For the past two winters, I’ve lived on the coast. It still gets cold here, but it generally isn’t cold enough for snow. Last year, we did have one big storm, with about eight inches of snow, but mostly, when friends and family in the north were stuck at home in a winter wonderland, I was still able to be out, running errands, and battling floodwaters in my backyard.
The usual scene last year - barely any snow, lots of water, confused doggie
But it sounds like Mother Nature wants us to have a real white Christmas this year, because from 1am tomorrow morning to about 9am on Sunday, we have a winter storm warning for my area. Warnings like this make me jittery – I’m excited, because I love snow, but also nervous because I (like everyone else) want to make sure I have enough food in the house, gas in the car, food for the dog, easily reachable shovels and boots and salt for the sidewalks.
But then earlier this year...it was the poor pup's first experience with snow!
Plus, I’m supposed to have a friend visiting me this weekend, staying tonight and leaving tomorrow. I’ve had to put the word out to her about the weather and see if she still wants to come. In the meantime, the house is clean and decorated, there is food in the fridge (minus milk – I will need to rectify that!), I have a shovel and plenty of cold weather gear, and I just need to pick up salt for the sidewalks, logs for the fire, and food for the puppy. Anyone else expecting snow this weekend?
I started shoveling at 11 the night before to keep on top of it...some workout!
And, of course, the weather down here being what it is, a few hours later it had warmed up enough to melt on the roadways.
