By Beauty Damned

Frosty Sunday

The snow is here!

Rob had to go to work in CT today. Knowing that he would be doing a lot of driving, I decided to be a perfectly devoted girlfriend and get up early to make him breakfast before he had to get on the road. We didn't even realize it had snowed until he went outside to warm up the car and saw that a couple of inches had fallen overnight. It couldn't have happened on a better day. I was ready.

One of the things I do love about New York winters is fresh snow around the holidays. It really gets you in the mood. I grew up in California until I was 14 and after that lived in Southern Oregon. We never had a whole lot of snow around the holidays until we moved to the Colestine Valley and those could be pretty difficult times due to the treacherous roads we had to drive to get to and from "town" (a/k/a Ashland). In New York the snow is easy to handle for the most part because of the public transportation and the fact that the snow melts quickly with so many cars on the roads. Many holidays we spent in Arizona when I was growing up, which was always pretty much guaranteed to be a warm one. Likewise, holidays in California weren't much for winter wonderland spirit.

Snow in New York is the thing that lets you know the holidays are really here and you better enjoy them because they're going to pass and the bitter cold will stay on. All the lights and the sparkle will eventually fade into a long, frigid winter. I'm learning to love winter though. I always fought with it and still do, but a part of me has come to enjoy the warm, cozy things that come with it rather than just dwelling in the fact that it's freezing outside. Like beef stew and mashed potatoes - which I plan to make today - and soft things like fleece blankets and slippers. Winter means cashmere and denim and wool and leather and thick comfy socks and tights, not to mention lots of time indoors to apply yourself to your goals. For this moment I am excited about all the things I'm going to accomplish before spring.

Right now I'm going to get bundled up and go check out that snow.

Posted by Maria at December 4, 2005 11:44 AM | TrackBack