was great catching up with everyone and to find out their holiday plans plus everyone got to go home with an exciting white elephant gift. Later, the Packers were on and as the Packers are almost a religion in Wisconsin, we just had to watch and enjoy the game.
Winter is certainly making a dramatic statement this year, so far. After getting 8 inches of snow last weekend, the temperatures plummeted for the week to end the week in another large snowfall - probably around 9 inches. We spent Friday and Saturday repeatedly shoveling out the driveway and sidewalk trying to stay ahead of the white stuff. We are only in December and we are already running out of places to put the snow. We are hoping for some warmer temperatures just to compress the snow banks a little so we have a place to put any new snow. You certainly don't usually have to worry about having a white Christmas in Wisconsin.
We did manage to get out and enjoy some the reason to have all this snow. Saturday, after shoveling out the driveway, we got out our cross country skis and headed to Lake Park for an hour of skiing through fluffy white powder. We were the first to make tracks which is always fun and the sun poked out of the clouds for the majority of the time we were out. We spent the afternoon doing some cooking for our brunch on Sunday and making a couple of batches of Christmas cookies. Later that evening we tramped on out to tackle another round of snow clearing as the snow started really coming down again starting around 4:00 PM.
Sunday we had our now annual Christmas brunch with our nieces, nephews, and Kathy and John. The weather cooperated in that the snow finally had stopped, but the temperatures were in the low single digits, so gathering by the fire for our white elephant gift swap was certainly welcome. All the dishes worked out and we managed to have everything done at the same time without significantly undercooking or overcooking any of them. Since a couple of the dishes were experimental, we were relieved it all worked. It was great catching up with everyone and to find out their holiday plans plus everyone got to go home with an exciting white elephant gift. Later, the Packers were on and as the Packers are almost a religion in Wisconsin, we just had to watch and enjoy the game.
Looks like real winter in WI! Maybe we should plan a ski vacation in Milwaukee. Stay warm!
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