They predicted a big storm. And it happened. Is still happening. The Husband shoveled the bit of snow that had a layer of rain underneath last night before it could freeze too much and make shoveling harder.
Woke up this morning to more snow. It has continued to fall. Most of the valley schools cancelled classes, as well as most of the government offices. Snow day for almost everyone. The most prevalent sound all day long has been snowblowers across the neighborhood.
It's wet heavy snow. Which means the John Deere The Husband usually uses is not very helpful. Lots of shoveling by hand. The neighbor told me earlier that she measured 10" and that was several hours of snow ago. I keep offering to get The Husband a snowblower, rather than the plow-blade on his John Deere, but he still declines.
And some things I've discovered:
• I liked opening the front door last night and finding some chocolate Reese's hearts. Left there for me by a friend. For no reason.
• I like going to Yoga at the neighbor's when I'm the only student attending class. Just the two of us was rather nice.
• My aging dishwasher doesn't like liquid detergent. Had to make a special trip to get powder, which is hardly ever in the stores anymore. (Yes, I know it's a luxury to have a dishwasher, but since I have one I want to use it and have it work properly. With the liquid, it doesn't. And I hate those little plastic pacs - I can't control the amount of detergent I use.)
• I don't like a particular grocery that's on the way home from the Senior Center (who cancelled Yoga yesterday morning without notice). They didn't have what I wanted and in a fit of pique / self-pity (after all Yoga was cancelled, I didn't get my walk and the store was letting me down) I succumbed to the chocolate frosted chocolate doughnut that shouted at me as I walked past.
• Not only did I not like that grocery store, I don't particularly like strangers who insist that I buy meat from the discount section, because "that's where I buy all my meat. This is the meat you should buy". And I'm fairly certain she was taking my picture with her phone as I left the store. Maybe because I was rebellious and did what I wanted (not buy any of the meat) and not what she wanted me to do.
• I still have a need to have my little blog here. But I'm not fond of people talking to me about what I write, feeling like someone is monitoring me. It somehow diminishes my satisfaction . I know, it makes no sense. I put my thoughts out there. That somehow fulfills my need to "journal" and is sufficient.
• I'm so glad that there are those people out there working on being the best they can at their church calling of teaching on Sundays. They share their wisdom, I learn from them and pretty much always use the helps I gather from them. I just want to never let Heavenly Father down, though I know I'm often a disappointment.
• Loved this description of santosha that I heard at yoga this morning. (I've long been a fan of contentment.) "It simply means accepting and appreciating what we have and what we are already, and moving forward from there." In my mind, acceptance and gratitude are huge when it comes to contentment.
• I also thoroughly enjoyed this article I read this morning. We can have lots of Annabelles in our lives that we love no matter what.
Our Efforts To Help
I want to always be found reaching out to others.
I'm grateful today for snow days. For snow shovels and John Deere plow blades. I'm grateful for a body that still moves and works (even though it sometimes complains) and provides me with much joy. I'm grateful for sunshine, cars that go in the snow and neighbors that continue the snowblowing along our front walk instead of stopping at their yard's boundaries. (And I have a picture I've tried twice to put on here of the large-ish snow pile at the corner of our driveway. Technically too challenging for me to complete, I guess. I'll have to get help from The Husband.) I'm grateful there's a possible / likely solution to aging eyes that have too much pressure in them. I'm hoping the eye drops work. I'm over-the-top grateful for eyesight.
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