Happy First Day of Winter!

Going to be a short post today. I agreed to work this afternoon. What was I thinking? Still have a mile long to-do list over here. And of course, this is coming:

The current weather for the first day of Winter:

30 degrees with a feels like of 21 degrees (Fahrenheit). My phone shows a little sunshine symbol but I don’t where it’s looking. And it also says “Few Snow Showers.” Interesting. While I was out and about, it was cloudy with no snow. Chilly but not super cold yet.

We do have a Winter Storm warning starting at midnight tonight until midnight tomorrow night. Then, a Wind Chill warning from noon tomorrow until noon on Saturday.  Supposedly, snow, wind gusts of 45 mph, and wind chills as low as 30 below zero. This warning spans “portions of east central and northeast Kansas and central and west central Missouri.” So who knows what we’ll actually get here in KC.

Saw on a local radio station page and it’s scary accurate for our area:

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So how am I spending the first “official” Winter Wednesday?

Went to get my haircut this morning, did a little more Christmas shopping and some non-Christmas shopping. Putting fresh, clean flannel sheets on our beds. It’s been too hot for them before now. Need to run one more errand on the way to work. Should do more Christmas shopping after work but might just come home, drink hot chocolate and watch a Christmas movie instead.

One thing I’ve been trying to find is little projects of the indoor variety to keep me busy during this winter. We all know I’m not crafty in the least. They gave us these little mosaic art snowmen at the work Christmas event last week. I found it really soothing and relaxing. Might have to find some more of these.

Finished product (all dots on the cardboard now, just need to add string for hanging it):

How are you spending the first day of Winter?

P.S.

My Farmer’s Almanac daily email kindly let me know that there are now only 88 days til Spring!

Also, a Blogmas catch up post coming soon, sure I’ll have time during the “storm of the century!” tomorrow.

Time for another Winter Wednesday post! Jump back to here for more information on my Winter Wednesday posts. 

While I was hoping to maybe have some fun photos of Christmas lights from Mom’s Night Out last week, I don’t. I didn’t go as I was around so much sickness and we planned to carpool. Didn’t want to risk getting everyone sick. Now, that I’ve been more or less fine the whole time, I’m really sad to have missed out. Still, I stand by my decision.

The Weather Report

Thought it might be fun to start these posts by including the current weather. After it rained all day yesterday (and some of last night), this morning is sunny and 33 degrees. The temperature is on the way down (supposedly). Yesterday we hit the 50’s amid all the pouring rain. My outdoor boots are covered in mud just from walking to the bird feeders. SIGH.

Needing the Sunshine

It’s been cloudy or I’ve been inside the past few days and I can tell. My mood is not pleasant this morning. Not great sleep the past few nights didn’t help either. Of course, this is a busy day with J’s appt and my work later.  Hoping the sun holds and we at least get to go outside with the kids at work for a few minutes this afternoon.

Winter, The Weather, and Moods

Yesterday’s rainy day got me thinking. Do you think that people who live where it snows more might enjoy winter more?  I mean snow is prettier than rain and no mud (until it all melts and turns to slush, worse than mud really).

Those of us who live where Decembers aren’t quite as cold and snowy, don’t really always have the gear to enjoy the weather when it happens. Or if we do have it, it’s been so long since it’s been needed we have no idea where it is. Maybe just us?

It seems like here in the KC area we are stuck somewhere between Mele Kalikimaka and a true winter wonderland.

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.”  Alfred Wainwright 

One of my goals for enjoying winter this year is to try and get outside as much as I can. So, I’ll be needing to see about what suitable clothing I need. Of course, working at the preschool I do feel like I have a bit of a head start. It doesn’t take many playground visits in the winter before investing in a decent coat and gloves.

Maybe I should have tried to go for a walk out in the rain with an umbrella yesterday (didn’t). Wonder if my mood would have been better this morning.

Cozy Day Attempt was Stressful?

I tried to just enjoy a cozy day at home yesterday. However, I found it stressful? Started out okay with the roast in the crockpot (only decent pic from yesterday). Maybe it’s because I didn’t get the house cleaned enough before my husband came home for lunch (there went my clear table!) or lunch finished and then, suddenly dinnertime!

Phone call that should’ve been a pleasant catch up ending up being a bit of a pressured sales pitch (that line between wanting to support a friend and feeling annoyed by the sales pitch).

Christmas deadline pressures, you know the it’s 11 days and I’m nowhere near ready thoughts.

Well, I guess I have a whole season to try again with the cozy thing.

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Stopping here as it’s time to get J to his appointment and then myself to work. What do you think, do  people who live where the winter weather is more pronounced (cold and snowy) like the winter better than those of us who often get rainy, muddy Decembers?

What’s a winter Wednesday? Well, each Wednesday I’m going try to find something to enjoy about the season.

The above is an old photo from 2019. Honestly, we usually don’t get much snow around here until mid-January/February. That said, the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a white Christmas for our area. And we’ve had blizzard weather over Christmas back in 2009.

I wonder if I’d enjoy winter more if we got more snow? Not sure of the answer.

Why Winter Wednesdays?

Well, winter is very much not my favorite. And I tend to get pretty down as many of the days tend to lack the sunlight that I very much prefer. So, in an effort to try and get ahead of the winter blues, I’m planning to post every Wednesday. Some posts will likely be a bit longer than this one. Or they might be a simple wordless Wednesday style.

I’m also hoping to share photos of things I find that I do enjoy about winter. And plan to work on spending more time outside despite the weather. They’ll probably be focused a bit more on the previous Wednesday.

Basically, this series might be all over the place as I try to find my way to liking winter a bit more.

That Brings Us to Tomorrow

The plan for tomorrow is to get together with friends and go through a Christmas light display. Of course, I’m also working 7a.m. to 3:30 in a class with lots of sick kids (Just trying to hang on to my health tightly around here. Covered for yet another sick teacher this afternoon.) so we’ll see how I feel after that.

On that note, I’m going to stop my introductory Winter Wednesday post here with a question. What things do you do to enjoy the winter season?