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my parking space, mine

Here is a sensible person who simply abandoned his car during our 3 weeks of being snowed in. For those who were able to dig themselves out, their parking space is a precious commodity protected by a single lawn chair (behind this car) which says, "I worked hard for this spot - keep out!"

We've had 2 days of hard rain and this snow can't melt fast enough. I killed my back the other day shovelling wet snow. The sidewalks are mostly clear, but stepping over the curbs are a different story. Getting on and off the buses is a hazard. Our back lane is still a mess. We've had no garbage collection for over 2 weeks because the garbage trucks can't get down the side streets.

I'm now a housewife. But not 100% as I have scheduled some shifts for later this month as my dept is facing a rather severe staffing shortage. I'll take the extra cash at this time.

christmas eve snow pileregistration day

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hungryghost 8. January 2009, 07:07

love the use of the lawn chair!

Anonymous 8. January 2009, 15:51

Anonymous writes:

we were snowed in, our place and surrounding was like Whistler plus two occasions of power outages. Our little one enjoyed the inconvenience, whilst we simply sipped hot chocs with the gas fireplace turned on.

This is certainly our whitest and quietest christmas and new year ever.

See all of ya soon,
The Chows

vancouverite 9. January 2009, 00:26

There are actually several lawn chair spots on our street - you'd think it was a day at the beach!

hungryghost 9. January 2009, 01:13

well- I think you need to put out a brightly coloured parasol!

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