Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

...or not. I think we have enough snow. A light dusting on Christmas Eve totally qualifies for a White Christmas, no need for 30 cm!! But, there is no choice in the matter.

And as I nurse my muscle aches from shoveling snow yesterday I look out into this winter wonderland, it is beautiful, no doubt. And snow does seem to bring the neighbourhood together. The Greek family across the street lent me their snow shovel, and the next door neighbours offered their shovel as well. I guess I was a very sad sight trying to shovel through the snow with a garden shovel.

Even the upstairs neighbours dropped off a card thanking us for shoveling the path (- and our relationship hasn't been characterized by warm and fuzzy feelings in the past!). There was no way of getting out the door without shoveling, the bottom three steps were buried in snow and the backdoor stairs were covered in a sheet of ice. Yikes!

So, don't let the smile on my face while shoveling fool you, this was a lot of work. No wonder people have heart attacks when shoveling snow. Anyways, this bout of exercise really proved that I am utterly out of shape, which will have to change in the new year. 

Well, it looks like I will have plenty of opportunity to get into shape shoveling more snow; I just checked the Environment Canada website: Snowfall Warning for Metro Vancouver, 10 to 20 cm of snow expected between this afternoon and tomorrow evening.

We'd better get all of our last minute Christmas preparations done before the next Snowmageddon hits (that terms was coined by the CBC, not me!)