Snow

We had wet snow then slush today, now it’s snowing and sticking. No-one plowed until late afternoon so I had to use AWD and my killer snow tires to get out. Right now it looks like the fake snow in White Christmas!

We saw that movie the other night, my husband has been home sick since lunchtime on Wednesday so didn’t mind an old sappy movie that is one of my favorites. Today he finally shaved and we got out and I hope he’s well enough to go to work in the morning as my Florence Nightengale tendencies diminish by the day. And we have to get everyone ready for Christmas.

It’s really coming down out there and sticking. My loving husband and dog are sound asleep, the dog on my clean pillow until I go back upstairs to sleep. I’ve had too much of that so am up reading and writing. No numbers, luckily except the phone bill that I just paid.

We’ve Christmas cards on the dining table to write and haven’t done one, and we may not get to them, but over the past two days I’ve found out that one girlfriend lost her 14 year-old dog and another had back surgery and is recovering. Both are far away so I can’t even make a meal or hang out for tea and a chat.

I’m lucky my father is still alive, and Jim’s lucky his parents survived the recent car crash and his dad’s on the mend after back surgery and that his grandmother is still her cheerful, smart, funny and lovely self. I don’t think Jim’s dad knew that deer season means you have a permit and a gun. One buck ran in front of the SUV being pursued by a hunter and he couldn’t stop in time. Thank goodness they’re still with us.

We are thankful for family and friends always, but especially this time of year. A humorous note, I thought my girlfriend and father-in-law could get together. Remember Jaws when all the guys compared their shark scars? These folks can talk about how many screws put their spines back together! But Gracie sleeps in our room, where our Zoe used to when we didn’t have to fly to see my in-laws.

Happy holidays! Dee