It's A Snow Day!!

It's a snow day. Well, the anticipation for snow days began in the early days of my life. Living in Washington we had snow every winter but of course we did not always have snow days because we have lots of snow plows and 4 wheel drive cars. Then I went to college in a state that does not always get a lot of snow so the anticipation changed to not only a snow day but any snow at all. I quickly learned that if snow was merely in the forecast that we would get a day off. Then I taught in Tennessee and again saw the children as they explored the wonder of a snow day. I learned how to wear my PJ's inside out and many other childhood ways of wishing for a snow day. Well, today is such a fun day (and I did not even have to wear my pajama's inside out) because over the weekend we received over 13 inches of snow. The snow wouldn't have been so bad but about half way through the storm it started to be a rain/snow mix. It did not stop snowing until about 6:30 pm Sunday night. Well, the over night temperature was supposed to be 24 but ended up being about 7. Take heavy wet snow, melt just slightly and then drop the temperature to well below freezing and not only do you get a frozen city but you also get a snow day. We have had a great time running errands and spending the day together. I slept in and am going shopping with my mom. We ate at one of our hometown places called "Sparky's Firehouse Subs." (As we were sitting there we both said this is a Mark Fowler/Scott Pauley place to eat) It was neat. All the decor was things from old firehouses. The tables were covered with newspaper articles from local papers about the local fires and firemen. The food was good and a fun place to eat. The very scary thing is that the forecast says that we could get up to another 15 inches of snow in some places over the next five days. Maybe we will have another snow day. Thanks for checking in. Have a great day!!