Waiting on the Snow

I have been watching the weather Channel for the past couple of days. The weather forecast for the past couple of days said we were suppose to get 3-7 inches of snow this morning.

I did my usual "girl raised in the south" routine for snow.

• I stocked up the freezer and can goods.
• Made sure the generator was working ------I do this by hollering "Honey make sure the generator is working" :-)
• Filled up the cars with gas and the extra gas cans.
• Planned what kind of soup or stew I was going to make. Last time it was Chicken and Dumplings, this time it is Taco Soup.
• Made sure there was plenty of necessities- Cheetos, TP and Netflicks.
• Made sure I knew where the sleds and the snow shovels were.
• Bought extras feed for all the pets and live sock.
• Badgered the adult sons to make sure they were prepared.
• Doubled checked I had vanilla and sugar for Snow Ice cream.
• Refilled prescriptions
• Washed clothes so I knew we had plenty of heavy socks and long johns.
• Put Ice Melt on the bridges on the farm.
• Made cinnamon rolls. Well actually, I bought a package of Rhodes frozen cinnamon rolls and they let them rise all night to bake in the morning.
• Charged up the batteries on everything from Cell phones to DVD players and flashlights.
• And had something ready to smock.

My Husband laughs at my routine because I do this anytime they mention snow even if it is just flurries.

My Father is from Brooklyn, NY. He said he kept heading south carrying a snow shovel and stopped when some one asked him what that was in his hand.

I have lived in New Jersey and South Dakota and Utah while in the military but I like snow only if I just have to look (while sitting in front of a fire with a cup of hot tea in my hands)

Well back to the the title of this post----- Waiting on the Snow

I had a hard time getting my night owl daughter to bed because up to the 10 o'clock news we were suppose to have 7 inches of snow this morning.

And what did I wake up to this morning?------Nothing!

It seems a dry cold front is mixing with this snow belt that is crossing the mid west. The result- No snow for now. Boy, were the TV weather people back peddling as fast as they could this morning!

I went ahead and baked the Cinnamon rolls this morning. Then, my husband and I flipped a coin as to who was going to wake up our daughter and tell her she had school this morning! :-)

They are still forecasting snow for later on this evening, But as my daughter says "Snow on a weekend is not as much fun as a Snow Day".