KittyKat9714's Blog

In the last several years I've had many hardships that taught me how precious life is.  Many people were complaining today that they got stuck taking care of their kids today and couldn't go to work.  I know that paying the bills and buying things that make people happy are important, but those things are only temporary.  Material objects come and go, but when people go and missed chances to be with them go, they don't come back.  If everyone would slow down and grab the chance to spend quality time together they would find that they had a less stressful day and they would feel closer to the people they care about.  The memories would stay with them forever and make lasting effects on everyone's lives.

Today was the best day I've had in a long time.  I wish my daughter would have been able to be home to spend it with me, but she's having her way with the nurses right now.  My husband came home from work early around 4 am and we actually had a snowball fight right then!  I caught snowflakes on my tongue and spun around in the snow a few times.  We took lots of pictures so we could show our daughter later on what the first local snow of her life looked like.  After watching my kitty chasing snowflakes and trying to pounce on them when they were landing on the ground we went inside to get warm.

Luckily it was rather toasty inside.  Infact it was almost too hot.  We were just that lucky that the wood stove is keeping enough of our house warm since the oil ran out.  We can't afford to fill the tank since prices are so high, but luckily we have a sofa bed in the same room as our wood stove.  If we keep the rest of the house closed up we can stay warm in our den to watch tv and where we sleep.

My hubby went to sleep and I stayed up to watch Fox Rising to get a better idea of what the weather was going to do.  I fell asleep listening to the cast as I often do since I stay up at night until I can finally go to bed with my hubby.  Several hours later when we woke up we took a drive to the grocery store.  It was amazing looking at everything all covered in white.  My hubby said I was like a kid in a candy store.  I told him unlike you Ex-Yankees people from around here aren't used to seeing snow.

I ended up using some of my Christmas money to get a gallon of gas for our three-wheeler.  Spending quality time having fun with my hubby is priceless and I couldn't pass it up.  It was almost like the movies riding around with him looking at all the white in the woods bundled in layers of clothes.  He argued with me that he didn't need gloves, but he ended up getting socks after a while and cutting holes out of them for his fingers. 

Shortly after that our big dog that was chasing after us decided to go jump in the creek and lay in it.  We laughed at her and made her get out before she got too cold in it.  She wanted to stay out when we got back up to the house but we made her come in.  Its a good thing we did because she can barely get up off the floor because her arthritis is acting up so bad.  I wouldn't have traded this day for anything except for my daughter to be home and healthy.

My dog welcoming my hubby home...

My hubby glad to be off the nasty roads!

My dog after sitting in the snow for a while.

My kitty chasing the snow flakes...

Riding the three wheeler...

Wish all of the kids were here, but they can't be so I'm making the best of it with my hubby!  At least my step-kids get enough snow in the state where they moved to so they can play in it.

Later,

~Kitty~