Mixed Nuts: Is Mother Nature flippin' kidding me?

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Is Mother Nature flippin' kidding me?

Dear Mother Nature,

On June 23rd, my family has plans to leave on a lovely family vacation with the Pletcher gang. We look forward to this vacation every other year. Lake time, family fun, laughs, warm weather, sunshine, good books. All these things await our little family starting on June 23rd as we make our trek down south to Lovely Lake Norman.

But dear Mother Nature - in order for that to happen, you need to stop dumping mounds of snow on New England. Our little towns cannot take much more. While we are used to a few storms a year - continually causing havoc and piling inches and inches on top of the (not already melted) snow just makes my head hurt. We have had well over 50 inches of snow in our little neck of the woods since December, and I think that is quite enough.

Today, you thought it would be "funny" to dump another 8-10 inches on our area. Well, M.N., it stopped being funny about 3 storms ago. I am watching my precious summer vacation slip away, because we have 4, and now possible 5, snow days to make up due to your antics. That puts our last day of school on June 23rd. The day my little family was going to join our big family in glorious sunshine.

You are messing with me. I am not a happy person. I moved to the north because the people of Florida were crazy. But you, my dear M.N. - you need to take a vacation and go reek your havoc somewhere else. We are all done with you here.

Sincerely,
The very cold, very sore from shoveling,
Pletcher Family

**This was originally going to be wordless Wednesday, but I needed to make sure Mother Nature got my message.