a snowy day and a peanut butter chocolate!

I woke up very disappointed this morning, we haven't have the 10cm of snow that the weatherman promised. We had some snow, not even an inch and definitely didn't cover every bit of the garden but the shelties are very happy. They ran round around for good 10 minutes.

We didn't get out for our morning walk until 11:30am. I have to go to hospital to collect my elderly friend Jim who is still undergoing some chemos to treat his cancer. Luckily the roads were clear and we didn't get stuck in traffic but the car skidded a couple of times. Some small roads were sloshy but all the main roads are clear.

By the time I got home and get the shelties out, it started to snow again, so we have a lovely snowy walk in Mitcham Common today. The Common was very busy, crowded with lots of people, especially parents with kids and their sledges.

We couldn't do our non-stop walk or the hill walk today, the Common was too crowded and everyone wants to say hello to the shelties, so each time I started my WALK, I got to stopby by kids and their parents because they said: Oh, look, lovely dogs! And you know what? All my shelties are friendly and they happily go to say hello to everyone. Hill walk? Nuh, all the hills are covered by parents and children with their sldeges! No chance! So, I got to practice my photo skill:

The snow didn't stop since 11am, it is not heavy, just light dust but it has been snowing for hours ... then, at 3pm, we have a blizzard, it went on for 40 minutes, then back to light dust again. If stops at 5pm but every now and then, it snow again ... I think we have about 3 inches of snow now. Still not a lot. I wish we have a heavy snow and it stays, that would be very pretty.

Our Council put some salt grit on the pavement outside our house this morning. I think they tried to melt the snow/ice already on the pavement. I didn't think that is a problem until I got the dogs out. First, Sizzle was limping, he would not put one of his front paw down, he kept lifting it and hoop around. I tried to brush that paw and make him walk again; then Samber showed the same sign, she lifted a front paw, I did the same to her, and encouraged her to walk; soon, Saturn was the same. I started to think the salt grit must have bother them. As we left the pavement to walk on the snow, they were all fine and happy. How strange? Did any one of you have this problem with your dogs?

I was thinking to take the boys out again but I've got stuck searching for my Photoshop Elements software that I misplaced. I've searched high and low and still cannot find the disc, how annoying? I recently reboot my computer and upgrade myself with Windows 7, so I have to re-install all softwares again.

To distress myself, I am enjoying a lovely Reese's peanut butter chocolate cup that my little friend Ling got me. I just love peanut butter. When Ling first brought back two tiny little peanut butter chocolate cups for me to try, I was addicted. I can't find any in the usual Supermarkets, Colin said this tummy chocolate comes from America and I was looking dying to get some for Christmas but with so much stuff got on my way and I didn't get any at the end, until Ling brought me a packet yesterday. YEAH! Thanks, Ling.

snow + peanut butter chocolate = heaven!