Kelly Gibbons, artist and writer, about me

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

First things first. A shameless plug:
I have two articles published at MomsVoice.com. "How to Get Them Out the Door Without Losing Your Mind!"(Dealing with the morning rush hour--before you leave the house) and "Insurance Savings for Teen Drivers" (tips on saving on insurance with a teen driver in the house).

PS MomsVoice is looking for submissions.

It snowed here again. Not much, but I am sick of snow. I am ready for spring. Bring on the warm weather! I am not a cold weather girl and someday I will live where it is always warm. I'd prefer an island somewhere if someone out there is taking orders.

I see it now: Me on the beach, laying in a hammock, book in one hand and a cold drink in the other. Wasting away in Margaritaville. Ah, how nice!

There are things I would miss about this place though. I do like the change of seasons. I actually like 3 seasons of the year, it is the winter I could do without. Maybe I will be a "snowbird" as my cousin in Florida calls the part time residents. I always want to remind her that for most of her life she was one of us and that she has only been there for a few years. But, I guess the FL driver's license and address make her one of them.

I like getting excited when the geese come back north. Their fly over and honking remind me that spring really is coming back. The snow on the ground means nothing. The weather man might lie, but the geese don't. There V in the sky stands for Victory in my book. We survived the winter. It beat us fiercely, but we made it out alive.

I love all the little signs of spring; flowers poking through the ground, spotting the first robin of the season, buds on the trees, more squirrels out playing, basketball hoops being used after sitting silent all winter. I would miss that. This also makes me realize another good thing about winter: one less season of weeding!

One of my favorite days of the year is my own made up holiday, "Pool Opening Day." I look forward to this day so much. It means either summer is here, or awful darn close. I love uncovering the pool and seeing the water. Reclaiming my deck from the big black blob that shows up every fall. If I lived where it was always warm, I wouldn't have this day. My pool would always be open. I might have to close it just so I could continue to celebrate my self proclaimed holiday.

I would also miss snow days. It gives me great pleasure to see the reaction from my kids when I say, "Go back to sleep, School's closed!" I also like to see them glued to the TV waiting for the D's and the screams when Dallas appears.

Not seeing the changing colors in the fall would definitely be hard. I never get sick of how beautiful nature paints the trees. Every year is different. Some years it is a gradual change, a few colored trees among the green. Other years it seems all at once the mountains change color. I think I would miss this the most.

Give me Spring, Summer and Fall. I'll be in the hammock all winter.

I'll leave you with an image for the day:

Do you think this is what they meant by Smirnoff on Ice?

posted by Kelly @ 3/10/2004 08:30:00 AM

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