Urg, the snow. I remember the first time I had to shovel my car out of a snowbank when I first moved to Pennsylvania, and thinking (and panting), "Okay, well, that wasn't the end of the world. It's not so bad." When I did for the 30th time, I was fuming so much about the bleepity-bleeping snow, I could have just stood there and melted it from the hot waves of hatred that were pouring off of me. So I feel your pain!
But, as you said, spring is on its way. The one great thing about winter is that it can't last forever!
I kind of feel guilty about Lent (hey, I feel guilty, so that makes me a good Catholic on that alone, har-har). People in New Orleans throw this big party that is Mardi Gras (which is today, in fact- Happy Mardi Gras!)because we claim we're about to enter the period of deprivation. Wrong! During Lent, we then celebrate with crawfish boils, the St. Patrick's Day parade, the Irish-Italian Parade, St. Joseph's Day, and the Italian-American parade- all which require partying and copious amounts of food. Seriously, we've turned the non-deprivation of Lent into an art form. ;-)
I love your description of a crime-fighting nun in the book you're reading! Did you ever watch the "Cadfael" mysteries from the BBC, about the crime-fighting monk? LOVE Derek Jacobi (although I can no longer watch him without also thinking of his "Frasier" episode when he played the bad actor doing Hamlet, "I... DIE... HORTATIO! *long, protracted gasping* LOL)
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But, as you said, spring is on its way. The one great thing about winter is that it can't last forever!
I kind of feel guilty about Lent (hey, I feel guilty, so that makes me a good Catholic on that alone, har-har). People in New Orleans throw this big party that is Mardi Gras (which is today, in fact- Happy Mardi Gras!)because we claim we're about to enter the period of deprivation. Wrong! During Lent, we then celebrate with crawfish boils, the St. Patrick's Day parade, the Irish-Italian Parade, St. Joseph's Day, and the Italian-American parade- all which require partying and copious amounts of food. Seriously, we've turned the non-deprivation of Lent into an art form. ;-)
I love your description of a crime-fighting nun in the book you're reading! Did you ever watch the "Cadfael" mysteries from the BBC, about the crime-fighting monk? LOVE Derek Jacobi (although I can no longer watch him without also thinking of his "Frasier" episode when he played the bad actor doing Hamlet, "I... DIE... HORTATIO! *long, protracted gasping* LOL)