It’s the winter wonderland edition of three beautiful things!
1. As I leave my house on Wednesday morning, I hear a child loudly singing “Jingle Bells.” I look up to see her wrapped in a parka, sitting on her mother’s shoulders as they head down the street. As the mom prompts her on the words, the little girl continues to sing; I can still hear her well past the point where our paths diverge.
2. Even though the storm is barely underway, the hush of snowfall was already upon my usually-bustling city as I left Friday night’s Christmas party. (Bonus beauty: I left early enough to get a cab before the snow emergency rates kicked in and doubled my fare.)
3. A man shows up on my doorstep with two shovels, looking for work – just as I was steeling myself to take a first pass at digging out the sidewalk. I happily pony up the $20 we agree on for having both the front and back sides done, and he smiles gratefully when I present him with a cup of cocoa along with his cash.
What’s beautiful in your corner of the world?
2BT: Just returned from the appliance outlet and purchased a HE washer & HE dryer…for several hundred dollars less than we anticipated…and it was the CR 2009 “Best Buy” recommendations, too! No more puddles in the basement from our dying washer, no more 2+ hour drying cycles. Any recommendations whether to go powder or liquid for detergent? I can’t list a 3rd thing b/c it would contrast so significantly to this materialistic gratitude thing I’ve got going on. Oh, I hope the hook-ups go smoothly (we’re diy to save $)!!!
@CL..liquid! And happy day!
TBT:
1. Just wrote the Christmas letter (next…finding pictures!)
2. Snow tunnels and forts!
3. Being snowed in!!!!!!!
Playing in the snow on the Mall! (You’re right, though, you wouldn’t have loved it.)
@CL: It took me a minute to figure out why you had bought a male washer and dryer. I had totally expected HE washer and SHE dryer when I started reading the sentence…
TBT — being on the fringe of this storm. Stayed in but only had snow mist. Surely different for here but OK for me.
Cards, gifts, wrapping almost done. Picking up a couple of fresh items tomorrow & that’s it. 🙂
And above all, my DC daughter & VA family are all safe & warm after being inudated with snow. Glad too that my PA family is also surviving.