Cut to today. Trick or Treating cancelled until Friday. Our town is old school, you trick or treat on Halloween, no changing the night. Except this year. Still half of our town is without power. We have been blessed that we got our power back on Sunday... Yes just in time to watch the Steelers run circles around my boys. What a train wreck... Speaking of train wrecks...
My MIL arrived today for an indefinite period of time. She lives in western MA which was hit very hard in the storm. No phone or power up there for who knows how long. It has been quite the roller coaster of a ride since last week. She has had a very difficult time believing she was scammed and still I think wants to believe that her ship has come in. She has been entering all kinds of 'sweepstakes'. Spending over $100 a month on these bogus sweepstakes that you send in $5 here or $9.99 there. They are the kind of 'contests' that take your information and bundle it with others and sell it to scammers. She also 'invested' in this green company for a gas additive. She was supposed to be getting $1000 a month after her initial $4800 investment...guess what? That one didn't pay off either and all it has left her with is a maxed out credit card. We are doing a subtle intervention while she is here to get her out of this cloud she has been living in that she is going to win a million dollars from all these scams and schemes. It is a sad situation for her, but she is a competent adult. She is not and elderly person with dementia. She has made her choices and now has to live with them. For someone who will use a tea bag twice to save money, I just don't understand how she has literally thrown money away at these scams. Enough about that.
This is what I woke up to Sunday. I didn't get out early enough to get those beautiful snow covered tree pictures. The snow began to melt so quickly that my 9am the snow had melted off the trees. It took a little longer to melt off of my mums.
Looking at the top of this photo, it looks like a beautiful fall day with the leaves turning. Look at the bottom and it is any given January day in New England.
This is my favorite tree in my yard. It is a maple and always has the most beautiful color this time of year. It was short changed this year and most of the leaves were lost in the storm.
Trees and snow are great, but what I love most of all is the sight of a kid in a snow suit going out to enjoy great adventures in the snow. It really brings me back. I have great memories of many snow filled days followed by hot chocolate with tons of fluff plopped on it.
4 comments:
so strange to have that weather so early. I hate that your MIL was scammed. I know a lady who did the same , hoping to give more to her children when she died. It is a sad day when con men win. Prayers to all of you :)
Your yard is very pretty.
Re: your MIL and getting scammed...*face palm* I don't know what to say. How frustrating.
I live in NJ and it is the oddest thing to see the leaves still on the trees and snow...thankfully most of it is melted here already. But a lot of people are still without power. I hope it is not an indication of what winter will be like.
Oh my goodness! I can not believe all the snow. Sorry to hear about your MIL...that is just awful. Love your maple tree! Those are my favorite too.
Stay warm,
Caroline
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