Richard sent me this one in email.. enjoy

How about a "Less Wordy Wednesday"?

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."

~ Carl Reiner

Amen Carl. I hate snow. Having given up skiing more than 15 years ago, I have little use for it.

But, then there are some days after a good snow fall, when you just have to give Mother Nature props for a mornings worth of eye candy.

We woke this morning to wicked wind. Lots of local schools delayed because of it, but not us.

I wasn't able to catch any of the bigger gusts, but believe me this one was pretty fierce. While I recorded, branches came off one of the trees and blew in under the porch, hitting my feet.

If not for the wind, it would still feel pretty balmy out there considering today's date.

Daisy had a great post yesterday about the feast of St Stephen.. a very interesting read. But it also included an oooooold vid of St Stephen from youtube. Old, but oh so good. I turned it up and twirled all the way to the coffee maker for a refill.

And if religious debate is your thing, there is a good one in the comments.

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated this morning. This is sad. And scary. I can't organize my thoughts on this.

I finished a sock last night. More on that later if the natural light improves.

Merry Christmas everyone!

I realized shortly after posting earlier this evening, that it has indeed, been a while since I uploaded a picture. Again, this has been mostly to do with my inability to share publicly what I've been working on.

So in that, and also in wanting to document the first "real" snow storm of the season, I got out my camera. Seriously though, its snowing like crazy. And I'm incredibly worried about Richard, as he teaches the first class of the quarter tonight (Why don't schools close around here? The streets are HORRIBLE!) I went out shortly after getting the kids settled, to do a quick sweep of the driveway. Doing this, there wouldn't be so much to shovel later this evening when I'd need to get it all clear for Richard to come home. By the time I got to the end of the driveway, the beginning had an inch of newly fallen snow. And news10now has upped the accumulation prediction to 10+ inches in Syracuse. Oh Joy.

Looking out my side door, through the yard, and across the street to our neighbor's decorated house. Can't really see the snow falling though, can you?

How 'bout now?

Since moving to central NY, I've done nothing if not bitch endlessly about this lake effect crap. It never stops. But honestly I'm generally pretty tickled with the first snow. Its beautiful, and peaceful, and it makes me want to bundle up and go caroling. That is, if only Richard were safe at home.

test

3AM wake up call

3:20 head out the door

3:30 stop for breakfast at the donut hole in Clarks Summit (the worlds BEST coffee and sour cream donuts!)

4AM standing in line at one of the stores listed here.

If your shopping today..

First, laugh at the crazies.. there are tons of them

Second, be careful!

Third, hope you get the deal you were hoping for.