9 things to do while you wait for the snowplow
From the Deep freeze: Read our coverage of the early 2019 polar vortex in southern Wisconsin series
As your mom once said, "You're not going anywhere." So you may as well get something done while waiting for the snowplow. Here are nine tasks for a snowy day in Wisconsin.Â
— George Hesselberg (in a classic post from State Journal archives)
1. Do your taxes
1. Do your taxes. If you can't actually make it to the final, bottom line, at least organize and calculate. Walk into work tomorrow and say: "Well, if we really scrimp and save this year, it looks like we can afford that second dinner plate."
2. Find the pile of Christmas envelopes
2. Find the pile of Christmas card envelopes you saved. Carefully cut out the little address labels from the upper left corner of each envelope, place these labels in their own envelope, then drop the envelope behind the desk where you can't reach it. That was easy, and you will always know where to find it.
3. Attack basement spider webs
3. Attack your basement spider webs. This is a chance to clear the webs in the basement in the corner by the water heater. Put an old T-shirt around a broom and swoosh it up there, follow the joists, tip over the laundry detergent.
4. Don't read a book in the morning.
4. Don't read a book in the morning. Put it on the counter and reward yourself later.
5. Take a photograph of your snowy backyard
5. Take a photograph of your snowy backyard. Put it up on your Facebook page, next to a photograph of your backyard in the summer. Somehow, include the path you shoveled for the dog.
6. Iron your Green Bay Packer blanket.
6. Iron your Green Bay Packer blanket. Wash your Green Bay Packer gas station glasses, find your Don Beebe Packer jersey, fluff the Clay Matthews needlepoint pillow.
7. Run out of toilet paper
7. Run out of toilet paper. Become the first person in the history of blizzardry in Wisconsin to do so.
8. Make cocoa
8. Make cocoa. You know you want to. With teeny marshmallows.
9. Add your own snowy tasks
9. Add your own snowy tasks to this list. Dust off your long-term to-do list and get going. Or just have some fun.
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