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White Christmas

December 18, 2009 by Jeanne

It’s already started snowing. After enjoying umpteen-odd Christmases without snow (okay, we had one of those wet snows on Christmas Eve once on Long Island, but it didn’t stick), I had to move to Virginia to experience an honest to goodness white Christmas! We are expecting 10-14 inches of snow…or more. The generator is primed. Water is stocked. Propane tank is full. Now all we have to do is sit back and enjoy the snow storm. If the power stays on it will be fun. If the power goes off, we’ll live. The only sad part is that I had to cancel our neighborhood Christmas dinner, which we were hosting tomorrow. I know it’s not Christmas, but the temperatures will remain cold enough so that the snow will be here for Christmas. A real white Christmas!

With the heaviest snow expected tomorrow morning into the evening, there was no way anyone should be out on the rural roads…even if you have a snow plow hooked to the front of your car.

You know, during my executive days, I had very long to-do lists with important sounding items on it.

My to-do list for this weekend includes just one item: build a snowman.

 

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  1. Bangchik

    December 20, 2009 at

    Hope you really have a white Xmas soon. ~bangchik

  2. Jeanne

    December 20, 2009 at

    Hi Bangchik,

    It’s so nice to hear from you! Are you back from your trip?

    Yeah – bet you don’t get much of a snow in Malaysia, right?!

    Have a great day! Thanks for dropping by.

    Jeanne

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