watermelon in winter

The sound of shovels hitting the pavement The big huge fresh snowflakes falling from the sky as I open my eyes after an afternoon nap The 50-degree middle of the night turning into a 30-degree day White everywhere The smell in the air the day before the snow comes Snuggling in a warm blanket and watching movies Christmas break Being with people I love Counting down the days til the end of the semester Baking and cooking with Mom I love the snow!  Today it snowed...a LOT (well, a lot for Provo), and it just reminded me of what I love about winter.  And this Christmas break looks like it's going to be the best one yet!  So needless to say, today was fantastic, not only because of the snow, but that was definitely a big factor! 33 more days!!! :D

Have you ever thought about how important a baby's first step is?  Without that first step, would he ever learn to walk? To run? To skip?  To jump?  To conquer life's challenges? Without our apparently "small" decisions, would we ever progress in life, take risks, go on to greater things, fulfill our potential? To both of these things, I hold the answer that NO, we would not accomplish very much without those first baby steps.  They may be small, we may  need to hold on to the furniture for support and balance, but soon enough we are walking, making bigger decisions, life-altering changes in life. I got to thinking about this because I need to take a baby step right now...and also, at institute on Thursday,  we talked a lot about the eternal perspective.  One of the questions asked was how can we get an eternal perspective in life?  We talked about several things we can do for that, but one I thought about was that each time we make a decision,...

It's snowing today! And what a great day it's been...minus the fact that I haven't finished nearly as much as I should have by now. But I DID go outside and play in the snow...and that's important! The snow was fresh in the tree....so I did what any little kid would do, and licked it. It was snow AND ice...good thing my tongue didn't freeze to the tree in my front yard! I love tree branches in the snow. There's just something about the combination of brown and pure white that strikes my artistic bone. Part of the tree and part of my house. Looking up Pennichuck Street. So picturesque. Me in my getup...I borrowed Michael's boots because I don't have any in NH (except for my cowboy boots....), and he gave me his snowshoeing boots, because they each weight like 5 pounds, and he just wanted to see me try to walk in them. My sunglasses made a comeback! Well, that's today. I've got a couple papers to write for English 316, and a bunch of Bio to r...