Snow fun in Illinoise

I meant to spell it that way!  Why, you ask?  Because all we seem to get out of Springfield is noise.  Ill noise.  So I renamed the state.
Remember before the November elections how everybody was upset about the state finances, the Congressional gridlock?  Congress ratings were something near 10 percent.  Illinois ratings for its elected officials was less than the amount of snow that fell on the ground today.
And almost all of them got re-elected.  Why do we the people put up with the idiocy displayed in Congress and Springfield?  Why don't we just boot them out and put someone else in?  Seems easy.... everybody has a one term limit.
That's what snow does to me.  Makes me think.
Right now I'm thinking about getting a lawn, some bushes, trees, mowing and snowblowing.
Two years ago I had a little surgery.  Dr. Mike said I should not any heavy lifting, including pulling on the crank of a snow blower.  So I bought a new snow blower with electric start.
Those were the days we actually had snow.  I figure I am at about $175 per use at this point.  I bought the new one in December and it was/is as big as a VW Beetle.  Electric start, huge throwing capacity, two reverse speeds....an awesome machine.
Julia was home and we had a big snow.  I got her out there to clear the driveway.  I remember her putting it into the second reverse and having it pin her to a snowbank, and I was laughing so hard I could not get to the controls to move  it forward.  I did manage to get back into the house, grab a camera, and get a picture of her struggling to get out of the snowbank.  She wasn't hurt and it was funny.  I think that was the last time I used it.
Last year we moved and the snow blower went to Emily's.  This year it moved from Emily's to our new house where it sits, primed and waiting....  waiting for a snowfall that covers the ground, grinds traffic to a halt, closes schools and creates mayhem at the airports.
The little piddly stuff we have had so far has not amounted to much.  Sort of like the lawmakers we depend on to provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.
Geez, I think I am hungry for winter!!