Spem in alium Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I love it! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysophylax Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Yeah, I just took some good pictures out the front window of our fun snowfall. We have shoveled twice and will probably have to do it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Wow. Just Wow. That is so beautiful, and I am jealous... but not of the shoveling. I have experienced TWO snowfalls in my city in my entire life. You can figure out which ones from the info below... I'm sure you will find it hard to believe, but the Entire city gets shut down by about 2 INCHES of snow... because of all the hills and no one knowing how to drive it it. LOTS of fender benders!!!! :) But we had a blast making barbie-sized snow people! And throwing the stuff at each other in our night clothes and slippers (because we raced out into it unbelieving!) (I realize it is hard to imagine, but yup, that's snowlife out in my world....) Such a raare thing, they make NEWSPAPER ARTICLES about it!!!! (and some great photos!) I think the theory is, Get'em while it lasts...because it's melting, melting....) From SFGate.com -- the online version of the SF Chronicle... Our archives show record of snow falling in significant amounts — enough to make a snowball — on the following dates: December 1882 Feb. 5, 1887 Feb. 28, 1951 Jan. 21, 1962 Feb. 6, 1976 http://blog.sfgate.com/parenting/2011/02/17/a-century-of-snow-in-san-francisco/ Up where I am, I actually DO get a dusting almost every year. Flurries! Marble sized hail! Wow!!!!! It's a BLIZZARD, Charlie Brown!!!!! Edited December 9, 2012 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysophylax Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I like the snow! Except when it is in my boots. Here we are as of 9:00 PM and another: And yes, that is a little tiny bush with Christmas lights that is covered completely by the snow. In the backyard right now we have 14 inches. And it is supposed to keep snowing until midnight. Unfortunately, I will still have to go to school because it would only close if we got about two more feet and they didn't have time to plow it. So, I am upset, because my quiz is not cancelled. :whine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 If it snowed like that in New Jersey we wouldn't have school for a week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) If it snowed like that for about 10 minutes, we'd be playing in the streets and no one would remember school or work existed!!!!!!! Edited December 10, 2012 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Annie, I am currently in a Google chat with Fink, Brian, and MILES. SAVE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 This is too much fun. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 if I had only known... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'mma bad boy. :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) I'm a happy shiny clean human, however, so I'm OK with it. And I had an awesome experience of watching God work... which totally turned my day around.... Yesterday had a BAD day. Just didn't want to do ANYTHING. Didn't want to go to Church (seldom happens, but I'm human); definitely didn't want to go to visit my MIL... just was downright GRUMPY! Finally forced myself to go.... and a couple of things happened on the journey that just made it clear to me that for reasons better known to God than to me, God wanted me in those places at those times. And if I had stayed home and played the grumpy much longer, those things wouldn't have happened/been done. I was already mulling this as I hit the Church, and as we are BLESSED to have this ancient Friar who has a padre-Pio like confession ministry, I went to confession. WHAT a grace to be a loved sinner!!!!!! Then mass. and about half way through the sermon, the woman on the side of me jumped up and said, I HAVE to go to confession! I just HAVE to go.... I want to go to Communion, and practically knocked me out of the pew heading for Fr. F's confessional. She zoomed through the pew like the Plants vs Zombies Jalapino plant! She literally left all her stuff in the pew next to me..... and that line was LONG.... and as the end of the Agnus Dei was being sung, I glanced back at her... and she waas still in line, next one to go in. As I stood to go to Communion, I felt COMPELLED ... sent, you name it! to go over to her and say, if you don't get to Communion, I will take you to the sacristy after mass and we will ask Father if you can receive. Make your confession. And I took her (and Claire and all of you) up to Commuion with me in my heart. She came out of that confessional with this glow.... you could have lit our little City with it.... but Communion was ended. And yes, I did take her to the sacristy... and yes, she did receve our Lord. And another woman was being anointed by our Pastor at the same time (like a 3 ring circus up there... God was BUSY last night!!!!!) And I had the awed feeling of being a very small cog in God's mighty plans...... Just needed to share this with all of you. So... nuthing personal, I probably wasn't quite in the right 'place' for a google chat last night..... but another night, YES! God is Big... and it IS wonderful to realize what it is to be a loved Sinner....... Edited December 10, 2012 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 now I gotta go for a walk on a mountain in the sun. I'm baaaaaad too, snowbound ones!!!!!! na na na NAAAA na.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 You didn't miss much. We were giving Miles advice on girls until 4 in the morning. ;) So glad you were blessed last night. I've been praying for you in the midst of everything ... it's those times of sweetness that keep us both going, I think. Hope it carries you through the week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Arg. It has been one of those days. I stayed up too late last night. Stupid stupid. No offense to Brian or Missy or Miles, but it wasn't the smartest thing I've done in a while. Losing my voice, missed one meeting, was excused from another because I couldn't make enough noise (except coughing) to stay on the line. I need to get back to drawing, but am unsure what to work on next. The Marian image that was commissioned by HopefulBride needs to be started over, because my "model" has been changed on me. Blah. I also have to make some things with the laser today, but I don't think I have enough stock material. I feel like I've lost all my traction for the day. I also found this song. It's taking some of the "edge" off the day, but it's not helping me get things done so I'm not sure how valuable it is. https://soundcloud.com/rubenandra/b1-elias-tzikas-dreamer I need to go back to the Lord in prayer. The "loved sinner" thing is being made very plain to me, but not the way I wanted it to be. I am feeling annoyed, and being annoyed with the advances of a Loving God is hardly something to raise my spirits. I just feel like a dork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 No worries, buddy. If I had a nickel for every time I overstayed my welcome.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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