My early starting and very condensed weekend!

My plans were to shop Saturday and Sunday, finish up my list and wrap gifts. When I heard the weather forecast, I realized all outdoor activities had to be done Saturday with Sunday likely being a snow day. No big deal, get an early start and don't come home until done. Buy all my baking stuff and bake all day Sunday if snowed in, hydro allowing, so as not to waste the day.

So how does the day start? Oh, how about by waking up at 4:11am? 4, freaking 11 am! Wide awake, no hopes of getting back to sleep. So, I came online, tried to read some newspapers, they were all still yesterday's news. Read CBC, CNN, checked my email, facebook and went back to bed. I read until about 6am, tried to go back to sleep, gave up at 7am and got back up. Went out at 8am.

I shopped from 8am until about 2pm. I'm now well ahead of the game and think I'm close to done! Actually, I'm done in more ways than one in that it's only 6:41pm and I've been up for 14 1/2 hours; I'm way too old for that!

Now, the weather. We're under a massive winter storm warning. Up to 30cm of snow. Keep in mind, banana belt here! 3cm shuts the roads. Windsor owns maybe 1 plow. Contractors do it, if they're in the mood. Let me put it this way, if a plow goes down our street, we race to the windows exclaiming... "the plow, the plow." Reminiscent of Hervé Villechaize on Fantasy Island. Ok, fine he said, "the plane, the plane," but you get the idea!

So, if there are no postings tomorrow, I have no hydro. Ominously, Hydro One is recommending people "stock up" just in case. I wonder what they know that we don't?

I have wine, food, wine, blankets, wine, candles & lots of wine, I'm good!