They said that it was going to come down at least 14 inches...well the weather reports here are pretty unreliable. I guess this time they were right. Friday night around 9PM the snow started to come down. It snowed for a straight 24 hours. My car was barried and the streets where covered with white fluffy, marshmellow like SNOW. I watch so much Lifetime and Hallmark that I feel like I am a resident expert. The wish ALWAYS comes true, little white lies are fine if you are trying to save someone else, Santa is real, all little towns are quant, the big city is a true monster that has a few good souls that are masked as homeless people, and they ALWAYS get together in the end under mistletoe. I don't care who you are I say that Dolly Parton's Smokey Mountain Christmas w/ Lee Majors from 1986 is the best show of big hair and self promotion of singing bar none.
That evening I received an email letting me know church was to be cancelled because of old man winter. So the snow finished coming down around 11:30PM.
Sunday morning the neighbors started coming out with shovels, skis, and sleds. I stared at my car with wonder...it would take a good part of the day to clean it off with a snow srapper and broom. Then I saw two young boys with shovels, I asked them if they would be willing to shovel my car off and around for $20 - bless child labor. It was the best money spent.
After my car was cleared off I took a walk around the neighborhood to soak in some of the holiday cheer; it was very Norman Rockwell-like. I saw little kids plopping into large white snow piles and scooping up snow to attack their parents.
My walk was just a confirmation of holiday joy. Once I got home I cranked up the holiday music station, wrote several holiday cards, and baked sugar cookies for the office.
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I hear ya on the Lifetime stuff-it's like every girl who works in the city is disgruntled and has broken up with some jerk, she goes off to some small town and finds true love. No big deal. But I get sucked in every time!
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