Winter Weather... in TEXAS?

Yup, it's actually snowing right now! I was surprised - the weather reports are calling for an inch and a half of accumulation, but I'm just laughing at that. For starters, the temperature hasn't reached freezing yet. And besides, the ground is too warm to allow for accumulation. Now, if the snow keeps falling at the rate it has been, we *might* get a white powdery dusting on the top of cars and shrubs - but only maybe.

I took a couple pictures - if any came out well, I'll post them here.

Also, I told Trevor, our Chicago friend, about the snow:
Trevor: it was snowing here yesterday...i bet our snow is colder than yours
Me: I'm sure it is =p Your snow would beat up our snow and take its lunch money
Trevor: and it's girlfriend. "you're dating me now, baby! now gimme some of your fries"

Mmmmmm, Autumn.

It's starting to get colder. Now, for Texas, that means temperatures are in the 80s during the day and the 60s at night. This is a MASSIVE improvement from the daytime 100s and nighttime 80s...I'll take it.

For whatever reason, despite having lived in Texas my entire life, I don't get cold - and I despise the heat. (I'm the shorts-sandals type of girl regardless of the temperature.) The beginning of a Texas autumn is like a beacon of hope that maybe, just maybe, the heat will go away forever. Alas - I'm still waiting for that. ^.^

The meteorologists are predicting an especially cold winter this year - that would be very welcome considering our wretchedly warm one last year - no ice days at all! None! So instead of box-sledding down the street, we played in the pool. Lame. Oh, and I caught the flu for the first time ever - I'm absolutely blaming that on the heat. Stupid Texas.

Anyway. Enjoy this lovely video from January 2007 of the box-sledding extravaganza. For you Northerners, snicker at the amount of ice/sludge that shut our city down for THREE DAYS! And yes, that's me speaking. *shudder*