{joy} SnowJoy

It has been pretty cold here in Nashville the past few days which I love as long as I can stay inside wrapped up in cozy clothes with a nice cup of coffee in hand. I don't mind the cold, and would honestly rather be cold than hot. I have recently learned that Nashvillians are much like Atlantans in that they waaayyy over react to a weather prediction of snow. I had to go to the store the other night for a bag of spinach salad and it took me 10 minutes to find a place to park. (I was tempted to completely scrap it and head home but I had already prepared the rest of the meal and really needed that spinach...) Once inside I was welcomed by crowds of scared and hurried people frantically filling their carts with anything they could get their hands on. I laughed a little inside because most predictions of snow in the south do not really mean snow. I quietly wondered though, if I should pick up a few other necessities while in the store just in case? But as soon as that thought popped in my head my pride rushed it out and just to spite, I grabbed my one bag of spinach and headed to the checkout with nothing else in my cart. Needless to say, we woke up to NO snow on the ground. But to be fair....I was proven wrong around 9 am when it did in fact start to flurry. It pretty much ended with flurries but the ground was covered none the less and that was enough to satisfy all of the frantic shoppers who surely will lock themselves inside for days until the "snow" is completely melted away and it is safe to drive again. Also to their credit, I went out yesterday and hit a couple ice patches on the road, so I guess I can see what the fuss is about. Maybe its not just the snow that scares them but the possible dangerous driving conditions? I guess I learned my lesson...I stayed home today.

I ventured outside this morning with the hopes of making a teeny tiny snowman with the teeny tiny amounts of snow that remained. I am pretty proud of my creation, her name is SnowJoy :)








and because I did not want my sweet husband to be left out, I made a SnowBrad version as well. if only I had a teeny tiny fedora...