Snow, books, and an MP3

Brrrr... I feel just like Big Bird when he was asked if he was okay (after spending a night on the roof) and he said "I think I may have frozen my giblets".* One of my all time favorite movie lines. :)

The guys were running a little late so they asked if I would mind starting the car. So... I got my down coat and my hat on, open the front door, and...WOHHHH, where did this come from? It was quite dark but it looked like we were inside one of those shake up snow globes... and the weatherman did not warn us? What happened to the forecast of "light snow"? I thought it was Chicago that was to get all of this stuff.

It also caught the road crews unaware as Christopher later called to tell me the highway hadn't been plowed! Thankfully, my nice neighbors (the original redneck woman and her hubby) have a plow on their pick up truck and he has been plowing the gravel lane we share as well as our driveway throughout the morning. I just love country people. I'm going to reward them by taking over some freshly baked cowboy cookies a little later.

So, how am I spending this snow day? Well...

I'm doing a little ironing...

Washing a few dishes (the hot, sudsy water is so welcoming)...

Making cowboy cookies...

Washing more dishes...

Reading more of John Piper's wonderful book called Don't Waste Your Life...

and finally listening to podcasts of the Revive Our Hearts program about studying the Bible with this...
I'll write in a separate post later how I came be the proud owner of my own tiny MP3 player. Love it! It is itty bitty but powerful. I had the thermostat turned down to 66, wrapped a quilt around me, watched the snow fall on the deck... and listened to Nancy Leigh DeMoss podcasts... and then some music.

Lest you think all was spiritual, the first of my CDs I uploaded to iTunes was my favorite John Denver CD. I have all the podcasts on the mp3 first, then about six CDs by favorite singers, then another five or six CDs of my favorite instrumental CDs. Since the podcasts are free and it doesn't cost anything to upload CDs... it was within my budget. :)

We haven't heard from the hospital yet as to when Christopher is scheduled for outpatient tests. We all continue to pray.

Life is still rather inconvenient but here inside the warmth of hearth and home... I do that which women throughout the centuries have done in times of trouble... I do some cooking, some cleaning, and lots of praying. They didn't have an itty bitty MP3 player. They would have enjoyed it.

*Christmas Eve On Sesame Street from 1978

Photo: Tasha Tudor