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I love SNOW! (well, normally...)

It's been snowing steady all day here today, we woke up to maybe an inch, and more is falling. With Ranger next to me in the front seat, I drove my lil guy to school, instead of waiting around outside for the bus, we made it there just fine. I stopped at the hardware store for some hula hoop supplies (I'm going to make my own). The grocery store was my next stop - my daughter has a cold, and she wanted cough drops. I also needed some essentials, like milk. Ranger's vet appointment was next, which is just past the downtown core of our little town. I was going pretty slow as it was, and I still slid into the parking lot at the vet's

I'm happy to report that Ranger's tumor was NOT cancer The surgery site is looking okay, though not amazing... Ranger managed to get his cone off on Friday night and he chewed at it. Ew. We have some cream to put on it twice a day now, and he'll have to wear the cone for a while longer.

Getting back up the hill from the vet's office was no easy feat, but we made it. I saw people getting stuck and fishtailing here and there. I did need to go to the bank as well, but I figured that could wait - at that point, I really just wanted to get home.

When I turned off the main road onto the road that would take me home, I felt the difference in how much snow was under my tires. I geared down and went really slow. I went past the rec centre, and saw two cars stuck at the top of the hill. There was a HandyDart (small bus, often used to transport the elderly and people in wheelchairs - in our neighbourhood, anyone can take the handydart, because there aren't city buses going through our area), also on the hill, several lengths behind the two stuck cars. I felt bad that their lane was blocked, but I decided to keep going. If I stopped, I'd be blocking traffic in my lane, and who knows if I would be any help. I slowly went down the hill, and the HandyDart started to come up I got scared, and braked a bit... my back end started to slide out to the left, and I started to drift sideways. The handydart was sliding into my lane at the same time. We hit - the bus's front right and my back left.





The bus had me pinned against the curb, and the driver refused to move the bus at all (the bus was fine, by the way, not even a scratch). Someone who worked for a fire department happened to be stuck waiting for us to move, so she got out and directed traffic - letting some cars go up, then some cars down. Many of them slipped and slid about & needed a push. The driver and I traded info and eventually, she moved forward a bit. Two men helped push my car off the curb and I was on my way. I got about a third of the way up the next hill, but got stuck in the snow. Two pedestrians and the driver of the van behind me (who was also stuck) helped push me up the hill, and I parked near the lake trails (where the hikers park). I got what groceries I could carry out of the car, and my dog, and set out on foot. I walk with a cane too, for those of you who don't know.

Two blocks up the road, I was nearly in tears... Ranger was pulling so hard (excited to be out in the snow) and I was moving as slow as I could because of the pain... it was brutal. I flagged down a truck and asked the driver for a ride up the hill. He obliged, which was AMAZING! I was so thankful!!! As it turns out, the fella worked in the neighbourhood, and actually helped build my house. Cool beans.

My day didn't end there, but I won't go into great detail about that.... let me just say that it involved two more kilometers of trudging through the snow. My arthritis is flaring up and I am generally ouchie.

Enjoy some Harry Potter pics


Mmmmm, manly







booooots


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My friend Kelly & I - he arrived there at 9am for the 7pm showing! That's dedication right there!






Kimmy as a student from Slytherin, myself as Tonks, and my friend Jared as Lupin