When they changed the forecast the other day from 'snow showers' to 'snow', I felt a tingle. Now they're saying we may be getting slammed. I was just telling a young friend who has moved here from the Midwest that Maryland has very special snow traditions. As soon as snow is forecast Marylanders must first:
1. PANIC;
2. Run to the grocery store to stock up on toilet paper, milk, and brownie mix, and other essentials (I got up early to do my regular shopping and by 8:00 a.m. the parking lot was crazy full and the inside of the store was total chaos. A woman I met while we hurried to get out of the way from someone barreling into a parking space and who is new to the area said in her sweet Southern drawl, "Ah've nevah quite seen ahnythin lahk this!");
3. Drive like a moron before the stuff even starts to hit the ground. (You do know the only difference between those who have 4-wheel drive and those who do not is that those who do get stuck farther from home.)
And so we prepare for our second snowfall of the year. I'm heading to the gym...
About Me
- KathyA
- I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Simple Pleasure
On Saturdays while middle daughter goes to the gym, Richard watches the baby. She arrived this morning bundled up beyond free movement and sporting her purple Ravens hat. She smiled her new four-toothed grin as her mother unbundled her. She's been a little clingy (the baby, not her mother) because she's just getting over an ear infection, but her Poppy doesn't mind. He carries her from room to room showing her all kinds of treasures. For some reason she is enthralled by our white plantation shutters; she stares transfixed as Richard opens the slats and then closes them. Actually, come to think of it, Richard is transfixed, too. Hmm...
I wanted to go to the store before it got crazy -- they've called for snow and rain in our area. When there is the slightest threat of snow, people around here go nuts. Grocery stores are the worst place to be as people scramble for milk, toilet paper, and necessities like M & M peanuts.
Anyway, before I went we had time for one song and dance, and so the three of us danced to "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. A simple but magnificent pleasure: dancing with our grand baby. It doesn't get much better than that.
I wanted to go to the store before it got crazy -- they've called for snow and rain in our area. When there is the slightest threat of snow, people around here go nuts. Grocery stores are the worst place to be as people scramble for milk, toilet paper, and necessities like M & M peanuts.
Anyway, before I went we had time for one song and dance, and so the three of us danced to "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. A simple but magnificent pleasure: dancing with our grand baby. It doesn't get much better than that.
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