Dusty Pages

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.           Robert Frost, 1923

Well, we are not in the worst areas getting hit with snow, but we are certainly getting our share.  Eler Beth measured at about 8 p.m. tonight and we had more than four inches then.  It is still coming down hard out there, so who knows what it will end up being.

The kids, of course, had a snow day.  Thomas and everyone at his company were released early, and all work for the weekend has been canceled.  I don't know if you guys have gotten a really complete picture of Thomas and the way he loves to work from reading this journal, but let me tell you he is like a fish out of water if he isn't working at least six days a week.  Now if the weather were nice, say, conducive to actually fishing, he'd be fine.  But it took him a good long while to get settled down when he first got home today.

I helped him out a little by suggesting that we run errands and stock up on groceries.  I took him out and kept him busy for a few hours before the snow got bad.  The kids got a new game for their Wii that isn't supposed to be released until Sunday, but that, for some reason, has shown up in our Meijer stores ahead of time.  So that kept them busy for most of the day.   Of course Eler Beth played in the snow.  Then Thomas and I played a few of the Wii sports games with them, which afforded them a lot of amusement.  Those Wii games really are rather fun, I must say.

I'm not sure what we'll do tomorrow, or how easy it would be to go anywhere.  We're ready to be snowed in I guess, if we have no choice in the matter.  I'll probably spend the morning cooking up some meals ahead of time and freezing them, doing housework, and trying to keep Thomas occupied.  He'll probably, at some point, take Eler Beth and her friend to a good spot to sled like he does every year.  I'll await them at home with hot chocolate and dry clothes!  Brrr.  The temps are really going down.

I hope that everyone has a safe and happy weekend, snowbound or not.  I guess I'll finish up here and head off to my nice, warm bed.  Perhaps I'll read a while.  Take care everyone!

 Thank you Donna for the lovely graphics.

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• #19 Comment from rdautumnsage 
  3/27/08 12:56 PM | Permalink

  Love the Robert Frost poem! (Hugs) Indigo
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• #18 Comment from nelishianatl 
  3/14/08 12:20 AM | Permalink

  We don't get the snow down in GA that I grew up with and sometimes I miss it.  I like to stay inside, and be domestic, cook, read, sew, play games.  I sure hope Dirk agrees to buy us a WII as I think I'd have a ball playing it.
  
  Nelishia
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• #17 Comment from gdireneoe 
  3/13/08 10:16 AM | Permalink

  GELL. US.  As long as I've lived here, I still expect (and miss) snow every year.  Oy vay...  LOVE FRost...one of my favs. ;)  C.
• #16 Comment from wwfbison 
  3/9/08 7:52 PM | Permalink

  Doug sounds like Thomas, if he is not working he is bored and underfoot while I try to do things around the house.  I love WII and I am totally addicted to Guitar Hero and Zelda.  The sports games are good exercise though!!  
  xx
  Lisa
• #15 Comment from bhbner2him 
  3/9/08 4:17 PM | Permalink

  Stay warm, bake, play board games, sleep, read..........Barbara
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