The weather is now back to normal :)
It is still cold but not enough to make your fingers numb like it was during the Beast from the East.
Evie refused to go out on Friday in the end, and to be honest after we stepped outside just to have a little walk I didnt blame her.
So we switched on the heating and watched endless childrens tv - which is ok for a day but by day 3 it gets boring.
School should be open again tomorrow thank goodness :)
Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 March 2018
Friday, 2 March 2018
another snowday
We are having another snowday (the school site and approaching roads and paths arent safe)...
...provided James walk into work was ok me & Evie will head into town...
...I have dug out two pairs of really warm bedsocks that we can both wear (although getting Evie to wear anything that is too big is always a challenge) and I will get her to wear her onesie again.
The problem yesterday for her was that she felt too cold so hopefully we will have that sorted today :)
...provided James walk into work was ok me & Evie will head into town...
...I have dug out two pairs of really warm bedsocks that we can both wear (although getting Evie to wear anything that is too big is always a challenge) and I will get her to wear her onesie again.
The problem yesterday for her was that she felt too cold so hopefully we will have that sorted today :)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
snowday too
So today is our second snowday we walked with a lot of moaning and groaning to the local retail park...
...we went to Costa
We both had a warm drink - I even splashed out and got Evie a small hot chocolate :) she was impressed that it came with cream and a flake. She will probably want one again now that she has had the decadence that it is :)
I also bought us a brownie each as we were going to brave the freezing temperatures home again :)
We are back home now in the warm and we will have to see if her school is open tomorrow or not...
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| a snowy Evie |
...we went to Costa
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| Evie eating her cream |
I also bought us a brownie each as we were going to brave the freezing temperatures home again :)
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| our footprints in the snow |
crunchy not icy
This morning i sent my guinea pig James out to see what the snow was like :)
He told me that it is crunchy and not icy so thats good :)
And as long as we dont get slushy snow today then we should be ok tomorrow too :)
We have another snowday today as the school is closed as the pavements around the school are treacherous!
We were supposed to have parents evening tonight and last nights one was postponed too.
We are going to venture out today we will either walk into town or go to a retail park which is nearby too :)
He told me that it is crunchy and not icy so thats good :)
And as long as we dont get slushy snow today then we should be ok tomorrow too :)
We have another snowday today as the school is closed as the pavements around the school are treacherous!
We were supposed to have parents evening tonight and last nights one was postponed too.
We are going to venture out today we will either walk into town or go to a retail park which is nearby too :)
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
snowday
When James left this morning he said that the car would have to be cleared of the snow, so before we build our snowman volcano, Evie wanted to start clearing the snow...
...I got her a brush to use :)
I then started making a snowman which Evie told me looked more like a volcano :)
were having a good snowday so far
...I got her a brush to use :)
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| Evie clearing the snow |
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| the snowman which looks more like a snow volcano |
were hoping for a snow day
James woke up this morning and said that he thinks that school will be closed today as a foot of snow had fallen! What a whole foot? then he changed it to half a foot.
At this point I got out of bad and looked out of the window, to me it looks like 4 or 5 inches...
...he then told Evie that school might be closed because of the snow.
I have made her put her school uniform on anyway (just in case it is open) I have already heard that another school is closed today.
If we do have a snow day then we are going to make a snowman, or rather I will probably make it and Evie will tell me that I am doing it all wrong :)
We do have a snow day :)
Picture of the snowman will follow later :)
At this point I got out of bad and looked out of the window, to me it looks like 4 or 5 inches...
...he then told Evie that school might be closed because of the snow.
I have made her put her school uniform on anyway (just in case it is open) I have already heard that another school is closed today.
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| hopefully a snow day |
We do have a snow day :)
Picture of the snowman will follow later :)
Thursday, 22 January 2015
snow much traffic
Yesterday it was snowing and then sleeting.
When we were on our way to drop Evie off at Pre-School I noticed all of the traffic!
I was glad that I took the photo on the way to pre-school as on the way home the traffic was only bad one way '.;o)
When I mentioned it to James that evening he said that it was because the A12 & A127 was shut.
When we were on our way to drop Evie off at Pre-School I noticed all of the traffic!
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| traffic in the sleet |
When I mentioned it to James that evening he said that it was because the A12 & A127 was shut.
Sunday, 7 April 2013
the only day I went out
I went out one day last week (because of having a cold) and it started to snow as soon as I had opened the front door!
I thought that if I stayed in then Evie would kick up a stink and a half so we went out anyway and wandered over to Aldi for a schmoozie.
We didnt buy anything and came back about 15 minutes later but at least it got us out for a bit ;o)
I thought that if I stayed in then Evie would kick up a stink and a half so we went out anyway and wandered over to Aldi for a schmoozie.
We didnt buy anything and came back about 15 minutes later but at least it got us out for a bit ;o)
Sunday, 24 March 2013
spring snow
Yesterday was the first day of spring...
...and thanks to global warming or should that be cooling we had snow yesterday!
It is still snowing today but its very light...
...and thanks to global warming or should that be cooling we had snow yesterday!
It is still snowing today but its very light...
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Im glad we went
As we still have snow I was umming and ahhing about whether to go to Gymbabes.
As James had said that it wasnt icy I decided that we might as well go especially as I had already paid for the sessions up until half term (and they dont refund or credit for missed classes).
When we got there we saw that there was a tunnel (with the ends elevated) with balls in the middle ;o)
I thought to myself right we are definitely going to do that...
...especially as the ball pool just before Christmas was commandeered by three kids who have since moved up to the next class (as they are now walking).
So when we were told that we could start we went straight for the tunnel...
...Evie absolutely loved it but I took her out after five minutes because this other boy was trying to push her out of the way (and there was already someone in the other end).
The ball tunnel was finally free about five minutes before the class was about to end so I put Evie in there and she loved it again, so much so that I couldnt get her to come out and I had to go in head first to pull her out ;o)
She was then crying because she wanted to go back in...
As James had said that it wasnt icy I decided that we might as well go especially as I had already paid for the sessions up until half term (and they dont refund or credit for missed classes).
When we got there we saw that there was a tunnel (with the ends elevated) with balls in the middle ;o)
I thought to myself right we are definitely going to do that...
...especially as the ball pool just before Christmas was commandeered by three kids who have since moved up to the next class (as they are now walking).
So when we were told that we could start we went straight for the tunnel...
...Evie absolutely loved it but I took her out after five minutes because this other boy was trying to push her out of the way (and there was already someone in the other end).
The ball tunnel was finally free about five minutes before the class was about to end so I put Evie in there and she loved it again, so much so that I couldnt get her to come out and I had to go in head first to pull her out ;o)
She was then crying because she wanted to go back in...
Sunday, 20 January 2013
a lot of fine snow
It started snowing on Friday but me & Evie were staying in anyway.
Friday night we had a bit of snow and it had settled and yesterday we had some more snow too.
And today it has been snowing since 9 am...
...we really dont have a lot to show for it...
It is actually snowing in the photo also!
Friday night we had a bit of snow and it had settled and yesterday we had some more snow too.
And today it has been snowing since 9 am...
...we really dont have a lot to show for it...
It is actually snowing in the photo also!
Friday, 7 December 2012
stir crazy
Evie has this morning gone stir crazy after being indoors because of the snow!
Thank goodness the snow has melted as I will have to take her out today whatever the weather ;o)
Thank goodness the snow has melted as I will have to take her out today whatever the weather ;o)
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
snow & little reindeers
I woke up this morning and saw that it looked white outside
I have decided to stay in today as I dont need to go out, I just hope that I can keep Evie from being bored ;o)
Yesterday I dressed Evie in a little reindeer outfit ;o)
I have decided to stay in today as I dont need to go out, I just hope that I can keep Evie from being bored ;o)
Yesterday I dressed Evie in a little reindeer outfit ;o)
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
I forgot to bring some gloves with me this morning
Because of the snow we had yesterday (and more last night) James was rushing me out of the house first thing this morning...
...he dropped me off at the station and I went to reach into my pockets to get my gloves out and realised that I had left them on the radiator in the lounge :o(
So at lunchtime I got myself all layered up to go out to get some gloves...
...first I went into Next and all they had were glove and scarf sets (and absolutely no pairs of gloves)!
So I then went to Marks & Spencers and got these long sleeve gloves ;o)
...he dropped me off at the station and I went to reach into my pockets to get my gloves out and realised that I had left them on the radiator in the lounge :o(
So at lunchtime I got myself all layered up to go out to get some gloves...
...first I went into Next and all they had were glove and scarf sets (and absolutely no pairs of gloves)!
So I then went to Marks & Spencers and got these long sleeve gloves ;o)
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Chelmsford snow
I went into the bathroom when I got up this morning and noticed how grey it looked even through the frosted windows and without my glasses on...
...so I went back into our bedroom and looked out of the window and there was a thin blanket of snow...
...so I yelled out to James have you seen it outside and he said that he had.
(even as I am typing this I can see that the snow is coming down in bigger flakes).
Before I left the house for work I made sure that I was layered up...
...I had a camisole top, work top, fleece and my coat on.
When I went to get off of the train (the train that I get turns around and then goes to Southend), a bloke got on the train (once we had got into London) and saw me do up my various layers, and asked me if I had come in from Southend? So I said no I had come in from Chelmsford but it is snowing there but finely and it is settling ;o).
...so I went back into our bedroom and looked out of the window and there was a thin blanket of snow...
...so I yelled out to James have you seen it outside and he said that he had.
(even as I am typing this I can see that the snow is coming down in bigger flakes).
Before I left the house for work I made sure that I was layered up...
...I had a camisole top, work top, fleece and my coat on.
When I went to get off of the train (the train that I get turns around and then goes to Southend), a bloke got on the train (once we had got into London) and saw me do up my various layers, and asked me if I had come in from Southend? So I said no I had come in from Chelmsford but it is snowing there but finely and it is settling ;o).
Sunday, 8 February 2009
They cope in Switzerland!
First thing first...
...the weather...
...we have two inches of snow and everything grinds to a halt (the trains were running very slowly here in Essex), but elsewhere the trains werent running at all!
There was even talk of some councils running out of grit for the roads!
Kelly, your originally from Minnesota arent you? Im sure Minnesotans (is that the correct terminology?) dont go into mass hysteria at two inches of snow!
Now that I have that off my chest back to what I wanted to say...
I know what you are all asking yourself, what happened Monday morning with the bloke who jumps in your seat when you get off at Shenfield? I was quite upset that he didnt batt an eyelid. Im not sure what I was expecting...
...I guess it was somewhere between a load audible sigh (that I could hear despite having earphones in) and a two year old style temper tantrum.
I was supposed to meet my friends for lunch on Tuesday but because of the weather (one friend took the day off because the roads were treacherous where she lives) lunch has been postponed. I didnt mind too much as it meant I could have a nice lunch elsewhere.
I have been making the most of the nice lunches that I can get in London that you cant get in Romford!
Ive had two soups from Pret a Manger the first one Sausage Hotpot Soup (a tomato soup with vegetables in and pieces of sausages) I had on Monday (because it was cold), and the second one was Thai Corn (on the hob) (a spicy sweetcorn soup with sweetcorn and potato), I knew that one would be nice as James had it when we were in Oxford Street just before Christmas.
I think that while its cold Im going to have soups as part of my lunch repertoire ;o).
I also had a half a lamb sandwich (or rather half a sandwich with lamb in it) from Birleys.
I tell you, you can buy some right poncey food in London...
...I was in Pret a Manger getting my soup and I was looking at their fruitbowls and saw mango with a squeeze of lime it was mango pieces with a wedge of lime that you squeeze over the mango! It actually added to the mango ;o).
I really think that eating this posh food is doing something to me...
...you know what, I may invite Clarissa and Hugo around for a spot of supper.
Im sure your thinking to yourselves "well Im sure that Hugo and Clarissa are a lovely couple", but there are two things wrong with that last statement...
...one I dont EVEN know a Hugo and Clarissa and two Ive never had a "spot of supper" in my Life!
Now for something unusual but nice...
We regularly have Insurance Brokers coming into our office...
...Thursday i got a phone call asking what coffee my boss would like, so I told him he likes lattes, then he asked what the rest of us would like (while he was on a coffee run), so I had a skinny latte and my colleagues had cappucinos, that was relly nice of him, I know he got them on expenses but it was still a nice gesture ;o).
I treated myself to a Krispy Kreme donut from Tesco on Friday, the donut of the month is Strawberry Kiss a heart shaped donut filled with strawberry sauce and covered with strawberry curls. and very nice it was too.
Im now working on the third floor, so as I walk up the stairs Im getting more excercise, and the ladies toilets are on the second floor and the fourth floor so I have to walk up and down stairs when I need a "visit" too, oh as well as having a longer walk to the train station too. Im going to be super fit soon ;o).
Yesterday we went to Matalan just to have a look around, I saw some
Wellington Boots, I bought some really nice navy blue boots with white stars on, to replace the boots I wore on Monday that I found out WERENT waterproof. I am now ready for the next lot of snow which probably wont come now until next year!
I weighed myself this morning and was well pleased that I lost another pound.
...the weather...
...we have two inches of snow and everything grinds to a halt (the trains were running very slowly here in Essex), but elsewhere the trains werent running at all!
There was even talk of some councils running out of grit for the roads!
Kelly, your originally from Minnesota arent you? Im sure Minnesotans (is that the correct terminology?) dont go into mass hysteria at two inches of snow!
Now that I have that off my chest back to what I wanted to say...
I know what you are all asking yourself, what happened Monday morning with the bloke who jumps in your seat when you get off at Shenfield? I was quite upset that he didnt batt an eyelid. Im not sure what I was expecting...
...I guess it was somewhere between a load audible sigh (that I could hear despite having earphones in) and a two year old style temper tantrum.
I was supposed to meet my friends for lunch on Tuesday but because of the weather (one friend took the day off because the roads were treacherous where she lives) lunch has been postponed. I didnt mind too much as it meant I could have a nice lunch elsewhere.
I have been making the most of the nice lunches that I can get in London that you cant get in Romford!
Ive had two soups from Pret a Manger the first one Sausage Hotpot Soup (a tomato soup with vegetables in and pieces of sausages) I had on Monday (because it was cold), and the second one was Thai Corn (on the hob) (a spicy sweetcorn soup with sweetcorn and potato), I knew that one would be nice as James had it when we were in Oxford Street just before Christmas.
I think that while its cold Im going to have soups as part of my lunch repertoire ;o).
I also had a half a lamb sandwich (or rather half a sandwich with lamb in it) from Birleys.
I tell you, you can buy some right poncey food in London...
...I was in Pret a Manger getting my soup and I was looking at their fruitbowls and saw mango with a squeeze of lime it was mango pieces with a wedge of lime that you squeeze over the mango! It actually added to the mango ;o).
I really think that eating this posh food is doing something to me...
...you know what, I may invite Clarissa and Hugo around for a spot of supper.
Im sure your thinking to yourselves "well Im sure that Hugo and Clarissa are a lovely couple", but there are two things wrong with that last statement...
...one I dont EVEN know a Hugo and Clarissa and two Ive never had a "spot of supper" in my Life!
Now for something unusual but nice...
We regularly have Insurance Brokers coming into our office...
...Thursday i got a phone call asking what coffee my boss would like, so I told him he likes lattes, then he asked what the rest of us would like (while he was on a coffee run), so I had a skinny latte and my colleagues had cappucinos, that was relly nice of him, I know he got them on expenses but it was still a nice gesture ;o).
I treated myself to a Krispy Kreme donut from Tesco on Friday, the donut of the month is Strawberry Kiss a heart shaped donut filled with strawberry sauce and covered with strawberry curls. and very nice it was too.
Im now working on the third floor, so as I walk up the stairs Im getting more excercise, and the ladies toilets are on the second floor and the fourth floor so I have to walk up and down stairs when I need a "visit" too, oh as well as having a longer walk to the train station too. Im going to be super fit soon ;o).
Yesterday we went to Matalan just to have a look around, I saw some
Wellington Boots, I bought some really nice navy blue boots with white stars on, to replace the boots I wore on Monday that I found out WERENT waterproof. I am now ready for the next lot of snow which probably wont come now until next year!
I weighed myself this morning and was well pleased that I lost another pound.
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Snow on the ground and nutmeg on my skinny latte
We have had the first snow of winter today and blimey its cold...
We were worried it would be busy in Chelmsford today as the Christmas lights are being switched on...
Luckily I think the weather has kept some people away, Starbucks was emptier than it is usually (I guess most of the people were using the mini ice rink ;o)).
After putting on our hats, gloves and scarves me and James went out looking more like we were going on an expedition to Antarctica than going to do our weekly food shop ;o).
Today whilst shopping in Sainbury's I spotted in the ready meal aisle some Innocent veg pots the one that really caught my eye was the Thai Coconut Curry one, it has three vegetable portions in it too (making it super healthy), they also do a Morrocon Squash Tagine one and a Tuscan Bean Stew they both looked pretty yummy too ;o). Anyhow I will try it tomorrow and will let you know next week what I think of them.
In Marks and Spencers they again had no two packs of custard tarts :o( Im sure someone (who is reading this blog) is puposely thwarting me and buying them all up before I get in there on Saturday mornings ;o). Hmmm its all happened since telling my Mum about this blog...
...could this be a coincidence? Who knows ;o)
I have been on my own (quite literally) at work for the past two weeks as my colleague has been off sick. Anyhow on Friday I had to bring some packs into London for a monthly meeting on Wednesday and my boss (feeling sorry for me) said I could meet my friends for lunch then go home afterwards.
I weighed myself this morning and despite my lunch of scrambled eggs on toast I managed to lose 300 grammes. So Im well chuffed.
I have Monday and Tuesday off this week (trying to use up my holiday by the end of the year) and am going to Harrods tomorrow with James' Mum so if you hear about a "disturbance in Knightsbridge" on the news tomorrow youll know its us ;o).
We were worried it would be busy in Chelmsford today as the Christmas lights are being switched on...
Luckily I think the weather has kept some people away, Starbucks was emptier than it is usually (I guess most of the people were using the mini ice rink ;o)).
After putting on our hats, gloves and scarves me and James went out looking more like we were going on an expedition to Antarctica than going to do our weekly food shop ;o).
Today whilst shopping in Sainbury's I spotted in the ready meal aisle some Innocent veg pots the one that really caught my eye was the Thai Coconut Curry one, it has three vegetable portions in it too (making it super healthy), they also do a Morrocon Squash Tagine one and a Tuscan Bean Stew they both looked pretty yummy too ;o). Anyhow I will try it tomorrow and will let you know next week what I think of them.
In Marks and Spencers they again had no two packs of custard tarts :o( Im sure someone (who is reading this blog) is puposely thwarting me and buying them all up before I get in there on Saturday mornings ;o). Hmmm its all happened since telling my Mum about this blog...
...could this be a coincidence? Who knows ;o)
I have been on my own (quite literally) at work for the past two weeks as my colleague has been off sick. Anyhow on Friday I had to bring some packs into London for a monthly meeting on Wednesday and my boss (feeling sorry for me) said I could meet my friends for lunch then go home afterwards.
I weighed myself this morning and despite my lunch of scrambled eggs on toast I managed to lose 300 grammes. So Im well chuffed.
I have Monday and Tuesday off this week (trying to use up my holiday by the end of the year) and am going to Harrods tomorrow with James' Mum so if you hear about a "disturbance in Knightsbridge" on the news tomorrow youll know its us ;o).
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