Waiting on the Ice Storm

My favorite phrase forever has been "Shelby County Schools are Closed Today." I have been out of the classroom for 23 years now but I cannot get that out of my system to wish for snow, sleet or ice and hope and pray that I don't get stuck in it. It was actually a week of snow that is the reason we now live in Bumble. Shelby County schools were closed for a week and we were dividing our time between Memphis and our respective parents and happened to find this subdivision under construction while we were here. It used to be so beautiful at Christmas as all the homeowners put single white lights in the windows and used red bows on the mailboxes. We had luminaries that were a tourist attraction and brought out the best of the neighbors. Now all kinds of decorations are here and the luminaries got cancelled for the first time in 23 years due to the fact that the city didn't pick up the leaves and it is a mess. It is sad. I loved the luminaries. I don't have a red bow on the mailbox. I do have the white lights in the windows. My Richmond Spiders are playing for the National Championship in football Friday night and I am so pumped.