eternally chaotic

Right about the time we settled in for the night Carol noticed a few missed calls on her phone, each kind enough to leave a message – or well a warning – about the impending doom that should befall us all later this very night.  According to some Nature was about to play some cruel joke on us all and give the ill equipped and even less prepared South a taste of snow.  With recent changes in our home entertainment we no longer receive the nightly news in a manner that is useful so we checked online – sure enough.  Ok…well, lets be honest – the reports showed a bunch of people in lines at the store with cart loads of groceries, now while that is certainly news, in the South it could mean an number of arbitrary things were on sale and was certainly not indicative of impending doom in the form of uniquely frozen miniatures ice cubes from the sky.

Lo and behold.  We were finishing up a few things before heading off to bed and Carol took a peep out the window and couldn’t believe what she saw.  Our entire deck was covered in a thick layer of snow.  The sky was indeed falling and it was falling fast.  I headed out to grab some extra firewood to stack in the garage while Carol on the other hand thought it was completely necessary to torment me with snow balls while I performed this selfless act in the name of the safety and warmth of our dear family…  All is well though in Love and War.  She didn’t realize I was taking video and not pictures during her escapades in the snow!!!  Love You Hunny!

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The day has passed now and since been replaced by a dizzying array of southern winter weather.  We have had ice, warm rain, lightening, 75° weekends, slush, wind, downpours and pretty much tiny slices of everything else since that snow.  It was a fun day for us though.  It started late in the evening, past the point where we needed to be out, and continued throughout the night.  I don’t know what the official “inches” were but I would guess that it was four to six, maybe even a touch more.  Once we were bundled up and the kids were anxious to head out into the blizzard and play.  There were certainly snowmen out there that needed building and snow balls that needed targets and they were bound to oblige.

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