I woke up this morning to the sound of rain beating on the roof.  As far as I’m concerned that’s a sign from above to pull the covers over my head and catch another thirty minutes of sleep. So that’s what I did.  When I finally shuffled down the hall to release the hound, he was in no hurry either.  I’ve never seen a dog so slow to start the day.  He eventually made his way outside to drag his ears through the puddles and take care of his business.  I shared my breakfast with him and read a few interesting tidbits from the newspaper out loud.  Turns out he couldn’t care less about national politics or local happenings.  His ears did perk up a bit when I mentioned a sale on peanut butter at Kroger.  Then the garbage men showed up right on time and Huck raced to the front door to wag his tail at them.  That was my morning.  

The rain had no intention of moving on, so I donned my spiffy new rubber boots and left the homestead to run a few errands.  First stop, the Gladeville post office.  Matt has a set of ExamKrackers books here that one of his cousins needed & I’d located them and said I’d mail them.  No problemo, it meant a chance to visit with the fabulous Ramona, postmistress of The Glade.  As always, we laughed, solved the problems of the world, then laughed some more.  She was sporting some awesome new turquoise eyeglasses and when I asked about them she told me that she’d left her glasses at home and had to run to Dollar General to grab some to get her through the day.  They were pretty special, I may have to pop into Dollar General…wonder if they have any leopard print?

Scenes from a drive to the post office…gray,wet,gloomy.

But those clouds may be promising more than rain.  The weatherman on WKRN actually uttered the “S” word.  Teachers and children all over Wilson County have their hopes up tonight.  They’re all going through the traditional activities that are sure to produce snow.  The rituals are as follows: snow dance (there is much booty shaking involved), turning your pajamas inside out, flushing ice cubes down the toilet, putting a spoon under your pillow, and last but certainly not least - putting a white crayon in the freezer.  Personally, I think it’s the pajamas that do the trick.  It’s worked for us more than once.  The forecast mentioned that if snow arrives, it won’t be here until Thursday afternoon.  Best case scenario would be early dismissal tomorrow with a day off on Friday.  But I guess the bigger question here is why the heck I still care so much about snow days?  I’m off every day!  I can’t help myself, I still remember the thrill of seeing “Wilson County Schools Closed” scroll across the bottom the television screen.  There was many a happy dance done in this house when it appeared.  So, for the sake of all of the kiddies and teachers , I’ll still turn my jammies inside out.

And because I have turned half-southern, at the mention of snow I headed for Kroger.  I figured I’d beat the after work crowd.  Trouble is, this is what my basket looked like…

That’s my big snow day haul.  Cauliflower, baby carrots, hummus, popcorn, chocolate, and doggy pops for the beast.  I added a twelve pack of Diet Coke and checked out.  Boring.  Certainly not what I would have laid in with excited kiddos at home.

 I left Kroger and made one last stop , at Target.  I’ve been on an organizing kick lately and there are a million and one tips online to help you find a place for everything.  Ice trays in a drawer to hold jewelry? Brilliant!  Tension rods under sinks to hook all of your spray bottles on? Of course!  But today I needed a magazine holder, just a cheap plastic one.  Found it at Target for $2.24 and it freed up a whole drawer for me!

Now the drawer to the right of the stove that housed those unwieldy wraps is home to my most frequently used utensils.  That means that the crock that sat beside the stove that used to hold those utensils can be moved, freeing up more space!  Ta-da! There’s still room in there for a box or two of ZipLoc baggies or whatever. All tucked away, nice and neat.  I just used some of those handy dandy double stick squares to adhere the magazine holder to the inside of the cabinet door.  I didn’t want to put screws in the cabinet and it’s still quite sturdy. I think I’d like to put one in the bathroom as well to store blow dryers and brushes and such.  Handy!

That was my thrill for the day, finding a new home for plastic wrap and aluminum foil.  Well, that and visiting the hen house.  That never gets old.  They’re good company.  Now I do believe that it’s time for me to go keep my pillow company and lose myself in a book .  Here’s hoping that my inside out jammies do the trick and tomorrow brings snow!  It’s high time that winter put in an appearance around here.  

Sweet dreams ~