It Came

This is a quick update to yesterdays blog and a brief report on today. The snow came during the night. I am trying to remember when Amy got home. It was sometime between 1 and 2 in the morning. I was working on a project for Egg Systems that they needed by today so was up and asked her if there was any snow. She looked at me like I was a fool then looked down on her shoes that happened to have a little snow on them. Yup, I guess it started. Well, you know I had to go and take a look. It was a wonderful site and though I was hoping for a drier Turkey Bowl I enjoyed the freshly fallen snow. At 3 AM it is very peaceful. Everything was white. The road was undisturbed and there was that subtle warmth that exists after a good snow fall. We had a few inches fall and that was great. Not too deep to where we were digging ourselves out but deep enough to justify the use of a snow shovel. It was my first snow shoveling in almost 6 years and it was pretty much like riding a bike. There really isn't much to it. Jack jumped in on the fun and loved shoveling as well. That is great. He joined Ken across the street at a widows home and helped him in her driveway while I finished ours. I sure love Ken, he and Georgia are great neighbors and love on my kids whenever one or more of them venture over to their house. I am grateful for good neighbors.

This was the street this morning. Not as pleasant as 3 AM.



I am sitting here trying to figure out why I like to shovel snow and the only thing I can think of is that for so many years in Nevada we were in a drought and the snow was extremely important to us. Shoveling it in the valley meant that we were getting snow pack in the mountains and that was good for the overall water situation for us. I don't know. Probably the same reason I loved the summer rains in Florida.

The kids were out of school for the Thanksgiving holiday so they got to go to work with me. We had a meeting at the LBH this morning but before starting we had to shovel the snow there as well. Pops was working on it when we got there so we jumped in. I had a road to shovel there as we needed to clear a place for customers to park and safely walk to the store. It was just wonderful.

The kids have enjoyed playing in the snow all day. Natty and Jack really wanted to go sledding so I let them walk over to the high school/Cal Ranch hill. It is just down the street and I figured the trip was safe and let them go. They had a great time. They laughed and giggled the entire time they told me about bumps and wiping out and other crazy stories from the slopes. Andy stayed home with me. He has a bit of a cough that started at school 2 days ago so I am trying to keep him in. He doesn't care for me much right now. We will get through it. He did get to play out back for a while with Jack and enjoyed pushing the old red sled around the yard.




I have been working on an LBH project for much of the day. Amy and I staged and took pictures of the various Christmas baskets for a catalog/order form. I have spent a few hours editing them. We used the green screen and so I cleared out the background, cropped, highlighted a bit and now they are ready for final approval. Photoshop is fun. I don't know all the tricks of it but enjoy getting into it and playing around. Here is our ultimate fudge basket. This is taken with one of the boxes I made.



I had an update from Heidi when Paige went in for surgery. She simply said that things were going well. I am grateful for that. I had decided to fast with Paige today. She was not able to eat so I decided I would do the same and prayed that the Lord would bless and comfort her today and that the surgery would go well. I am looking forward to additional updates.

It is Thanksgiving Eve as Natalie called it earlier today. There is much to be grateful for. Certainly there are challenges everyday. The economy is tough right now and finances for many people are very tight. Sometimes all we have to rely on is our faith in the Lord and we trust in him that if we do the very best that we can he will bless us. We may lose a few things along the way. I have lost a lot of "things" in the last few years of my life and that is okay. They are just things. What really matters? I have learned that it is not things.