I wish Ohio would have been a nice little state and shared. Their record snowfall from 1910 was beat by 5 and some inches. Some history- sweet!

I'll post about something other than the weather soon =P

A Four Letter Word for what Makes Winter what it is

I heard a lady in the grocery store saying how much she had enjoyed this winter because of the small amount of snow we'd had and how much she would enjoy herself if we didnt get anymore. I felt bad for her.

Upon waking up today and looking out the dining room, the tops of the bushes were tufted with snow; yesterday what could be seen as dead grass and sticks with patches of slushy stuff was now a glorious, however many inches thick layer making the ground sparkling and bright.

The freshness of newly fallen snow is thoroughly enjoyable to me.

Winter without snow is like spring without crocuses, summer without sunshine. Snow is what makes winter go round. Not even considering all the activities it makes possible or more pleasant, it takes dreary, confined days (like yesterday) and makes them, well, white, bright, fresh and clean... sorta like detergent is supposed to do to laundry. Snow takes barren tree branches and crowns them, highlights them. The white fluffy stuff makes the whole area wherein it rests one big marshmallow-sweet land. If you take into account the marshmallows and the trees you might even say that the outdoors becomes one big fluffernutter. I know some people who would enjoy that analogy immensely. If you're not one of them, I apologize.

And so this morning- despite school looming over me and my having to fight spurts desiring to utterly forget about it all and just go do something else somewhere else, I am here at the table praying that God might increase and I might decrease... all the while enjoying the snow and hoping we see plenty more of it before spring blooms.

Noise

I am currently sitting in the attic listening to the rain gently, consistently trinkle on the roof, typing by the light of a single lightbulb with a pullchain, leaning up against garbage bags full of blankets and clothes. My apologies for the structure of that sentence. I think our Christmas presents are up here somewhere... It's pretty nice other than the fact that my hands are cold and I cant type with fuzzy gloves on. This attic is so big! Geesh. wow.

Why am I up here with an old winter coat on surrounded by the books and other things needed to write an APUSH document-based question? Why am I not sitting at my oh so homeschooler desk- the diningoom table? 1. the carpenter 2. the duct system cleaning crew's hoses and drills 3. voices- about a half dozen of them making conversation filling the gaps between the tool noises.

Happy rainy day Thursday the 13th of December.

Oh the Weather Outside... is delightful

Well the timing on the wishing for snow post couldnt have been better.



That's the view to my left as I sit at the diningroom table doing schoolwork... the snow is gently drifting down the same way a sheet rides on the wind as it descend after you've throw it into the air. It's as if you're watching an innumerable amount of tiny feathers float and then fall, gently covering everything in the process with fluffiness.

Note the doorless but built! shed.

Wishing For Snow To Come

Today several people I talked to at lunch noted wishing that it would snow instead of the rain we currently have. I've established the habit of streaming Christmas music through itunes and when I got home this played when I turned the computer on.

These lyrics are being posted because I like hot cocoa, marshmallows, the two words pumpkin head make a great nickname in my opinion, and because I cant wait to see the twinkle of snow crystals.

It's a marshmallow world in the winter
When the snow comes to cover the ground
It's the time for play
It's a whipped cream day
I wait for it all year round.

Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly
In the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head
It's shining so your nose won't freeze.

The world is your snowball, see how it grows
That's how it goes, whenever it snows,
The world is your snowball just for a song
Get out and roll it along.

In winter, it's a marshmallow world.
In winter, it's a marshmallow world.
In winter, it's a marshmallow world.

Leaning on the Lord

Today was such a mixed day.
I felt like I wanted to pout and cry and after about 3pm crawl into my bed just like a beetle under a rock. I kept going throughout the day with the thought that I had the Vday party to go to. It was canceled because of weather. My school was brushed aside priority wise in my mind due to other consuming thoughts and household stuff. I still feel like a dark abstract painting inside--hard to figure out exactly what the point of it is. It's just a big mess of color & yet you know it has a purpose; you know it's a piece of art whether you understand it or even like it. In all of that, I couldnt completely stop and be a beetle. I couldnt justify it. Everytime I wanted too, something positive came into my path and spurred me into doing some work. I didnt become Miss Diligence and get tons of work done, but I didnt let the day be a complete failure either.

I said to Mum today, "Sometimes I wish I could just stop doing school. And stop worrying about doing it. and getting it done. Completely stop. Or maybe not stop the learning, but take away all the stress and organization from it." Mum's response was, "Seems easy enough to me. Just stop worrying. Why are you worrying over it in the first place?" My thought isnt realistic really...

It snowed today. tons! I have been wishing for snow and the Lord knows how much I enjoy seeing it. I didnt play in it though...remember the wanting to crawl into bed feeling?

I was doing algebra homework and decided to listen to a Hillsong cd that had a nice coating of dust on it before I snapped it into my cd player. At this moment I forget what song came on, but I just closed my eyes and lifted my hands to the Lord. The song just rushed over me and in the middle of math homework--I was worshipping. I was comforted in realizing that the Lord knows how I am feeling right now and understands my heart so much deeper and better than I do.

I've still got biology reading to day. And an entire chapter on the Protestant Reformation to read in history. I've got to read six pages in my speech book. I've got to read all I can possibly absorb in my literature anthology. I've got to finish my current event essay. I have a test in the next few days in both Bible and history. The cherry on top is my creation science research. That's not meant to be a complaint--just an assessment.

I didnt work hard today on my schoolwork. I just squeaked and slid through the day. That's the honest truth. I wasnt focused. I need blinders like a horse in order to do that. On a positive note, I did make some creative strides. I made a beautiful yet quirky paper rose and made progress on the little felt robot dudes I am making for Steve and Dave. I've got to remember to take pictures on my projects. I want to compile a portfolio eventually. I give people gifts all the time and forget to document it through photography for myself.

Isaiah 40:17-20

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

that's a good thought...