I feel like a kid again! (Too bad my joints don't feel so young.)

So if you are among the few people who have not heard my complaining from where you live, we were without power for three days this week. Three. Days. In sub-freezing temperatures.

The fun started about 2:30 a.m. Monday morning during a freak ice storm. I say "freak" because when we moved up here to Michigan, we were told over and over that Ann Arbor had lots of snow but rarely any ice. And they rarely lost power during the winter.

That being said, we were lucky enough to have a place that was warm to stay (thank you, Beaubiens!) and the power did come back on.

Today, we were back on schedule which was nice. It snowed today, which brings me to the title of today's post.

We decided to take the kids sledding. I mean for real, not just in our backyard. So we took them to Veterans Park, which has the biggest, steepest sledding hill I've ever been on.

When I was a kid in Virginia and Maryland, we always used a Flexible Flyer sled, the type on runners. Today's sleds are made of plastic and absolutely fly.

For the first few runs, I really couldn't believe I was going downhill with IEM not in full body armor. You go that fast. The kids were all having a blast. I felt for IEM; he didn't want a snack and if you think that hill was high going down, you should have seen it on the return climb. I could have stayed out there all day; I used to love to sled as a kid. Too bad my back doesn't feel so young as my spirit. I had one good tumble and I'm feeling it now.

That's about it here. We're staying warm and enjoying this time. It was such a treat for Zack to be home today by 3 and for us all to be doing stuff together. You can't put a price on that.

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