November 11, 2007

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

It's finally REALLY snowing!  We had the 'spitting' kind snow maybe a month ago.  Then a week or so ago we had snow that stayed for about an hour in the morning and melted.  But TODAY...today I woke to a beautiful blanket of snow covering the whole city, and more coming down all day.  Blizzardy, blustery, fluffy snow right in the face.  Loved it.  I really like snow...especially since I don't drive here.

By the way, pray for Greg and Brenda that they'll be able to get here tomorrow without snow-induced problems!

I made a cake this evening from a box that contained even the pan for baking it.  It was a gift from someone from the Rochester, PA church - they'd gathered all kinds of mixes and sent 'em my way.  Amazing that you can just open a box, add water to a mix, throw it in a pan, take it out, squeeze icing on top, and tada - that's it!  What's really great is that this was a chocolate cake with chocolate icing.  Felt like I was cheating and all - but it was still pretty decent  :)

Was walking to a 'simple church' this afternoon (a group that meets in an apartment -- and what's especially nice - a group not led by me!) and it was all snowy and slushy on the skinny bit of walkable sidewalk.  Someone hit me like a linebacker from behind trying to squeeze through and I said, loud enough to hear 'Ay, yay, yay!'

Not sure if I'm becoming aggressive or just becoming a bit more Ukrainian.  It's the whole public 'disciplining' of the people around you.  There's a lot of waiting in lines, pushing and shoving, etc - and people usually feel the need to be verbal about it if they think someone's overstepped.  Shocked me at first, but now, hmm...I guess I'm getting used to it!

August 10, 2007

Puddlin'...

Decided it was high time I have a blog entry that can get the category label 'weather.' Why not?  This morning we woke up to sizzling lightning and crashing thunder.  I was forewarned a bit ahead of time by our little white dog, Trouble, who came into my bedroom whimpering and shaking as though the world were about to end.   The morning storm wasn't the end either - it was followed by an afternoon storm, and now, an evening storm (which was supposed to bring us a tornado from Ohio, but I guess it simmered down).  And as you can see, we still have electricity! :)

January 29, 2007

it's finally snowing!

it's been so dreary and muddy and gross around here from December on through Christmas and all the bazillion holidays of the season - but now - it's finally snowing!  Near the end of last week it started, and we had a meager covering, but today we have real snow!  Wonderful what a nice white blankety mess can do to a city!  Luckily, I don't live downtown where it gets muddy and slushy much quicker  :)