The context of ice

This was our front yard this morning. Brrr.

Normally on Saturdays we spend the first part of the day cleaning house and working on a long-term project -- such as cleaning the attic. There's always the option of doing other things of course, but we generally don't. Today we had an ice storm -- which meant we couldn't go anywhere (safely, that is).

So we spent the day cleaning and working. Funny thing, though. Although we didn't do anything different, it felt different.

I didn't realize just having the option (whether taken or not) made that much difference.