Dec 18 2008
It snows in the Northwest?
That’s right, contrary to popular belief, it isn’t always raining in Washington. We got our first little snow storm last weekend, and had a day of reprieve before the next one hit early Wednesday morning. That early Christmas present from Mother Nature is still falling from the sky as I type!
(A picture will appear here as soon as I can find my dog-gone USB cord. Grr, I hate losing things.)
When the snow falls, I realize how much growing up in Northwest has impacted me. The second the snow starts falling, I feel this tug at my heart to get all of my snow clothes on and run outside before it turns to rain. Then, in the miraculous event that the snow actually accumulates to more than trace amounts, I can hear the child in me screaming, “Lindsay! Get the heck outside, it’s all gonna melt!”
We have been stuck in our house for the last couple of days, and it has been so nice. Turk was able to work from home, we have ventured out into the 9″+ of snow that has fallen a couple of times, and we have been pumping our heater constantly (I shudder to think of what our heating bill is going to be next month). It is fun to see the weather so Christmasy, especially since we don’t get a storm like this very often. And, it makes for an excellent, easy way to wear Bug out so he’ll actually take a nap.
My only hope is that it is gone or at least cleared by Christmas so we can go see our families. Oh, and that it just warms up and melts, instead of melting slightly and refreezing like they’re predicting. Grrr to compact snow and ice.
