~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[DisneyBarlans]

Your pics and videos of the snow are so cute! Isn't the snow great-but only once a year or so . We got a few inches too, now it's all melting . Now off to make snow cream!

 

[MagicShell]

I am glad you got your snow. We got snow in Mississippi too. My husband and kids were excited about it, but snow is too cold for me. I do like to see it through the window though. Your pictures were great. I hope you enjoy your snow day.

 

[HG_MOM]

As a good Canadian Girl...I have NEVER heard of snow cream...how is that even possible?? We may have to give it a try if we get another snow!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the photo of Eli sleeping on the couch. Our Scarlett does that all the time. I guess the snow was just too much for him!

 

[xoktenox]

Yayyy for a snow day for both of us! Only difference is we got like 13 inches here lol I cannot believe that it snowed THAT much in Georgia though! I thought winter was like 50 degrees usually for you guys there! It made me sad to see the flowers poking through the snow

Loved all the videos, Sherman and Eli are soo cute and soo funny! And I love your southern accent, its adorable That video of Ray sliding down the driveway is hilarious I was really laughing out loud with that one

Enjoy your day off!

 

[punkin413]

hey, guys! we have had a BLAST sledding in the snow this morning. we walked down to the lake area of our neighborhood around 10:00 this morning and there were like 6 or 7 families up there. we had so much fun! i have pics and video but i want to wait until anna sends me hers to share them because she took some good ones, too. we're going back down there around 5:00 this afternoon when the sun starts going down. i bet it'll be even slicker! cross your fingers that i don't break my neck.

 

[MaceysMom]

We looooove snow cream!!! And sled riding too. have fun tonight. We have had enough snow here last month. I hope we don't get anymore. I am ready for spring. The warmer it gets the closer it gets to my DISNEY VACATION!!!

 

[Megablocks]

I love your pictures and videos of the snow! It's such a nice change to see someone excited over it -- everyone here is like and cursing it.

I never heard of snow cream, either, but I Googled it and have decided that I need to make some!

Sherman and Eli are so cute. I love how they were iffy about it at first, and then running around playing in it. So so cute!

I can't wait to see your sledding pictures -- I haven't been in so long because there aren't any good and safe hills close to us anymore. I'm so glad that you are enjoying the snow!

 

[DisneyJo]

At last someone who gets as excited about snow as I do it looks like all 4 of you had so much fun, enjoy your sledging later

 

[End_User-X]

Eli sleeping with his head under the blanket is hilarious! When you say Shermie it sounds like you're saying Jeremy.

Haha rrroooooo!!

Gross but funny! Both of them at once. Ray's expression is like "this is awesome". lol

Ray looks mischievous here, like he's about to bean you with a snowball.

Skittum!

 

[Spartangirl]

It's so cute to see you so excited about the snow! We've had so much in MI this year, that I'm very much over it! Hope you had a wonderful time sledding......your pics and video were so much fun! I found myself laughing out loud a couple of times! Can't wait to hear about your sledding adventures from today...

 

[englishrose47]

Loved the pix Dawn!! Sorry I don't shae the excitement about SNOW!! We see way too much of it !!!

 

[robinm1215]

Hi Dawn! We had a snow day today so I had some time to get on the DISboards and found your trip report. I'm really enjoying it

I have to say how funny all the comments about the snow are. I am from New Jersey and if I never saw snow again it would be just fine with me! It's so interesting to see all the people from the south who want to see the snow and all the people from the north who have had enough. I'll send some down south for anyone who wants some! I have to say we didn't get as much as they were predicting, maybe about 5-6 inches, but it was still too much for me!

Thanks again for sharing your trip -- I'm looking forward to following along with the rest. And Luke is so cute! Looks like he really had a good time!

 

[KristinAnne]

Glad you had a fun time sledding. I hope it was a good time tonight too!

 

[jackdis]

Dawn,
Sounds like you had a lot of fun in the snow!!
I have to say, I never heard of snow cream, looked it up, and we made some today. It was a hit! I mentioned it to some of my friends, and we are now the coolest moms! (I'm sure that's a temporary title!!)
Thanks for the idea!
Jackie

 

[punkin413]

so i have to explain to you guys who made comments about not wanting the snow why we enjoy it so much. i have been in georgia since 1997. it has only really snowed TWICE since then. and neither time was as good as this time. the last time it snowed here at all was in 2004 and that was just a light dusting. as a kid growing up in tennessee, we usually got a good snow like this once or twice a year. so when you get it sparingly like that, it really is a FUN thing. now i can understand that when you get it for 3 months straight that you'd be sick of it. i would too! but this is something that doesn't happen to us even once a year so we really enjoy it! saying that, i had fun today and now i'm ready for SPRING!!!

by the way, we didn't go back out today after we came in around 1:00. we didn't see anybody else heading up there and we were both sore from walking up the hill so many times. we're old!!!!

i will have the pics and video up once anna sends me her pictures.

I love seeing how excited you are over the snow! It's really cute.
I wonder what your dogs were thinking about it.......

i always wonder what they're thinking!

Great snow pictures! That must be fun when you don't get it often

thanks! it is.

That is so pretty!! I'm still jealous , but I will just hold out until we get a snow like that again. It will happen....who knows when it will happen but it will.........

Matt said to get up at about 3am get out there sledding!! You'll have plenty of time to do it then. I don't see all of that melting to fast. You'll have to get out there semi early but you'll get enough of it I'm sure

Have fun...I'm glad you don't have to worry about work tomorrow

When you are a southerner you turn in to a true kid, like a 5 year old kid at Disney when you even really just see a snowflake. When you get a snow like this.....it's the greatest thing ever

i'm sure you guys will get some this year! you always get at least one good snow (usually anyway).

we got up there around 10:00 today and had 3 good hours of sledding. it was lots of fun!

ditto about being a southerner! i like that we actually enjoy the snow since we don't get enough to get sick of it.

I actually love reading about the excitement of the snow. We just take it for granted around here, so it's fun to see people who never get it actually enjoy it. We'd definitely send it to Nashville for you at this point, Erica! 7 inches is a decent amount though! Most of our storms this year have been around the same. They've just been one after the other after the other after the other. The one that's on its way is the biggest all year. I did enjoy seeing the grass for the 24 hours we had it though. I loved seeing your flower that was coming outside though. My puppy loovvves the snow too. It's so cute! Now, what's snow cream? I think I should have something fun to make tomorrow! I hope you get to go sledding again!

i'm sure you guys are sick of it. snow cream is snow mixed with sugar, milk and vanilla extract. you just sort of mix it together until it is the right consistency and tastes the way you want. my grandmother made it with us as kids so i always make it when we get enough snow, which isn't very often!

THANKS!!!! We will happily take it ....you guys prob won't believe it but my husband is even worse than me

I forgot to ask about the snowcream too. How did it turn out??

it was good! i made three tupperware containers full and they're all in the freezer right now.

I just looked up snow cream. I am making it with the girls tomorrow if we have a snowday here in NY. Sounds fun!! Hope you're enjoying the snow.

hope your snow cream turns out! let me know how it is.

I am so, so, so jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm sorry! you guys are welcome to drive up here! of course it will probably all be gone by tomorrow afternoon.

WOW! You really have some snow.... glad it is you not me!

we had a blast in it!

GREAT pictures - y'all had some great fun!!

so, how was the snow cream??

I know when I was a kid, and when I made it for my own kids (it must be fresh snow, not too wet!) it wasnt near as good as it sounded - but adding lots of sugar and more cream helps!!

it was great! i love that stuff. it just brings back memories of being a little kid and having a snow day at my grandma's house!

 

[punkin413]

see previous page for an explanation of why southerners get excited over snow!!!!

Dawn, you are too cute being so excited. I think snow, while pretty, is a PITA but we also get snow for months.

exactly! we don't get it for years at a time so it's a big event here.

I can't even believe how much snow is out there! Here it was fine all day and this evening I looked out and boom we were hit! I lvoe the videos of Ray with the dogs! So CUTE!!!!

i know! it was crazy. and i think we were just in the right place. there were places around us that didn't get even an inch!

Those were the cutest videos ever, your dogs are adorable!!! It's so weird to see snow in Georgia, I always think of anything south of Virginia being sunny and hot all the time Your neighborhood looks so gorgeous and peaceful with all the snow! I love that... there's a great quote about how peaceful it is right after a big snow storm in NY at the end of one of the last Sex and the City episodes. I wish I could find it... but after a few hours of snow here the plows come through, cars go by, and it's a big dirty mess! There's a huge storm passing through now woohoo: to no school for me and work for you!) and I'm getting so sick of it! It's snowed here more this year than I can ever remember. Just last week it was 65-degrees and I was in full-on summer mode!

Thanks for sharing the pics and video, they were fun to see. And you and Ray have the cutest accents!

it does get cold here, but not very often. like i said above, i'm ready for spring now! it's going to be a mess here too later this week. right now it's still pretty but wait til all this starts melting. yuck! it's supposed to be 71 degrees on friday. go figure!

It changed here very quckly. In the early morning when I got up to get ready for church, there was snow and wind and gray skies. By 11:00, the sun was bright and the snow was gone - like a completely different day. It stayed pretty windy all day, though.

All the pictures and video are great! I especially like where Sherman and Eli are looking out the window as you're filming. That's so sweet. They're trying to figure out what in the world is going on! I started to take our cat out in it yesterday, but he's such a weenie; I knew he'd meow and run straight back into the house, so I didn't put him through the anguish just for the fun of laughing at him.

Enjoy your day at home. Snow days are fabulous!!! You get lots of extra fun time, and anything you do that's productive is just a bonus!

maybe you guys will get a good snow before the winter is completely over. you still have time! the snow on the sidewalks and streets has melted but the grass is still covered, or most of it anyway. i love that video of the boys, too! they are so funny. i didn't get anything productive done today so no bonus for me!

Wow! You really did get a lot of snow! You were able to do the update that I wanted to do if we had gotten snow. Oh well.

Enjoy your snow day!

i'm sorry. i wish you guys could've gotten more!

What beautiful snow!!!

I especially love the photos of your house covered in snow - so pretty!!

I hope your butterfly bush recovers!!

yeah, it's pretty right now! in a couple of days it will just be a big mess. that's the only drawback for us. i hope my butterfly bushes recover too. i love them!

Wow... you really make having snow look like fun! I'm feeling a bit guilty for complaining about it. Of course we have a foot of snow in Connecticut. :

I don't get a snow day but I'm working from home today so I think in your honor I will go out and play a little bit with my dog.

Speaking of dogs... Eli is too cute napping with Pluto!!

well, you guys have so much that you can't really look at it in the same way we do. my sister moved to connecticut in august and she's already sick of it. hope you had fun playing with your dog!

 

[punkin413]

Brooklynn and I enjoyed your snow pictures and videos. She thought Sherman and Eli are "so cute!" She was very glad Santa Claus brought you snow just like he did her.

i read that to ray - we both thought it was so cute!!!!!! santa came in march.

Cute pics and videos of the snow!

But your right us Northerners don't need to see anymore! As a matter of fact, we'll just keep sending down your way!!!

thanks! i know you guys are sick of it but we don't get it EVER so it's really cool when we do.

Southerners!

I happily saw this system pass over us with no effects (although I am sorry for all of those who are dealing with it in the NE and happy for you in the SE who are enjoying the rare event) Bring on Spring!!

you guys have to deal with the snow and we have to deal with 100-degree weather AND 100-percent humidity simultaneously for three or four full months out of the year. we can call it even!

Loved Loved Loved all the pics and video. So glad you were able to have enough snow to make snow cream, I remember our last snow day you commented on my pics saying you probably would never have enough snow where you lived to make some, so glad you could How was it. The videos of Sherman and Eli were halarious, especially Ray sliding down the drive and you laughing at him I was laughing out loud along with you. Horray for a day off work for you too!!! Enjoy it!

thanks! yeah, i was happy about the snow cream for sure! makes me feel like a kid again. sorta like disney. glad you laughed at ray - i know i did!

OMG Dawn....this post had me LOL. The neighbors dog with the snowballs... (poor thing) Your boys being hesitate of the snow is the cutest thing. Next thing you know they're poopin' and playin' in it. WOW! I LOVE the pics and video. You are so lucky to get all that! They are calling for snow here today. Nothing like that though. That is a beautiful snowfall! I am so ready for shorts and tank tops!

i know! that poor little dog!!! so did you guys get any snow? i'm ready for spring now too. well, actually i was ready about a month ago!!!

Wow, the snow is beautiful. I haven't seen that much snow down our way this year. I would love a big snow like that.

it was so much fun!

I am sick of the snow (especially since my company has not, in its 25 years, ever closed or had a delay for inclement weather - I'm sitting here at my desk right now ), but I have to admit your neighborhood looks so pretty covered in all that white stuff! And your dogs are just adorable.
I am off to look up 'snow cream' now too!

i know you guys are sick of it! it's fun for us though as we NEVER see it like this here.

Haha, you crack me up. Being excited about snow? Girl, you can have all of it you want! I don't want it anymore!

read above (previous page) about my explanation for why it is so fun for us! you can sort of compare it to people who live close to disney and don't see what the big deal is. you guys get plenty of snow so you don't understand the excitement is for us but it's just because we don't get this very often!

 

[punkin413]

Your pics and videos of the snow are so cute! Isn't the snow great-but only once a year or so . We got a few inches too, now it's all melting . Now off to make snow cream!

thanks! ours has melted off the sidewalks and streets but the grass is still covered. it'll be a mess in a few days!

I am glad you got your snow. We got snow in Mississippi too. My husband and kids were excited about it, but snow is too cold for me. I do like to see it through the window though. Your pictures were great. I hope you enjoy your snow day.

thanks! we had a really great time.

As a good Canadian Girl...I have NEVER heard of snow cream...how is that even possible?? We may have to give it a try if we get another snow!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the photo of Eli sleeping on the couch. Our Scarlett does that all the time. I guess the snow was just too much for him!

it's so good! just snow, sugar, milk and vanilla extract. i love it!

Yayyy for a snow day for both of us! Only difference is we got like 13 inches here lol I cannot believe that it snowed THAT much in Georgia though! I thought winter was like 50 degrees usually for you guys there! It made me sad to see the flowers poking through the snow

Loved all the videos, Sherman and Eli are soo cute and soo funny! And I love your southern accent, its adorable That video of Ray sliding down the driveway is hilarious I was really laughing out loud with that one

Enjoy your day off!

in the winter it's usually between 40 - 55 degrees here. but it does get colder than that a good bit. thanks about my southern accent. i think i sound like a chipmunk from the south!

We looooove snow cream!!! And sled riding too. have fun tonight. We have had enough snow here last month. I hope we don't get anymore. I am ready for spring. The warmer it gets the closer it gets to my DISNEY VACATION!!!

isn't snow cream so good? i'm ready for spring now too!

I love your pictures and videos of the snow! It's such a nice change to see someone excited over it -- everyone here is like and cursing it.

I never heard of snow cream, either, but I Googled it and have decided that I need to make some!

Sherman and Eli are so cute. I love how they were iffy about it at first, and then running around playing in it. So so cute!

I can't wait to see your sledding pictures -- I haven't been in so long because there aren't any good and safe hills close to us anymore. I'm so glad that you are enjoying the snow!

thanks! i'd be that way too if i lived up there. it's just that we don't get it often at all, so it's exciting when we do. i will have the sledding pictures up when i get anna's from her because she got some good ones too.

At last someone who gets as excited about snow as I do it looks like all 4 of you had so much fun, enjoy your sledging later

i'm glad you like the snow too! we had a blast sledding. i will post pics later.

Eli sleeping with his head under the blanket is hilarious! When you say Shermie it sounds like you're saying Jeremy.

Ray looks mischievous here, like he's about to bean you with a snowball.

Skittum!

i always call him either shermie or shermikins. it's never just sherman! ray was about to throw a snowball at me but i caught him before he did it.

It's so cute to see you so excited about the snow! We've had so much in MI this year, that I'm very much over it! Hope you had a wonderful time sledding......your pics and video were so much fun! I found myself laughing out loud a couple of times! Can't wait to hear about your sledding adventures from today...

thanks! we had such a good time. it's a good thing when you don't get it very often because you can get excited over it when you do! i will have the sledding pics/video up later.

Loved the pix Dawn!! Sorry I don't shae the excitement about SNOW!! We see way too much of it !!!

see above (on previous page) why we get so excited about it!

Hi Dawn! We had a snow day today so I had some time to get on the DISboards and found your trip report. I'm really enjoying it

I have to say how funny all the comments about the snow are. I am from New Jersey and if I never saw snow again it would be just fine with me! It's so interesting to see all the people from the south who want to see the snow and all the people from the north who have had enough. I'll send some down south for anyone who wants some! I have to say we didn't get as much as they were predicting, maybe about 5-6 inches, but it was still too much for me!

Thanks again for sharing your trip -- I'm looking forward to following along with the rest. And Luke is so cute! Looks like he really had a good time!

thanks so much for reading!!! we NEVER get snow so when we do it's a fun thing. i'm sure i'd be sick of it too if i lived up north.

Glad you had a fun time sledding. I hope it was a good time tonight too!

thanks! we had a blast.

Dawn,
Sounds like you had a lot of fun in the snow!!
I have to say, I never heard of snow cream, looked it up, and we made some today. It was a hit! I mentioned it to some of my friends, and we are now the coolest moms! (I'm sure that's a temporary title!!)
Thanks for the idea!
Jackie

we did! so glad you guys made snow cream and it was a hit. that's one of the best memories i have of being a kid!!!

 

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

Loved the snow update. We got about the same as you did here in NC today. It was so beautiful and so much fun!! I just can't believe how many people on here have never heard of snow cream! That's so funny to me. Stuff like that is what I love about being a Southerner. We have such cool traditions down here, especially pertaining to food!

Here's what it looked like out of my front door when I got up this morning. We couldn't wait to get out in it!!

 

[VandyFan10]

you always get at least one good snow (usually anyway).

Not 'usually' the last time we had any measureable snow it was about 6 years ago and that was really just davidson county. Now your mom and grandparents get it on a more normal basis up where they are....but it's SO screwy how the weather, rain and everything works around Nashville

We do still have a chance though. But it's supposed to be in the 70's this weekend and it could be snowing the next