Snow bound.....

We finally got our snow in Alabama!!! I think this is the third time this winter snow has been predicted; and the third time school and businesses have closed anitcipating snow and this time we got snow. Now those of you from New England and places like Montana and Wisconsin that REALLY know about snow, try to to pee in your pants laughing at us but here it is:


Not much, is it? But it is snow. Went to bed with the weatherman promising that snow would start falling around midnight. I stayed up till 12:30AM ---no snow. Got up at 3:30AM and looked out the window----no snow! I knew it wasn't going to snow. We've only had one really good snow here in my lifetime and that was back in '93. Joy brought the boys in for the day (since school was out and snow predicted) at about 7:00AM---no snow. Finally about 10AM the snow started to fall and it fell until 3PM and this is all we got.

As you can see the roads were not covered in snow. In fact, the temp stayed above or at 32degrees all day so no icing on the road either. In the picture above you can see the line of Bradford pear trees we have in our side yard. They are full of big buds for the spring. Hope they didn't get ruined again. Last year's blooms were ruined with a late freeze.

And look at my poor daffodils! See those just-about-to-bloom buds? Hope they don't get ruined either. Oh well, doesn't take much snow in Alabama to get everyone in a tizzy!

The changing of seasons here can be rather dramatic! My favorite season is...........Tornado season! And it's coming up. I love storms and tornados are just the best!!! I know I'm weird but to me nothing shows the power and majesty of God like a tornado or a good ole thunderstorm. All that rain makes for a good nap, too! Once several years ago, a tornado swept through our area while I was in Walmart. Good bet I'll be in Walmart when anything happens around here. I didn't even know a storm was expected until I saw the warning and weather maps on the TVs in the store. Decided I'd get myself home before it hit so I headed for the checkout line and got through as quickly as possible. When I headed out the door the sky in front of me was clear and bright but for some reason I did notice that I was the only one leaving the store. I didn't get 20 feet away from the door and the rain began to over take me from behind. The wind roared and rain pellted me so hard I though I was going to die. No joke, I seriously thought I was going to die!! And of course my car was parked wwwwaaaayyyy down at the very end of the row. Most people with normal intelligence would have probably turned around and gone back when the rain started but I figured I was wet anyway, may as well go on. I'm telling you I've never been in such a bad storm in my life. In fact, I later learned that the tornado had gone directly overhead. It didn't drop down on me but I was definitely in the wall cloud or something. Anyway, I was terrified. I had over $100 worth of groceries in the buggy but when I got to the car I just let it go and got in the car. I could hardly get the door open the wind was blowing so hard. Once inside the car, it began to rock like it was going to fly up in the air. Oh, my ---I just sat there trembling. And I was mad as heck, too!!!! I was mad -no the better way to describe it is "I was pissed"-- because I didn't see any angels or have the Lord tell me I was going to be OK. I really thought with that sort of experience I should see or hear something from the other side if I was really loved and accepted! But I didn't see or hear a thing except my heart pounding. I know you can't believe this but I was really MAD at God for not saying something!!!!! Finally, the storm passed and I got out soaked to the bone, still shaking so badly I had trouble opening the hatch on my Durango and I chased down that buggy of groceries! Got them loaded in the back of the car (slung them in really) and was able to drive off with all those folks standing under the Walmart cover still watching me. I wonder what they thought about that idiot in the storm. Oh well, who cares! I told several people at work about my experience and did get some comfort about not getting any messages from the Lord in the storm. Seems it just wasn't my time to go so I didn't need any message. Still I think there was a message in there somewhere. See, snow is just nowhere near that exciting.

Sharon