Its Officially Winter
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (83556)
United States
December 21, 2024 11:48am CST
Today is the 1st day of winter and also the shortest day of the year.
Mother Nature decided to give us snow which amounted to a few inches. Its pretty but I could have waited until January to see that white stuff. At least it was light and powdery which made it easy to clear the driveway and sidewalk.
My daughter went out to run a few quick errands and I got the last of my gifts wrapped. Its hard to wrap her stuff when she's around so I wrap and hide her gifts until Christmas morning.
After lunch we're going to bake cookies ( chocolate chip and sugar cookies) and maybe tomorrow something else.
Thats my day in a nutshell.
How's your weekend going?
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22 responses
@FourWalls (70713)
• United States
21 Dec
Nice and quiet. I had lunch and now I’m home, sipping hot tea (banana chocolate flavor!!!). The days start getting longer for us now!!!
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@FourWalls (70713)
• United States
22 Dec
@LindaOHio — three extra seconds today!
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@LindaOHio (183840)
• United States
23 Dec
@FourWalls Yeah, I saw that. I'll take them!
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@LindaOHio (183840)
• United States
22 Dec
Yes! I can't wait for it to be light later in the evening!
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@RebeccasFarm (91120)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Dec
Oh tis indeed isn't it Marilyn? I forgot that the 1st day of winter.
Here it is tropical to me..too hot for my liking.
Anyway doing some wash up and down the stairs out here.
Hope you'll have a lovely day there.
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@RebeccasFarm (91120)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 Dec
@Dreamerby Right now its cold..but its Xmas..its 36F
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@kaylachan (74126)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Dec
It's cool here, too. I may have to break out the jeans if the wind is strong enough. Hoping I don't have to. But I just have to take trash out. So.... yeah. I'm not complaining. I really can't tell the difference between 59 and 60 anyway.
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@Dreamerby (6337)
• Calcutta, India
21 Dec
Today, it rained a bit, and then the Temperature plummeted from 20 degrees C to 15 degrees C.
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@popciclecold (39743)
• United States
21 Dec
Sounds like you have a full day, I sure hope we don't get any snow.
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@snowy22315 (184370)
• United States
21 Dec
Going OK I just made some sugar cookies too
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@ptrikha_2 (47268)
• India
22 Dec
1st day of Winter? But I suppose you would be used to low temperatures since end October and majority of November as well?
Yesterday on 21st, we went to have vaccination for one of our child followed by a visit to a Shopping Centre to have Tea and Snacks and buying a few things.
@Juliaacv (52020)
• Canada
21 Dec
It is nice that she disappeared for a while and you could get her things wrapped up pretty for her.
We went out for groceries this morning together, later this morning I went out and got my hubs a nice pair of winter boots, with fold down ice cleats on the heel, as well as some fresh fruit that I couldn't find with groceries.
After lunch I went out to pick up some supplies from the bulk barn, and I made some white chocolate almond bark, and once that is done I will make some milk chocolate crushed candy cane bark and after it goes below freezing we will make up a couple of batches of peanut brittle. These will all be packaged up tomorrow into containers that I bought while out at the bulk barn and the 8 packages are for the parents of the children that the girls are closest to from the playgroup. They are all meeting at an indoor amusement park on Monday for a Secret Santa exchange and my hubs will give out these packages.
Funny, I just said to him that my legs are tired. He smiled and said that I have been out more than he today and he can believe it.
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@1creekgirl (42165)
• United States
22 Dec
I can't believe winter is just starting! Hope you have a great Christmas.
@LindaOHio (183840)
• United States
22 Dec
I like the fact that the days will be getting longer now. Boy, do I hate winter. 89 days until spring. Today we will go and see my hubby which I'm looking forward to. Have a great day.
@shaggin (73605)
• United States
21 Dec
I need to wrap some today as well. I want to vacuum the floor first though and my little one is napping so it has to wait.
I hope the cookies turn out great and that you enjoy them!
@celticeagle (170570)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Dec
We have only had a light drifting of snow that disappeared the next day. It has been rather warm here in the high 30s and 40s with lots of rain and fog.
Sounds like a nice day. Happy holidays.
@allknowing (139708)
• India
21 Dec
I am fagged out organizing that party and this year for the first time I will not bake my date and walnut cake
@JudyEv (344822)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Dec
We sometimes have trouble wrapping gifts for each other although I sometimes think I could wrap Vince's under his nose and he'd never notice!