SNOW?!

Christmas time in Houston means sunny skies, warm days and cool nights. Out of the 26 years that I've lived here, it has snowed...and by snow I mean flurries that never stick...maybe 4 times that I can remember. Last night we got a cold surprise of 4 inches of white, fluffy snow the likes of which this city has never, ever seen. It blanketed everything and delighted everyone. Sophie...our bratty-beagle-baby...got to step out in snow for the first time in her year of existence :) and she LOVED it! As the snowflakes made their way to down to the ground, Sophie would try to snatch them out of the air...when she realized that she could eat them, she started licking and biting the ground! Afterwhich she proceeded to do her Beagle-thing and dig as if her life depended on it. Who would have thought our little girl would enjoy snow so much??

After spending a warm, cuddly night knowing that it was snowing outside (somehow you sleep better!) we woke up to most of the snow melted already. Our stairs heading down from our home however, were still snowy and quite slippery. So what does my darling husband do?? Gets up extra early, grabs the broom (its not like we have a snow shovel or anything!) and starts clearing the way for me! THEN he grabs my keys and not only starts the car to warm it up for me, but turns on the SEAT WARMERS so that my bottom wouldn't freeze! Is that an amazing husband or what??? You've earned major brownie points with my babe!

Of course the day after the snow, when all of Houston is supposed to head to work, things didn't go so smoothly. Wreck after wreck, along with closed bridges and highways, does not make the commute easy. I'm surprised all of Houston didn't shut down from shock.

Here's to a snowy December day. We should be back in the 70's in a couple of days.

AW