>You wake up and look over to your alarm clock
>9am on a Saturday, at least you went to sleep at a decent time last night
>You slowly and quietly wiggle out of the grip of the woman still sleeping silently in bed
>Your feet hit the cold floor and send a shock up your body
>The room is cold outside of the bed, but it is winter and a space heater was running most of the night
>You get your slippers on and drag yourself towards the kitchen to make yourself some coffee
>You get the beans measured out and the coffee machine started, then look out the window to examine the outdoors
>What you see brings a wide smile to your face
>The weather man was saying it might snow but you never expected this
>There's a four foot blanket of pure whiteness outside
>You're glad you got property with a woods surrounding it, a bit better than your standard front and back yard but not enough to use as a range
>You hear the machine finishing and you carefully retrieve your mug
>After taking a sip to confirm you made it the way you like it, you turn and march towards the living room
>You open up the door to the wood stove and grab some tinder and logs
>It takes a little bit to get the fire to catch but you get it to go, and close the door to the wood stove
> Through the small window in the wood stove door you can see the flames dance back and forth in their own little waltz radiating heat
>You walk to the door and open it
>A foot away from it is a newspaper, wrapped in a pastic waterproof bag sticking half way out of the snow
>You quickly grab it and close the door trying to minimize your exposure to the biting cold
>Your phone says it's about -7F out there, it could get colder but in what you're in it's pretty cold to you.
>You sit yourself down in a reclining chair and begin to read it
>Up untill Lilly came to the house you never read it, but now it interests you somewhat
>Must be you maturing in someway or her old fashioned way of doing is getting to you
>You look up from reading to find Lilly walking out of the bedroom, rubbing the sleep from her eyes
>"Well you seem to be up early anon" she says with a yawn and a smile
"Couldn't go back to sleep. I'll start breakfast when I'm done reading, there is fresh coffee in the kitchen if you want some"
>She nods
>"Thank you Anon" she say before continuing to the kitchen
>You hear Lillys footsteps enter the kitchen then abruptly stop
>You hear a gasp followed by about fifteen seconds of silence
>Suddenly there's a squeal of excitement and Lilly flies back into the living room
>"ANON, ANON, IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT! IT REALLY SNOWED!"
"It sure did Lilly, I was thinking after breakfast we could go outside and go sledding, how does that sound to you?"
>"R-Really? Well hurry up let's have breakfast!" Lilly says then rushes back into the kitchen
>From where you are you can hear the frantic opening of drawers and the taking of pots and pans
>After a hearty breakfast of pancakes and syrup you exit via the backdoor, sled in your hands, Lilly following you
>Once outside, Lilly starts high step running through the snow, seeing your feet sink a good foot or so
>She does this around the yard, laughing the entire time
>She squeals a bit in surprise as she falls and face plants in the snow with a soft 'poof'
>This causes you to let out a pfffft followed by laughter
>Lilly quickly raises her snow covered face, shaking a fair amount while faking a look of annoyance
>She quickly rolls and snowball and heaves it in your direction
>You're able to doge the projectile and you drop the sled
"Hey!"
>You create you're own ball and fling it back at Lilly
>You miss, but is causes her to squeal in delight
>The snowball fight goes on for a few minutes before you charge Lillys position and hug her
>She laughs as she falls back and tries to get you off
>You both lay there for a second staring at each other
>"So...sledding?" Lilly says
"Oh..right" You say then you roll off her and towards the sled
>You grab the sled and dash towards the slope
"Come on! Let's go"
>Lilly starts running after you, a big smile on her face and her jacket covered in snow
>After a very short run you set the sled down and steady it
"You get on in the front I'll be in the back"
>Lilly rushes over and sits down in the sled
>You get on the sled and push
>Lilly squeals in delight as the sled travels down hill faster and faster
>At the bottom of the hill Lilly gets out and starts to run back up the hill
>"Come on lets do it again! It's been so long since I last played in the snow!"
>You quickly roll off the sled, picking it up before chasing after Lilly up the hill
>You can't help but smile like an idiot as she turns around half way up the hill and waves at you before continuing up
>Four hours later you both enter the house cold, exhausted, and hungry
>You remove your jacket and snow pants then stoke the wood stove some more which thankfully was still going somehow
>You both enjoy a lunch of grilled cheese with tomato soup, then flop down on the couch
>Lilly snuggles up next to you with only her head poking out from under the blanket
>She gives off a soft purr of delight before falling fast asleep
>You listen to the sound of the fire in the stove crackle before you yourself drift off in this cozy winter wonderland