Snow day

You all know by now....that I don't really have an appreciation for winter.  I just try to get through it...one day at a time(64 days til spring, by the way....)  However, I was rooting for this snow storm...because it meant the possibility of a snow day....and I needed one.

I had plans for this snow day.  An extra day to get caught up!!  So when word came early this morning that Alex had no school...and then I had no school.... I snuggled back in bed and dreamed of all I would accomplish today.

It was a beautiful dream....unfortunately not a reality.  But maybe that is what winter has to offer.  Maybe it offers us a little bit of time standing still, some unexpected days where life is cancelled for the day.  Some time to rest and renew....and forget about the to-do list for one day.  What I wanted to do was get all of Christmas packed back up and down into the basement.  What I did get accomplished is....some shoveling, some clearing of the driveway, some winter photo's snapped, extra sleep ( my favorite), time spent in the pursuit of a new recipe, a phone call that I finally got the chance to make, time to sit and chat with my girls, and some photo's put up on facebook that family members have been asking for.

It was my kind of a snowstorm...bad enough to cancel school for the day, but it eased up and roads were cleared fairly quickly...ideal.  Even I have to admit it was beautiful this morning...and all the more beautiful, because I could view it from inside, all cozy and warm.

Tomorrow, the alarm clock will ring at 5:30 a.m. sharp and life will go on at it's usual pace.  But I will be ready for it, because I had the unexpected gift of today...extra time...to rest, to chat, to waste....to use however I chose.  I am grateful for all this day has brought.

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and
warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a
talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."

~ Edith Sitwell