Copper Country Living

It's winter here in the Copper Country and that means SNOW. To keep from going crazy, the fact of snow has to be embraced with open arms. This weekend we are predicted to get up to 15 inches or more of the white stuff, and since it's been snowing big fluffy flakes all morning- Safe bet we will likely get the amount predicted. At least we don't name our storms. I was watching the weather channel at the doctor's office last week while I was waiting for my baby check-up. The people on the show were discussing a named winter storm out in the mountains and I laughed a little to myself. If we named winter storms around here, we'd run out of names. Last I checked, the snow report total for Keweenaw County this year is already 167.3 inches (almost 14 feet). And it's still got a long way to go before winter is over. The snow is inevitable- like death and taxes. So what's a person to do? Play in it, duh. Sure, we have to move it, drive in it, dr

Working in an office while pregnant has some challenges. Now, compared to a lot of other jobs, an office setting where you sit at a desk most of the day isn't too horrible of a job to be at while pregnant. As long as you remember to occasionally get up and walk around, it's pretty manageable. But this post isn't about the physical issues with working while pregnant. It's my rant about the people. I like my co-workers in a general sense. My office environment is pretty casual (we can wear jeans and sneakers if we want) and it's a small group (about 15 people) so any issues that arise are often quickly resolved. But because of this casual atmosphere, which I usually love, almost every co worker has taken it upon themselves to make some awkward comment regarding my new mommy status. So here's how I'm dealing with the following types of people while pregnant: The guy who can't remember asking about all the details before There&#

I finally got to use my new snowshoes! For those of you who have been following along, you know from my previous post that everyone in our family got snowshoes this year for Christmas and I was ridiculously excited about it. The kids' reaction to them was as "meh" as I had figured it would be, but they both ended up out in the woods with Hubby for a few hours to try them out. Hubby and I's new snowshoes (and my baby bump) Today I got the chance to strap on my pair and head out to the far edge of our property with Hubby when he got home from work. We didn't go all the way to the edge of the property since it drops down into a ravine. At 35 weeks pregnant I prefer flat surfaces, so we mostly strolled (can you stroll in snowshoes?) around our yard. But it was the farthest back on the property I've been since we bought the place so it was a fun adventure. Now you're probably thinking that trudging through the snow in snowshoes at this sta

Happy 2020! New Year's Day Sunrise 2020 Today doesn't feel much different from yesterday. But it's regardless a fresh beginning, even if only a date on the calendar. We started out this morning with bright sunshine but still plenty cold- perfect January weather. This is the time when people usually talk about resolutions and changes they are going to make. I don't have any changes I plan to make this week, but I do have aspirations and goals for the coming year ahead. I don't usually make resolutions any more. In the past decade, very few of them made it to February and so I've found making a few main goals for the year works better than "resolutions" to change things. Of course, baby will be arriving in a short while and so most of my upcoming plans revolve around him. There's lots left to do and I've been putting off a lot of it until the holidays were over. So I guess my first goal for 2020 is to be prepared when baby arrives.