Thursday, January 06, 2005
Icing, but not on the cake
Wouldn't you know it? My Christmas "vacation" ended on Tuesday, but then precipitation collided with freezing point temperatures. My able, new Worship Team chairperson took the initiative and postponed our meeting. Anita (being a southerner by birth) is always relieved when I don't have to go out in iffy weather conditions at night. We live on the top of a hill in our subdivision, so getting down ice covered streets can be a challenge (even for a northerner) and not slide off into the park at the bottom of the incline.
By yesterday morning, an inch of ice covered over everything rather nicely. We only lost power for a few hours. And now the Southwest Pod has deemed the one inch of snow on top of one inch of ice makes for dangerous conditions and a second "snow day" today. I can't disagree. So I made banana bread Tuesday night. Brittany and I talked about monasteries, watched some Arthur, did some jigsaw puzzles, and even surfed the internet a bit. Each teacher at her school has a web page on the school's web site. There's even extra credit for doing some religion quizzes or something on one link.
Today is Brit's baptism anniversary, and we plan to celebrate at home. Some sleeping in, some review of two digit subtraction, plus some baking of cookies possibly in the cards. Hmmm ... can't you smell those peanut butter chocoloate chip babies in the oven? If you're in the neighborhood, come on over, but watch that ice!
