Ode to Michigan

[Abigail]

Aug. 12 - Moved into our new home in Mich. It is so beautiful here. The hills and river valleys are so picturesque. I have a beautiful old oak tree in my front yard. Can hardly wait to see the change of seasons. This is truly God's Country.

Oct. 14 - Michigan is such a gorgeous place to live, one of the real special places on Earth. The leaves are turning a multitude of different colors. I love all of the shades of reds, oranges and yellows, they are so bright. I want to walk through all of the beautiful hills and spot some white tail deer. They are so graceful; certainly they must be the most peaceful creatures on Earth. This must be paradise.

Nov. 11 - Deer season opens this week. I can't imagine why anyone would want to shoot these elegant animals. They are the very symbol of peace and tranquility. I hope it snows soon. I l ove it here!

Dec. 2 - It snowed last night. I woke to the usual wonderful sight: everything covered in a beautiful blanket of white. The oak tree is magnificent. It looks like a postcard. We went out and swept the snow from the steps and driveway. The air is so crisp, clean and refreshing. We had a snowball fight. I won, and the snowplow came down the street. He must have gotten too close to the driveway because we had to go out and shovel the end of the driveway again. What a beautiful place. Nature in harmony. I love it here!

Dec. 12 - More snow last night. I love it! The plow did his cute little trick again. What a rascal. A winter wonderland. I love it here!

Dec. 19 - More snow - couldn't get out of the driveway to get to work in time. I'm exhausted from all of the shoveling. And that snowplow!

Dec. 21 - More of that white dang coming down. I've got blisters on my hands and a kink in my back. I think that the snowplow driver waits around the corner until I'm done shoveling the driveway. .....

Dec. 25 - White Christmas? More freakin' snow. If I ever get my hands on the sonofabitch who drives that snowplow, I swear I'll castrate him. And why don't they use more salt on these roads to melt this crap??

Dec. 28 - It hasn't stopped snowing since Christmas. I have been inside since then, except of course when that SOB "Snowplow Harry" comes by. Can't go anywhere, cars are buried up to the windows. Weather man says to expect another 10 inches. Do you have any idea how many shovelfuls 10 inches is??

Jan. 1 - Happy New Year? The way it's coming down it won't melt until the 4th of J uly! The snowplow got stuck down the road and the danghead actually had the balls to come and ask to borrow a shovel! I told him I'd broken six already this season.

Jan. 4 - Finally got out of the house. We went to the store to get some food and a goddamn deer ran out in front of my car and I hit the bastard. It did $5,000 in damage to the car. Those beasts ought to be killed. The hunters should have a longer season if you ask me.

Jan. 27 - Warmed up a little and rained today. The rain turned the snow into ice and the weight of it broke the main limb of the oak tree in the front yard and it went through the roof. I should have cut that old piece of dang into firewood when I had the chance.

May 23 - Took my car to the local garage. Would you believe the whole underside of the car is rusted away f rom all of that damn salt they dump on the road? Car looks like a bashed up, heap of rusted cow dang.

May 10 - Sold the car, the house and moved to Florida . I can't imagine why anyone in their freakin' mind would ever want to live in the God forsaken State of Michigan ..

[HAPe4me]

hah summer will come. (or not)

[coolchef]

this applies to maine also!!lol

[so it was]

I laughed pretty good at that, I admit thoughts of launching my shovel at the snowplow driver amid words not to be printed here. They only come once you are done with the driveway. Living in the UP of Michigan is all that for sure beautiful and miserable all at once.

[Abigail]

I laughed pretty good at that, I admit thoughts of launching my shovel at the snowplow driver amid words not to be printed here. They only come once you are done with the driveway. Living in the UP of Michigan is all that for sure beautiful and miserable all at once.

Hey So! I'm a native yooper myself. Where up there did you live? You can PM me if you want, and you are by no means obligated to answering. :)

I was born in the Gladstone-Escanaba area.

[rascal]

Another YOOPER!

Alas, I am only a summer visitor. Always thought the U.P. was where I would settle one day. Tenn winters have grown on me though. I think that I am to big a sissy to do mich winters now :(

[Watered Garden]

And then of course the Buckeyes clobber the Wolverines every November!

WG

[waterbuffalo]

Very funny Abi...and it's all true!

[Linda Z]

Very funny, Abi!

I can so relate. I have a love-hate relationship with my snowplowers. Mine usually wait until just after I've paid some juvenile delinquent big bucks to dig me out, then they come along and rebury me!

[Shellon]

:)

[Calflor]

My wife's brother lives in Ishpeming. He is a former Californian and loves it up there...he teaches at UNM. His little town really gets pounded in the winter with the white stuff, but I have never seen a place with so many bars...$20 out can get you in and out of most of the bars...the people are super friendly, especially at the end of the night after all the beer...and the best part is you go home with money in your pocket...it's great!

[Mister P-Mosh]

I'm surprised someone hasn't written one of these things about living somewhere like Florida or southern Texas.

[coolchef]

speaking as a mainer,if i wanted to live some wher else i would.

it is 9 below right now

and worse tommorow

but i would rather have the cold

the snow and the black flies in summmer

that the tornados huricanes etc

[nandon]

weed is now legal with a prescription in michigan :)

[Greek2me]

I actually miss the white stuff! All this sunshine and ouzo must finally be getting to me....