January Feels Like it Has About 60 days

Doesn't it feel like this is the Longest January in history!?  And we still have a week to go.  Huge snowfall amounts, heavy snow shoveling, sore back, lack of sunlight, and the bank account just keeps shrinking. About the only good thing about January is that the days are getting longer.  Groundhog Day is coming up on February 2. That marks the half-way mark of the winter months. Half way to spring.  

Missoula Schools Take Second Consecutive Snow Day

Heavy snow loads on the streets has led to a second consecutive "snow day" for Missoula school kids.  I'm sure they don't mind.

Personally, I am struggling with the snow load on the driveway.  After putting nearly a foot of snow cover on Thursday, Mother Nature dumped two more inches this morning, and then the County snow plow sprayed about four inches onto my driveway approach (again).

I am tiring more quickly each time I have to go out and shovel more.  Arms and shoulders are sore but it is my Lower Back that is really taking a beating.  Could it be because I am not 24 years old anymore but 64?  And just three weeks away from my 65th birthday. Medicare coverage begins on February 1st, and thankfully it will cover some chiropractic adjustments which I have been paying for 100 percent out-of-pocket. 

I am looking forward to spring.  At least I can "ride" the lawn mower!

Snow Day for Kids but Just Another Shoveling Day for Me

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After shoveling 12 inches of snow off the driveway, the county snow plow came by and threw about six inches of it back onto the approach.  I re-shoveled and then set out the garbage cans. The morning newspaper wasn't delivered until nearly 10 a.m.  Now we are told it will snow more today...and tomorrow...and the next day.  How many days until spring?

Frost Fever Frozen Frolic 5K Missoula January 28, 2012

I can't truthfully say I enjoy running when it is really cold, but so far, January 2012 has been pretty nice, with daytime highs in the 40s.  We can hope for the best when we run the 14th Annual Frost Fever Frozen Frolic 5K on Saturday January 28, 2012. Race begins at 10:00 am at McCormick Park.

You can register HERE at active.com  

Patsy Smith, Hair Stylist, Missoula, MT

You can find Patsy Smith at 715 Kensington, Suite 5B, at Shirlee's Hair Designs.  Patsy's phone number for appointments is 218-9651, (which I keep on speed dial, cause a guy never knows when he might have an emergency).

Patsy Smith has been cutting my hair since 1994.  In fact, she has been the only hair stylist I have allowed to cut my hair in all those years.  She also does perms and the color treatments  that women like, but I just stick to the standard hair cut.  She knows how I want it and I don't have to explain. That allows us to just chat away like the old friends that we are!

New Year's Resolution Exercise Get Fit Lose Weight

Every single year.  I do the same thing.  Resolve to become a healthier person, to lose weight, to exercise more and eat less.  We begin 2012 with a new exercising incentive: spend money on an elliptical and feel guilty if we don't use it.  We purchased this machine at Costco for $599 which seems like a pretty good price.  The machine is solid and has a lot of bells and whistles to provide incentive. (There is that word again: incentive.)