# 66 Have a Snowball Fight and Fun in the Snow and #79 Build an Igloo

Let me state for the record - I hate being cold. Like, really hate being cold. It makes me grumpy and whingy. So I don't relish winter weather. I know a lot of people dislike the winter because of the short daylight hours, but that doesn't bother me - as long as it's not freezing cold.

So, imagine my glee at the current 'Big Freeze'. Yay.

I live in Hampshire and it started snowing in earnest here on Wednesday 6th Jan. The ferocity of the snowstorm was such that I was essentially snowed in on Thursday. This irked me somewhat as we were neck deep in a major funding application at the charity I work for and I could really have done without being stuck at home. This did, however, offer me the opportunity to get out have 'Fun in the Snow' - and allow me to tick another couple of things to do off the list.





So - snowball fight? Yup. Fun in the snow? Well, the husband pushed me over into a snowdrift. That was 'fun' in the way that having snow down your pants is fun. (i.e. not really fun at all). Snow angel? Yes...



Sledging? Nope - bit flat round here and we don't have a suitable implement for sliding around on. Snowman? We started to build one and got distracted by thing to do #79 - Build an Igloo.

This is what an igloo should look like:


(Picture courtesy of Mr Duncan Smith)

I'm told the way to make them is to fill a box with snow and compact it and then tip it out - much like building a sandcastle. So, nothing like the way we approached the challenge. Which was to simply start piling snow up in a vaguely circular shape. And then get bored because the feeling has been lost in the hand appendages and the realisation has struck that building an igloo takes ages and is relatively pointless.

This is how far we got (and don't ask what's going on with my bandy arms - they're freakish I know and I don't understand why either):



So, all in all I think I can tick both of these off. I know I didn't actually build an igloo but I got as close as I'm ever likely to, thanks very much.

2 orange stars for me!