Over the weekend here in the Carolinas a Cold Snap peaked on Saturday, with a Snow Dump of about 4 inches Sunday morning.
We were ready for the ‘bad weather’ predicted locally. Except for the prospect of power outages (there were none, yay!) due to ice on the many exposed power lines in the area, the ‘bad weather’ arrived as an exciting & welcome whiff of winter for this displaced Coloradoan/New Mexican couple.
It felt like home.
Saturday morning, I woke up ill. Much of the ‘bad weather’ stuff I’d planned to do inside the house during all the town closures was scrapped. However, the perk there was that I sat up in bed, comfy cozy as best as possible, chugged hot herbal ginger tea and read most of the morning. Just finding a good novel these days has been challenging for me, so when one of the 4 books* I checked out at the library in prep for our ‘bad weather’ turned out to be a winner – I dove deep into the story while burrowing deeper still under the blankets.
I woke up Sunday feeling much better and like I said was greeted with a winter wonderland scene not often seen in the Carolinas.
We raised our floor to ceiling blinds in the Living Room to let in our vista view of that winter wonderland (and resultant cold drafts**). Even if the stars of the show were our 2003 Toyota Camry & Jeep Liberty parked on the slab in front of our house**, they nestled neatly against a backdrop of snowy serenity.
After baking a batch of oatmeal raisin-nut-choco-chip cookies (one of the ‘bad weather’ stuff I got to finally do!) and after hubby ventured outside to swipe off the snow on said vehicles, I began implementing my Big Plan.
“What’s that,” you say?
“Let me tell you,” I reply.
While hubby was out front doing his sweeping broom thing over the tops of those vehicles, I went out the back door and filled a big bowl with…snowballs.
Oh, I love me a good snowball fight! Problem is, I can’t make the darn things fast enough while the action is taking place. And hubby is just better at that sort of thing than I, so I decided to even up the score by padding my luck so to speak.
Aha! Caught him totally by surprise with my first throw – bullseye!
“I knew you were gonna do that!”
he shouts as he turns around to take aim and fire off his quickly formed (and large) snowball in return.
His face looked curiously confused as he sees me advancing instead of cringing at the approaching snowball.
Then he spots my secret weapon as I bring the bowl forward and draw another snowball from my handy arsenal.
Let it be known that this was the first and only snowball fight I ever won. Just sayin’…
😊
To celebrate, I let him continue with his vehicle chores while I took to making snow angels on our front yard…
*it’s an odd one, but I’m enjoying it – Life, & Death, & Giants by Ron Rindo
** South Carolina houses of the sort built in the 1970s aren’t well insulated and often don’t sport carports much less garages, in case you didn’t know. I think it’s a Southern thing.
Yay for the triumph (and stealth)! Hope you are feeling much better by now!
Yep, all’s well by me. Thanks for stopping by, Wendy!
What a fun read to wake up to! I loved hearing about you and hubby making love and war in the snow, and those snow angels brought back memories of my childhood in Indiana. I love it here in California, but I have such nostalgia for the winter wonderland of my youth and totally get your joy in this winter gift you received.
So glad to contribute to some Monday fun in the start of your new week, Deborah.
Indeed, the lack of insulation in older houses and the air leaks that come with age can make said houses a challenge in cold weather. And congrats on winning the snowball fight 😀
Thanks a bunch, Zip!
I love this. How often do we just cut loose and act like kids again?
I’ll bet you and your bros do a fair amount of ‘cutting loose’ when you’re together! 🙂
Sounds like a perfectly lovely snow day…especially since it’s such a rarity there! Congrats on your equally rare snowball victory.
🙂
A morning to read!!
I thought that might ring true for you! Wishing you a few ‘mornings to read’ during these winter days. 😉
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I’ve been hearing about the snow in your area. What a surprise! I’m glad you’re coping with it. It’s cold all over. Glad you won your snowball fight and made snow angels. That’s the way to celebrate a snowy day.
It’s been cold and snowy here too. But that’s normal for us! 😊
I hope you’re stocked with hot cocoa treats and such – that makes winter much more palatable (punny, eh?!) over the long haul.
I love it! Glad you had such fun!
We dodged that storm. Just too cold to snow!
Hey Michael, great to hear from you. Stay warm, rested and ‘protein-ed up.’ You’re right, it was fun!