Mighty Maple December 3, 2012
Ummm, yup, that would be two weeks ago today! And, nope, that snow did not last. It did however make for a pretty terrible commute that morning. I rallied along for about 25 of my 35 mile drive at near normal pace of 60-63 miles per hour. No problem, no sliding or skidding, no cars in ditches or near collisions. Until I hit the last 10 miles outside of Burlington, at which point I slowed to a painful 8-10 miles per hour. And, yes, at that rate, it did indeed take me AN HOUR to finish getting to work that morning! It was an hour and 45 minute drive, for what appeared to me to be no more than people on the road who shouldn't have been there. It was crazy. No accidents or anything that I could see, and as I exited the interstate, everything from my exit on seemed to resume normal speed. And, seriously, it wasn't more than 2 inches of snow. Which was gone in about 36 hours. The dogs loved it, and ate as much as possible before it melted. We haven't had much more snow at all until yesterday. There was light snow for most of the day while I worked, and it looked so nice out on Church Street, but by the time I headed home at 6:30, it was already turning to rain. And I had rain for most of my drive in today (with no problems, and in a normal 50 minute time frame.) But there still is a covering of white in most places for now, with forecasts of snow several times in the next week, but no talk of much accumulation. I am hoping the snow is mild on Friday and Saturday when my daughters are driving up from Maryland and Texas. And then again on Christmas Day so my sister and her husband make it in from New Hampshire. But we would still love to have a nice blanket of snow on the ground for the holidays. Hopefully.
And before I sign off tonight, here is a beautiful photo of the newest member of our wonderful family:
Born on December 6th, 2012
Isn't she just so precious? I absolutely love this picture of her, and can't wait to see her next month!
And here she is with her sisters:
Aren't they the cutest little girls?
Funny thing-I had dinner last week with a cousin from Minnesota I probably hadn't seen since my grandpa died 38 years ago! I have lots and lots of first cousins on my dad's side, and only have a few distant memories of him. But he was in Vermont for business, and we had dinner in Burlington on Wednesday night, then he came over to the house Thursday night to eat, and we really had an enjoyable time. It was nice to re-connect and hear about that part of the family who we don't keep in touch with very much. Made me think of some special memories and times spent growing up in the mid-west.
And now, the count down to Christmas Day. And yes, I am pretty much ready. A few more things to pick up, some cleaning and bed-making to do tomorrow, groceries to buy on Thursday, 3 more days working and then it'll be here. Work has been going great. A week ago Saturday I stopped at the store on my way in and bought lunch meat, cheese, rolls, chips, pickles and pasta and potato salad for a Deli Lunch for us since there would be 3 working that day. The girls were thrilled, we had a good time with the customers, everything went well, and just as I was leaving, one of them looked at me and said, "That was fun today!" This from someone who swore she didn't want to be here for another holiday season because of how insane it got. And this past Saturday the company paid for lunch for us, so we ordered pizza and things went well again. Next week we plan to do a pot-luck with the three of us and hopefully the 4th girl will stop in. It has just been going soooo well. It will be a little sad when its all over, but then it will be nearly time for Santa to arrive! And here's my little grandson all bundled up and ready for his journey north:
I Can't Wait to Hold Him Again!
