Did you ever read the Little House on the Prairie books? I did. Several times. I read them to Sarah, and we even took a summer vacation to DeSmet, SD to see the location where several of the books took place. I remember being so bored with the book, The Long Winter. All they did was sit around the cook stove every day, eat the bread they made from Almanzo's wheat, and made straw logs to keep the fire going, all the while waiting for winter to end so that the trains could get through to bring food and fuel. I was reminded of that after our 16" snow last weekend and seeing this on the Walmart shelves.........
No cheese, milk, butter, eggs, bread, etc..............for almost a week. I sent the Hubs to the little grocery store in Slater (which was fully stocked, so don't know how Walmart could claim the weather was the reason for the food shortage) to get the groceries I needed.
I can't believe that when I started this post, it was still the New Year! Now it's halfway through the month. We finally got a family Christmas photo on Dec. 29th at a wedding reception. Shanon, the guy I work with at the Martin Center, and Allison were having their reception with a winter woodland theme. They served chili and had a hot chocolate bar and wonderful decorations.
Here we are in color...........
with real "fake" snow!
