snow

A friend of mine said it best, "I have a love, hate relationship with snow." And I couldn't agree more! It's beautiful to look at, especially curled up inside the house with a hot cup of coffee, and it's fun to play in...who doesn't love making snow angels or going snow shoeing?! But then again, it's cold, and wet, and a pain in the ass to drive in. Did I mention how cold it is?! And in some areas, like Northern MI where Adam and I used to live, it makes things close down and cancel, which wasn't so awful for me because I worked in schools, but I'm sure it drove some people crazy.

I bring this up tonight, because where I now live it doesn't snow much, if at all. Last winter it snowed about 4 times, and only one, maybe 2 of those time actually left snow on the ground. And it's funny that way, because if you look around NYC it snows a lot! Upstate New York, New Jersey, and even Connecticut get ample amounts of snow in the winter months. This weekend it is supposed to snow and it's sort of a big deal...our estimated accumulation: 1-2 inches. I almost laughed out loud when the weather man announced that total. Is that really something to dread, or even get excited about!? That's not even enough to make it pretty outside!

But then again, do I want a lot of snow on the ground?! My commute almost doubles in time when it just rains, what would happen if a big snow storm came!? So maybe our trip home to Charlevoix this Christmas will give me a fix enough to last until next year...that and the 1-2 inches coming our way this weekend! Get out your shovels:)