A Blizzard Game Plan
I, like many of you, have been
preoccupied lately with thoughts
about snow. A favorite phrase of
my mother’s keeps running
through my head, “When faced
with the inevitable, relax and
enjoy it” I’m trying, honestly. But
when faced with more than a week
of blizzard-like weather and poor
driving conditions, the “relax and
enjoy it” part becomes more diffi
cult. It is with that challenge in
mind that I composed my game
plan to deal with the next round of
frosty weather.
1 call my game plan. The
Twelve Days of a Blizzard. And
the first few days are the same
(aren’t they always!).
Day 1: Shovel snow.
Day 2: Shovel snow.
Day 3: Shovel more snow.
Day 4: Turn off the TV and play
“Find the mitten.” Pick an old,
brightly-colored mitten. Most
families have at least one glove or
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mitten that has lost its mate. Use
it. Designate an indoor or outdoor
hiding vicinity. For example,
between the front door and the
maple tree or in the living room.
One person bids the mitten mak
ing sure at least some part of it is
visible. (The game is no fun if the
mitten is completely buried in the
snow!) The rest of the family
seeks it. Take turns hiding and
finding the mitten. Try different
locations. With younger children,
play as teams to help each other.
Day S; Do an inventory of your
pantfy/canned goods cupboard.
What do you have that could- be
made into a meal? Hold a family
contest. Who can come up with
the most creative stir fry or casser
ole recipe using things on hand?
Day 6: Use a scooped out
grapefruit/orange rind or a pine
cone from your stored'Christmas
decorations and make a bird feed
er. Fill the holder with suet or pea
nut butter, then top it with bird
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crumbs. Hang it on a tree or fence
post. Toss stale bread outside.
Then watch what birds come to
visit your outdoor diner.
Day 7: Mend clothes that have
been stacking up.
Day 8: Call a friend who lives
in a warmer climate.
Day 9: Take turns visiting and
hosting neighbors who are within
walking distance. Take an evening
and play board games together.
Young children will appreciate the
change of scenery as much as you
do. They’ll also like having diffe
rent games/toys to try.
Day 10: Exercise outdoors for
at least 20 minutes if temperatures
permit You might take a walk,
build a snowman, help out a
neighbor who is not able to do an
outdoor task. For some, getting to
your mailbox and digging it out
would be a perfect assignment By
Day 10, you’d really like to get
some mail!
Day II: Write a letter to some
one who is just as snowbound as
you are. If you have young child
ren, allow then to add pictures and
decorate the envelope. If you’re a
computer junky, surf the net and
send a note to someone in another
state.
Day 12: Get out some unlabeled
photos and add descriptions to at
least two rolls of prints. Have
others help you with the task. This
is a great way to reminisce. Be
sure to throw out the pictures that
aren’t so good. And if you haven’t
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On one of these snowbound
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been a catchall for yean.
The items that I decided to re
move were a hundred or more
postcards and a collection of loose
stamps. In my youth I faithfully
put stamps in a special book, but
over the yean I lost interest or be
came too busy. Now I can hope
that someday a grandchild will
take up where I left off.
There were several old leather
coin purses that contained pennies
and nickels. There were four un
usual bone and cloth fans. There
were two pain of chopsticks and
lots of special letters written by
my sisten or my children to me.
One item that I found was a
small, black book made to hold
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longed to my high school class
mates but some were our chil
dren’s official name cards con
nected to their business
affiliations.
In the bottom of the drawer was
a large Christmas book given to
me by an older lady in 1945.1 had
forgotten about it, but I took it out
and read some of the stories.
Probably the most interesting
were the postcards. Some were
sent to groat uncles and great
aunts. There were messages writ
ten on the front and on the back.
Many said, “Sorry I can’t come to
your home on Saturday.” Others
said, “Meet me at the trolley sta
tion Friday evening They seem
ed to take the place of our tele
phone today. And, they had a one
cent stamp and not a 200 stamp as
we must use today.