mL's blog
2008-12-15 -- SNOW DAY!
Well, we woke up this morning to nearly 6 inches of snow! That's kind of unusual for December in the South Willamette Valley, (BTW, that's pronounced " will · AM · uht " , for those that don't know. I'm tired of hearing William-ette. WTF? Doesn't that just sound silly? Dang, I could have named my daughter that! What was I thinking??? ;-P ) Anyhoo, late January through February is when we usually see any significant snow on the valley floor, but for any time of year, 6 inches is kind of an event. This definitely screamed for a SNOW DAY!
I think I'm a fairly capable snow driver. I'm really familiar with what my car's going to do, even on a slippery patch. But having to drive in the slick with the other crazy effers zooming around like nothing's amiss really makes my guts tie in knots. So to avoid being plowed (some pun intended) I just don't drive at all when it's snowy. I just DON'T. So that means until the snow and ice melts, the 50-mile round-trip commute to work isn't going to happen. At least not with me at the wheel. ;-)
There's plenty of work I can do from home, but with school canceled and the white powdery stuff fresh and new, I thought I'd just waste away part of the day having fun. Heh, waste. Nah, fun is really important! Sometimes I'm entirely sure that I don't get enough of it. ;-)
The flake-spitting clouds moved on around mid-morning and the sun came out! So before the big kid trudged off to the neighbors' houses for endless snowball fights (or perhaps endless video gaming, knowing these 21st century kids), the bunch 
of us romped around in the snowfor a bit.
Brynn was a lot happier with the snow this year than she was last year. She really didn't even mind when it got in her boots and down her front. (Snowball-throwing Dadda the culprit, no doubt.) There were even some icy cold puddles to stomp in (one of Brynn's favorite activities). And it was also a perfect day for “Inna Sky;” the game where Dadda tosses her, well, inna sky.
The snow must have been blowing around pretty good last night, too, because all of the flowerbeds were buried. My roses have been blooming since June without much pause. This one still putting on buds even in this weather. And the poor fuchsias are pretty right now, but probably not long for this world.
Have a happy SNOW DAY! Or just a happy Day. Or maybe just a Day, if that's the kind of thing you're into. ;-)
~mL