Snow pics

I should have entitled this "White Death" but figured that would be too inflammatory...heh. If you can't see the slideshow, let me know and I'll upload the pics the old-fashioned way.

There's no business like snow business...

Ha...that's been going through my head all day.

I messed up yesterday and thought it was the 7th. Today is actually the 4th anniversary of Mother's passing. Thank you so much for your kind words. I keep thinking how much Mom would have loved the digital revolution. When the girls were young she demanded a new roll of pictures every month. Being the good (i.e., compliant) daughter that I was, I sent them. She's be digging the digital photos of everything, sent over e-mail rather than mailed as well as talking to people over Skype. Ah well.

We finally got our first real winter storm today, blizzard warnings and all. How did I celebrate this momentous event? I took Sarah and David with me to the library and to Sam's Club. Because if you're going to be snowed in, you need knitting books, videos, and butter. Yeah.

The trip back was considerably more hazardous than the trip out there. Fortunately I didn't spin out anywhere but my brakes were a mess. And I made it up the giant hill near our house without problem. Of course, the whole situation was so nerve-wracking that I had to go to bed once we got home. Did I mention that I am sick? Yeah. At least a sinus infection if not worse. You have to have a fever to have the flu, right?

So I made us a giant vat of shrimp & chicken creole for dinner so as to get that spice thing going and open up our sinuses. It sort of worked. I was looking around for some snow pics. There are a few at Cincinnati.com but I don't think they are of the most recent snow storm. Perhaps tomorrow I can take some of my own. Can you tell that I'm all mush-headed from the cold bug?

Now it's definitely time for bed.

Snow day, or the return of the White Death

I was all set to send Friend Gina a derisive e-mail about our alleged "white death" that was due in last night, when I noticed that it was snowing and snowing pretty well.  Most of the children whooped it up, got embedded in layers of clothing, and ran outside.  A picture of them is below.  Please note that the pretty blonde in the middle is not ours.  She spent the night with Abby and they were still up and going strong at 4:30 this morning.  I came in at 7:30 and moved Friend Dinah (the pretty blonde) to her sleeping bag on the couch, as she was half-dozing in a chair as David poked at her and talked to her.  Abby was out cold.

Friend Dinah stayed in the sleeping bag for about 15 minutes, then popped up and was ready to go.  Why is it that children are blessed with such energy?  I believe that only adults, specifically parents, should be so blessed. 

Abby is still out cold.