SNOW SNOW SNOW!
The big snow of 2009
It started off simply enough...grands wishing..."maybe 1/2 day"..."maybe two hour delay"....well...a delay alright! This was thursday afternoon at the bus-stop.
Snow is everyone's dream...especially this Floridiot who has been known to beg to drive for hours just to play in a light dusting...remember the cemetery/Ga trip years ago?
We were looking forward to friends from Arkansas to head our way for a short stop on their way east to the NC coast...house was as dusted as it could be with a quick going over planned for friday...best laid plans of mice and bears, eh? Friday was an early start to Christmas vacation... Snow started in the early morning hours of friday..school called...Gene drove five miles an hour (he claimed) to get to his store at 6am...he is a strange one..wonder what it would get to get him to call in for weather?..drove his Wrangler and not the hybrid that was provided for NC mountain area...who is so smart?..customers beating the doors down to shop...employees--not so much...Ann started out later..drove the Bus and took the main roads and made to her way to work also...Jonathan out working in it all day...the girls played so hard...had fun with snowmen and snowballs...the dogs loved it...Charlie so much more than Maggie..my wonderful neighbor checked on us...we were great...no loss of power thru out the whole storm..so many people in our area were without power...as night came...Ann came home...Gene and Jonathan still out...Gene rescued Jonathan on the interstate and they both made it home to a BIG pot of homemade chili and bear bread...fire in the stove and a warm house sure contributed to our well being. Gene went in to work for a few hours on sat.am...our friends made in here with no trouble....my wonderful neighbor had plowed the driveway... and provided me with some libations...Ann and Jonathan had the day off...girls enjoyed the snow...all plans for going out to eat with our friends were cancelled when most stores and restaurants were closed...made a BIG pot of spaghetti ..(thanks to Phil) and four pounds of noodles....we were stuffed...thanks Rosie for the sourdough..Rach for the home-made jelly...so kool!
Everyone bunked down around 2am sunday...Old Friends...except for family...is there
anything better in life???
Sunday morning Gene rolled out of his warm water bed and took Jonathan to work at 7am....Jonathan worked all day...what a trooper! Gene cooked a BIG breakfast...see those bagels were needed but it sure helps to have Gene around!..eggs and sausage, homemade jelly and biscuits, and shortbread...this years cider...we were in high cotton for sure! Our friends left after a few sled rides (by the kids)down towards the creek...they are on their way to see their Marine son and brand-new baby...
lazy sunday...naps..naps...pizza and salad for supper...watched our favorite Emmett Otter and went to bed...
All this fun put in mind of many many years ago when all four of us were snowed in-in
Gainesville Ga....what a wonderful memory....life made so many twists and turns after that (honestly) and some-day we will look back on all this with fun and crazy memories also....I am confident that we only remember the things in life that DONOT go as smoothly as we planned with fond memories...lol...
Will post pictures...thank you to everyone that help especially to Gene-Ann-Jonathan...what a weekend 12-20-2009....
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