Comments on: I’m Not Ready for Winter

By: Naomi

Naomi — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:30:16 +0000

I’m entertained by mom Marjorie’s 1st post above. I feel like I know her or something.

By: mom Marjorie

mom Marjorie — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:09:21 +0000

yes, as mom Vicki says; what about a blade for your 4 x4 . How much do they cost, versus the cost of gas and oil for your snowblower? (Oh I hope I’m not making you feel impatient to acquire ‘bigger’ material goods faster than the pace that you have set for yourselves….)

By: Laura-Jane - Whimfield

Laura-Jane - Whimfield — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:02:45 +0000

Yes, a tractor is in the five-year plan!! Not that we have a five-year plan. At all. But we want a tractor!! Just an old one from the 50s or 60s would be grand.

Cam’s sitting right here. I just said, “What’s your dream tractor?”

“Ideally, we’d want a tractor with a Perkins three cylinder diesel engine.”

Um. Yes. What he said. According to me, anything that pushes snow fast would be good. :)

By: LJ

LJ — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:55:55 +0000

I’m not ready for winter either. That’s why I live on the left coast. But I will proudly sit back in the comfort of living room and watch YOU two deal with the white stuff in vast quantities for the next 6-8 months.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:56:27 +0000

Maybe next year you can get a blade for your 4 x 4?

By: christy

christy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:56:24 +0000

i bet you cant wait until you have a tractor with a snow blade on it!!!!!!!!!! i couldnt imagine using a snowblower for a drive that long.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:11:59 +0000

I am so with you on this one, Laura! I am not psychologically ready for this season. I have all of the warm gear out and stuff, but it is the daily listening to weather forecasts to know if we need to leave the car at the end of the driveway, the planning ahead, the long, cold walk to the school bus, etc… I often think about homeschooling during the winter! Hibernating seems like such a nice option. I haven’t been anywhere since leaving Whim Road on Sunday and it suits me just fine. In the summer I would be going stir crazy by now.

By: Andy Collier

Andy Collier — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:06:28 +0000

We are not ready for winter either, we haven’t got near enough wood cut, meaning we will have to rely on back up heat more than we’d want to, the outside stucco needs some final touch-ups, the gutters and metal fascias still haven’t been installed, and neither of our cars have their snow tires on yet!

By: Aunt Krissy

Aunt Krissy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:57:13 +0000

I had to laugh when I read mom Marjorie’s comment. I used a snow blower for a few years that vibrated so bad that the handle would vibrate right off the machine! I then would have to dig in the snow for the nuts and screws to put it back together! got tired of that and then paid kids to shovel!

By: mom Marjorie

mom Marjorie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:22:09 +0000

I don’t like the thought of all those heavy ’snowblower’vibrations going through Cam’s body for the next months and months and months until there is no snow left late next spring. What about leaving the car parked at the end of the driveway ? … Ok, ok, I know there are negative aspects to that… But still, I wish there was a better solution than this heavy heavy heavy slogging. Anyway, Cam, I’m sending you lots of love, and ‘bon courage’, as Gilles would say.