Perjantai ilta / Friday evening

Kello on puoli kahdeksan illalla kun tata aloitan kirjoittelemaan. Lunta on satanut koko paivan mutta ihan hissukseen. Ei mitaan katastrofaalista. Ihan hyvin olis koulu voinut olla tanaan auki. Ihan pohkoa hommaa. No, aamupaivasta oltiin tyttojen kanssa leikkitreffeilla melkein naapurissa (ihanaa kun lahella on leikkiseuraa ja juttuseuraa mamille). Muuten paiva onkin sujunut kovin leppoisasti: pyykkia pesten ja lapset sai katsoa You Tubesta suomenkielisia lastenohjelmia. Isanta kavi lumitoissa viiden aikoihin kolaamassa viisi senttia pois.
Nyt sitten sita lunta tulee oikein urakalla. Kavin asken koiran kanssa pikalenkilla. Nakki olis kylla moyrinyt ja hypellyt ja nuuskutellut lumessa vaikka kuinka mutta mammaa ei naurattanut kun lumi piiskaa vaakatasossa suoraan naamaan kovassa tuulessa. Ja kun paasin sisaan melkein heti rupesin kuuntelemaan etta kuka kolistelee ovella. Armeija (5) miehia putsas meidan pihaa ja rappusia lumesta. Me ei olla tilattu lumenluontia (niin kuin suurin osa taalla alueella on) pienen lantin ja rappusten takia. Jos lasku kolahtaa luukusta niin ei kylla makseta. Mahdollisesti siis saadaan aamullakin lumityot ilmaiseksi..... :D Katsotaan nyt miten kay. Tuolla nuo aurat (tai siis lava-autot, joiden eteen on asennettu aura) hoylaa teita. Taitavat kolistella koko yon. Yoksi luvattu myrskytuulta, lunta lunta ja lunta. Paikoitellen jopa tosiaankin sen metrin verran.
Vahan naurettavaa musta oli se etta kuvernoori kaski kaikkia muita kuin auroja ja hataajoneuvoja pysymaan poissa teilta klo 16 jalkeen aina la iltaan asti. Vaikka sita lunta tulee niin se on vaan lunta. Luulisi etta tallaisessa paikassa, missa kuitenkin sita lunta tulee joka talvi ja naita myrskyja joka vuosi etta olis homma hanskassa eika tammosta paniikinlietsontaa olis. Ahistaa.
Myrskysta muihin juttuihin. Nimittain muistinpa juuri etta mun blogi on tayttanyt vuoden! Se tapahtui jo tammikuun puolella mutta minapa unohdin koko asian tosi lahjakkaasti. Toinen mainitsemisen arvoinen asia on etta 10 000 sivunlatausta poksahti rikki eilen illalla! Siis olen ihan aimankakena. Miten se voi olla mahdollista??? En voinut koskaan kuvitellakaan etta minulla olisi 11 julkista lukijaa ja muitakin on (olen huomannut etta saannollisia kaynteja on mm. taalta USAsta, Venajalta, Ranskasta, Intiasta, Ruotsista, Latviasta ja italiasta. Ihan uskomattoman ihana fiilis etta joku jaksaa ja haluaa lukea naita mun hulluja juttuja meidan vielakin hullummasta menosta taalla. :D Kiitos teille kaikille! Olette ihania!

PS: ei viela lumisia kuvia. Ehka huomenna.


It's 19.30 when I start writing this post. It's been snowing all day but only a bit. Nothing catastrophic yet. In my opinion it would have been just fine to have school today. A bit silly in my opinion to cancel school when there was really no need. We spent the morning having a play date almost next door (it's lovely to have friend for the girls and company also for mother so close by). Otherwise it's been quite a slow day doing laundry and the children were watching some finnish children's TV programs from You tube. My husband did the snow (about 5cm) at 5pm.
Now it's really snowing. I took our dog out. He would have loved to jump and dig and snif in the snow for a long time but for me it wasn't so pleasant as the snow was flying horizontally with a strong wind hitting my face. A bit after I got back inside I started listening the noises coming from outside the front door. And army (5) men were cleaning out steps and yard from the snow. We have not asked for this service here (as most here have) because the tiny area we have plus the few steps. If we do get a bill we won't pay it. And there's a chance that they will come back tomorrow morning and do it again.... for free. :D Lets see how it goes. The ploughs (well pick up trucks with a plough attached to the front) are cleaning the roads. They will be doing it all night I think and making a hell of a racket. The night forecast is snow, snow lots of snow, storm winds and more snow.
A bit ridiculous in my opinion was the governor's order for everyone else except ploughs and emergency vehicles to stay out of roads after 4pm until Saturday evening. It's just snow that's coming down. You would think that in a place like this where there are proper winters and snow storms every year several times that they would know how to handle it without getting the people to panic.
But now other things. I just remembered that my blog turned 1 year old in January!!!!! And I totally forgot it. The other thing worth mentioning is that 10 000 page views was hit last night!!!! I'm absolutely dumbstruck! How can it be possible??? I could have never have though it possible to have 11 public readers and there are others (I have noticed regular visits from here USA, Russia, France, India, Sweden, Latvia and Italy among others. It's unbelievably wonderful feeling to know that someone comes back over and over again to read these crazy ramblings about even crazier life over here. :D Thank you all!!!! You are wonderful!

PS: No snowy pictures yet. Maybe tomorrow.