The sun rises and the cool air briskly whistles across the yard and then …
Ah yes the lovely wind! Nature’s surefire way to drive you bananas!! SO needless to say when we got hit with the nice winds accompanying the “Arctic Blast”, I should have guessed that the fun was about to begin! Chasing garden cart/wheelbarrow, plastic chairs and the miscellaneous garbage that blew in from who knows where was just the beginning. Ah yes the pièce de résistance, the support poles for the patio roof that happened to fall down because the lovely wind lifted the roofing/cover up and down all night resulting in 2 of the secondary support poles working themselves loose only to come crashing down startling the begieses out of us. So being the diligent sole that I am, I go running outside in my “PJs” to remedy the situation. Alas there were no servants up in this kingdom at those wee hours of the A of M. Yup that is correct, his majesty was outside in all his royal glory at 3:00 in the morning trying to place the poles back up as they belong! Oh yes did I mention the fact that it was 18 degrees and the winds were at 25 to 30 mph ever so nicely lowering the temperature to about -10 to 15 below zero!! Yeah for the birth of an “Icicle Pop!!! Well finishing this as quickly as possible, remembering how much my shoulder was killing me and elbow was as useless as ever, what should have taken 5 maybe 10 minutes took all of 15 to twenty for lack of strength and excessive pain, I proceed to retire yet again for the evening only to be serenaded again by the lovely crash ping ping ping of the poles returning to their prone positions. Perhaps they too were attempting to remove themselves from the effects of the howling Arctic winds? Alas we will never know!!! Yup “Just Another Day in Paradise!! 
Tags: arctic winds, fun, pain, paradise
My claim to fame this winter is getting up every morning slipping on shoes, pulling a jacket over my nightgown and happily saying, “Go outside Brandy, go potty” as the wind and snow whirl around bare legs. I keep saying that Snowbirds got the right idea. When cold weather hits get the hell outta Dodge Baby!! Aw but alas being of the class of small treasury I guess My ankles will continue to greet the mornings turning red and ruddy! But I must say it is good to hear from my King even if he can’t get his servants to do hid bidding!
Verily, all I have to do is scrape the driveways and make sure all the herb plants are watered and trimmed. Oh, and think up and cook some of the meals. The Five Spice Spare Ribs on Saturday didn’t come out real good, just not nauseating. SWEET ORANGE BBQ SAUCE on the other hand was very good. Both were Emeril recipes.
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