Snow new and old memories
by Tammy Hall Parker on Monday, January 10, 2011 at 5:57am
It started snowing early as most people know. Alyssa and Kelcy were excited and loved it. It is 5:08 am I have been up for a couple of hours. Got up just to see how deep the snow was and what to expect for the day. It is a winter wonderland and we only got 2" but I hope I can get some pics before it gets all messed up with people walking and driving on it. I love to look at all the solid white snow and get sad when it gets all messy and slushy. Jeff is probably going to be stranded at work as usual but I have gotten used to this from being a firemans wife for so long. I'm just glad I don't have to be at work like I used to every time there was going to be road hazards and spend the night. I have almost everything I want or need right here. I have both my girls, would be good to have my boys and their special ladies here if only for a little while, plenty to eat and if the power goes out my sweet husband made sure we would have some heat before he left. He is the only thing that would make this snow day perfect. After the girls said goodnight last night I got the bright idea to go outside like a little kid and play in the snow as it was falling. You know early enough my tracks would be covered up and no one would know I went out. Since I broke my foot a year ago and I am having so much trouble with my knee, no one wants me out in the slippery ice alone. Ha I'm a big girl I took the phone in case of a fall, and a camera just to prove later that I could do this all alone. But as usual when you do something you're not suppose to I got caught. Kelcy had forgotten something downstairs and was standing in the livingroom looking at me with that I caught you face when I walked in. She almost scared me to death since I thought everyone was upstairs in bed. In a way I wish we had this to last for a week or more, but if we can't I would still like to see the snow like this a little more often. The only down side for us is that we don't ever get Jeff home to play out in the snow with. :( My future daughter-in-law or daughter as I like to think of her, comes from Missouri and is used to seeing snow all winter and alot more than we ever get. She finds us kind of funny for running out for milk and bread. They keep the schools open and drive where they want to go. I guess for her this is just a dusting. lol But I love to see her laugh at all of us running around grabbing milk and bread. She is a sweetheart and a wonderful young woman.
The memories of the 1993 snow storm are still fresh in my mind and are some of the best snow memories I have. Alyssa was only 7 months old. We stayed with my mom because she never lost power in all the years I was growing up. And if she did what better company to be with. Anyway Jeff had to go in to work as soon as the flurries started and of course it was like moving to get all of a 7 month olds stuff together to keep her occupied for several days. When the snow started in full force in the middle of the night me and mom were sleeping on the pull out sofa watching James Spann and waiting to see what happened. The snow was blowing toward the front of the house. Now here is where you need to know a little about mom. She was very chlosterphobic and has always been afaid of just a little water. Well it started to thunder and lighten so mom runs to one of the windows at the front of the house and starts yelling that we are snowed in up to the windows. lol the snow had blown against the window and that was the impression you got but I was looking out the back and could see all the way across the yard. I don't think there was any look more funny than the look on her face when she realized the snow wasn't really that deep. lol By the way I don't think anything is prettier than a thunderstorm that snows. Call me crazy but with the lightening the sky would turn pink and it made the snow look a little pink too, just awesome. Hope my kids get to see it some day. I guess that snow is why Alyssa never gets really excited about snow. First thing when daylight got there I went out and dug a hole in the snow until I could see the ground and got Alyssa and stood her in it. Hahaha the snow came up to her shoulders. She hated it, and we have pictures to prove it. She may have the chance to go to college up north and the only complaint she has is that it snows up there and she is not crazy about having snow all winter. If I hadn't been there during labor and delivery I would swear this child is not mine. My child would be sitting on pins and needles to go north.
This is just one of many fun memories I have about snow days from the time of adulthood. I have alot more of less snow but huge fun with two people that I grew up with that I think of as brothers. Like being pulled out of a warm bed and carried out in the snow, set down and them running in the house and locking me out. Pneumonia as I look back on it the week after was well worth the memories and fun we shared. Oh and Ricky and Ronnie if you are reading this I still owe you one. lol
This is just a few good memories past and present the rest I will just let stay as memories. I hope to make alot more as my list of family members grow and I get to play like a kid again with my family. Kids now may have video games, computers and cell phones to keep them busy, but I plan on teaching them the fun you can have if you put all that away and have a true snow day. I mean really how many chances do you get to do that living in the south? Remember when you were a kid and pass on the fun, it's the only way we can keep snow days the way they used to be, because snow never changes only the way people play. I think I'll go out and get my snowballs ready to throw early. Nothing like getting that head start on the kids, they move faster than me. lol
The memories of the 1993 snow storm are still fresh in my mind and are some of the best snow memories I have. Alyssa was only 7 months old. We stayed with my mom because she never lost power in all the years I was growing up. And if she did what better company to be with. Anyway Jeff had to go in to work as soon as the flurries started and of course it was like moving to get all of a 7 month olds stuff together to keep her occupied for several days. When the snow started in full force in the middle of the night me and mom were sleeping on the pull out sofa watching James Spann and waiting to see what happened. The snow was blowing toward the front of the house. Now here is where you need to know a little about mom. She was very chlosterphobic and has always been afaid of just a little water. Well it started to thunder and lighten so mom runs to one of the windows at the front of the house and starts yelling that we are snowed in up to the windows. lol the snow had blown against the window and that was the impression you got but I was looking out the back and could see all the way across the yard. I don't think there was any look more funny than the look on her face when she realized the snow wasn't really that deep. lol By the way I don't think anything is prettier than a thunderstorm that snows. Call me crazy but with the lightening the sky would turn pink and it made the snow look a little pink too, just awesome. Hope my kids get to see it some day. I guess that snow is why Alyssa never gets really excited about snow. First thing when daylight got there I went out and dug a hole in the snow until I could see the ground and got Alyssa and stood her in it. Hahaha the snow came up to her shoulders. She hated it, and we have pictures to prove it. She may have the chance to go to college up north and the only complaint she has is that it snows up there and she is not crazy about having snow all winter. If I hadn't been there during labor and delivery I would swear this child is not mine. My child would be sitting on pins and needles to go north.
This is just one of many fun memories I have about snow days from the time of adulthood. I have alot more of less snow but huge fun with two people that I grew up with that I think of as brothers. Like being pulled out of a warm bed and carried out in the snow, set down and them running in the house and locking me out. Pneumonia as I look back on it the week after was well worth the memories and fun we shared. Oh and Ricky and Ronnie if you are reading this I still owe you one. lol
This is just a few good memories past and present the rest I will just let stay as memories. I hope to make alot more as my list of family members grow and I get to play like a kid again with my family. Kids now may have video games, computers and cell phones to keep them busy, but I plan on teaching them the fun you can have if you put all that away and have a true snow day. I mean really how many chances do you get to do that living in the south? Remember when you were a kid and pass on the fun, it's the only way we can keep snow days the way they used to be, because snow never changes only the way people play. I think I'll go out and get my snowballs ready to throw early. Nothing like getting that head start on the kids, they move faster than me. lol
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