Here in pretty little Fayetteville we’re on Day Five of snow and ice and freezing cold and treacherous roads. During these fun & stir crazy days, Troy & I had a few scary falls on the ice (and I fell down Huck’s staircase), Sunny ate one of Troy’s house slippers, we hiked to the town square and back while Huck had a snowy play date, we lit Advent candles, we made reindeer cookies (idea & ingredients compliments of neighbor Lynne), we played cards, we played games, we read books, we watched movies, Troy hiked downtown to a rehearsal and back, I worried about money, Dixen the elf forgot to change position, and the angel atop our tree fell to her death too many times to count.  What with all the unexpected extra time on his hands, Troy finished the Christmas card but we can’t get it copied and mailed out quite yet.  Make up days for the (so far) three missed school days fall on future Saturdays to avoid summer going into June.  Our lonely car sits in the garage wondering if it was something she said.  Last night I caught myself skipping “Let It Snow” on Pandora with an annoyed shiver.  And we’re getting dangerously close to being out of coffee.

But we’ve got neighbor Jerry offering to take us to Walmart, an endless supply of ice cycles to play with, a giant space heater in the shape of an adorable fireplace where stockings hang, and the hazy memory of being told that Fayetteville has mild winters.

Maybe next week?