IT IS GOING TO SNOW.....AGAIN!

Oh how I wish I had some pictures of snow to post. But then I think...let everyone tell me some snow stories!!  
I vividly remember one that will make you think I am a little nuts...I am...and it was on a New Years Eve..the ground was covered in deep snow.  I had heard that on New Year's Eve that just after the stroke of midnight and it was now January 1st,  you were to walk around the outside of your home, banging a pan with a metal spoon and at the same time chanting something like, "Happy New Year and a great year it is going to be."  Do you think I could get any of my family to do this with me.  No...they stayed in the nice warm, dry house and let me face the elements alone.  I know they were shocked when I came into the house and my face was glowing, red, and cold but I felt refreshed.  I am sure the neighbors for miles in our country area could hear the loud banging of the pan and spoon...sound carries at night.  Don't ask me if it was a good year...just cannot remember!  Also...I never did it again!  I could walk in those days and pick my feet and legs up like a drum major leading the band.  I smile when I think about it.  Crazy?  Sure!  Memorable?  You bet!
Tonight we are expecting more snow...are you ready?  Might want to get to the grocery store today, stock your pantry and then just enjoy the rest of the week with the beautiful blanket of white outside our homes.
I would love to hear your snow stories...email me if you cannot leave a message here.  Email address is hisnhirz@scml.us  

Mimi's Thought for the Day:    I like to remember when it snows that the snow is a protective blanket for the dryland wheat farmer's wheat.  If it did not have the "blanket" the wheat would freeze and die in our cold temperatures of the winter.  Picturing that in my mind also makes me think that God has given each of us, His children, a nice blanket to protect us...His "word" keeps us safe and warm; His love surrounds us and comforts us.  We are indeed safe from the "elements" if we stay "grounded" and let Him do His work.