Snow!

 

We've been having sub-freezing temperatures lately, and it finally cooperated and gave us some snow!  4-6 inches is the most we've gotten since we moved here, it's so pretty! This makes the 14 degree weather a little more bearable.  And on the plus side, it's supposed to be in the 50s next week, yay! 

Yes, I will probably blog about the snow every time. Because I am from Houston and it is exciting to me.

Well what do you know, it actually IS winter.  I think it heard me gloating about how spring was in the air.  This morning it was 21 degrees when I woke up!  Right now at 8:30 a.m. it is only 27 degrees.  I think it will get into the 30s today.  I would be annoyed at this Arctic weather, except that yesterday it snowed, and stuck!  Well, until the sun came out in full force that is.  But at least for the morning, we had a (very thin) blanket of white. 

The roads still had some snow on them when I drove to church, although some had been salted.

I was the goofball who was giddy over a quarter inch of patchy snow.  People looked at me funny until they remembered I am from Houston and then they just chuckled. 

Unfortunately this morning we just have the cold with no snow, so it's considerably less fun.  I had planned to go use the elliptical today so as not to lose all the aerobic progress I have made so far, but I think I will wait until tomorrow when it's supposed to get into the 40s again.  For today I think I will stay inside as much as possible (I still have to walk the dog, he loves the cold!) and thank God for central heat.

In Which I Gush About Snow. Snow!

Today it snowed!  It has snowed three times this year, but the first time it was really light and I missed it, and the second time it snowed overnight and just a tiny bit stuck, so this is the first time I really got to see it.  It didn't stick because it is 40 degrees outside, but I don't care, snow is cool!

Casper and I went out in it for a little walk.  This sounds silly because technically I know that snow is just frozen water, but it surprised me how wet we got!  I guess I expected that since snowflakes seem lighter and airier than rain that I would get less wet....or something like that.

Then we came inside and I may or may not have listened to Christmas music while watching the snow come down and imagining that we were having a white Christmas.  My tree is still up so it was fairly easy to imagine. 

Snow is magical!  And beautiful and festive.  It makes a dreary winter day exciting and cozy.