A candle & a stinkbug during a Blizzard

Yesterday was Ground Hog’s Day. Phil the cute groundhog predicted 6 more weeks of winter. Which explains why a snowstorm is bearing down on us, as I write. Blizzard conditions are predicted. It’s going to be BAD. The ice and snow have begun. It’s suppose to last  though Friday.  Our local weather guy says to expect 12- 16 inches. We have a generator in the garage that should have been trashed long ago. If the power goes out… we are just going to have to grin and bear it. So… we’ll be piling on extra layers of clothes and blankets to get us through the worst of it… if that happens. I spent all yesterday morning preparing meals for the next 5 days. They can be eaten HOT or COLD to handle whatever circumstances Mother Nature puts us in.  After I had finished my meal preparation I needed to sit and relax. The calm before the storm. Wanted a cup of hot tea. So I made it… and sat down at the kitchen table. I had put my Yankee Candle/ Merry Berry under my candle warmer when I woke up earlier around 4 am.  It’s fragrance permeated the air with its sweet notes of sugar plum, raspberry, butter cookie, apricot and honeybell orange. As I was sitting there enjoying the moment…  I noticed something besides a candle wick floating in the melting wax. At first... I wasn’t sure what it could be…. then when I moved the candle warmer closer, it became obvious. A rotten old STINKBUG was on it's back,  lying in the hot wax. At first… I was horrified that it’s rancid odor had been released when he accidently landed…  into my $25 candle… (that I had gotten for 75% off… after the holidays.) I was sure that he had ruined it. But… when my hubby sniffed the candle, there was no evidence of that. So I immediately scooped the dead nuisance out of the candle wax… with a napkin, and handed it to my husband to put in the trash. He looked at me and I looked at him and I said, “At least now he won’t STINK.” Both of us burst out laughing. Those of you who have encountered a stinkbug, will understand just how funny that is. A little humor went a long way to change the trajectory of what’s suppose to turn into a BAD situation here over the next few days. And I appreciated the diversion. One stinkbug down. 

One blizzard to go. 

LET IT SNOW.

CHEERS