Neither Sleet Nor Snow
can make Grandma J go to the Post Office

And that was her plan.   To finally mail out all the Aba Zaba candy bars to those of you who emailed Grandma J your address.

But.....when Grandma J got up it was snowing cats and dogs!  Surely this is a real honest to goodness "snow day".   WRONG!   The schools were open.

So, Grandma J took her granddaughter to school...with snow coming down fast and furious.

It was too early for the post office so Grandma J decided to wait one more day to mail out her stuff.

One hour later, Grandma J gets a text message....

School is out.

Grandma J looks out the window......she recalls how in second grade, she used to trek to and from her school in knee deep snow, in Rhode Island.   With any luck the lady down the street, that the she referred to as Mudpie Marie, would call her in to warm her hands on the radiator.

When Grandma J snapped out of it, she knew that wouldn't be an option for her granddaughter.

 

So it was back out  to brave the elements.   Just a reminder.  Grandma J doesn't live in the same town as her granddaughter's school.

Grandma J picks up her granddaughter, and scurried back home. 

The End.

BABY IT' COLD OUTSIDE

It's been crazy cold here in Central Texas the last few days. Yesterday was in the seventies until late afternoon. My daughter called and told me it was freezing outside...I told her I had just gotten home, and took my sweatshirt off because I was so hot. She said, "well, walk outside and see how cold it's gotten". I glanced at my indoor outdoor thermometer, and it said 34 degrees out...so I ran outside and it was windy and freezing. How does that happen so fast? The sun hadn't set yet either. By 8 p.m. it was sleeting!

So now today, another Texas blogger announces "It's snowing people". Now this blogger has lived in Texas for several years, and proclaimed this is the first snow she has seen in her part of Texas. Remember, Texas is huge....even bigger than non-Texans realize.

I arrived in Texas two days before Easter, 2007, and this is what it looked like the day before Easter Sunday in Central Texas.

Over eight inches of snow. The real thing!

The kids got pretty excited and dressed for winter playtime! They built a snowman, so did most of the neighbors.

None of this cancelled our neighhood BBQ.

Can we hope for a white Christmas?