Well our winter has finally arrived. Not that we haven't had cold ass weather just no snow. We have had temps in the teens which usually waits until February and lots and lots of ice which we don't usually get. This weekend that all changed. We got around 8 inches of snow Saturday. Then we got a blizzard of blowing snow the next day. The snow is so fine that when the wind was sustained at 30 mph it created a snow storm all over again. Gary and I went junk shopping until about 3 when I happened to look outside and thought o crap better get home. The clouds were bulging and hanging low about to give birth to a huge storm. Darkness engulfed us quickly. The atmosphere turned to pea soup. The wind began to pick up and huge gigantic flakes began to fall. Awww what I love most up here.
The blanket of snow that nature rolls us in brings light. Sound strange? When it is freezing rain/sleet or rain the clouds surround us in a dank gray. Depressing. But when the snow comes it lights up even the night. Like having a full moon all the time. Our daylight hours here in winter are very limited. The light comes up around 8:30 and sets by 4:30. Notice I said light comes up not the sun. We don't average but about maybe 7 days in December of even seeing the sun and then it is measured by hrs of certain days. We may get 2 hrs one day, 4 hrs another, but however much we get the snow absorbs the light and glows at night. That is the beauty I see in it compared to the gray days of winter I have spent elsewhere in this country. I love the snow for the beauty it shares with me at night.
Speaking of loving the snow, yep Happy and Poochie up to their I want to go out and play in the snow again, and again, and again, and again...My day is spent let dog out, let dog in. Alot of the snow blew off my deck, but Happy didn't let that stop her from trying to bury herself under it. Gary must like the snow blower because he went right out yesterday morning and used it to dig the car out and driveway. Lot better than a snow shovel.
Speaking of shoveling, Jason had to shovel his car out in Arnold, MO. Ha they got 5 inches. Andrea sent me a pic of her back deck overlooking the woods out back I want to include in this blog--very pretty. Also I am going to include pics of Jessicas new family members. She is extremely lonely living in Atlanta so she got what she wanted for Xmas--not one dog but two minature dashunds. They sound like a herd of small elephants running across the floor. They have these tiny little long bodies with huge flat feet and when you look directly at them you see hounddog. Gary and I are going to St Louis to visit with Jason and Andrea and Jessica is taking the weekend to come pick up her dog presents.
Well won't be long before Jon gets married again. February 29, 2008---their sense of humor suits each other well. She is a wonderful person and will make a great partner for Jon. They are going on a cruise for their honeymoon (hope they take enough pepto for that "cruise virus" that hits in the winter), and then they are going to spend some time at Disney World after the cruise. The place they have secured for the wedding is absolutely beautiful. It is a botanical garden with a chapel in it. Just look at Jon's pics and you will see it. Atlanta is still having 75 degree weather at the moment.
That seems to be it for now. And NO to those who might think I am facing mecca now just because I am studing the Koran like I studied the Old and New Testament last year. Either way, all these religions make women look like they are no more than horse shit so the reading takes away any worth I feel because I am a woman. I guess JD was right--women are about as usefull has titts on a bore hog. That sentiment wraps up the womans plight in any of these religions. Oh well. Maybe someone ought to write a womans version of these religions. Out for now---talk later
