after four days of snow

while i probably should have updated while basically snowed in (this is west texas after all), there were other things that devoured my attention instead (i.e. persona 3 portable). for instance, i completely forgot to inform you all that i am an exceptionally proud member of the Team Bazinga! for Nerd Wars: tournament the first! i am having serious difficulty deciding what to work on first. would love some suggestions. i did, however, finish a couple of things up just in time for a good friend's birthday! i don't recall having mentioned it before, but i found a pattern for a dice bag shaped like a four sided die! stupendously awesome! so i made it for one of my best friends (we d&d together) for his birthday. i actually made two. one to test out the pattern and one to give to him. in my personal opinion, the first one came out better for reasons i am completely unable to explain. go figure.
being stuck at home for a week was both nice and mildly frustrating. dear hubby was stuck home too (nice). however, as the week went on, he tired of the things he was doing and decided it was more entertaining to pester me (less nice). everything was fun though.
i did spend a good chunk of time just staring at the snow out the window, especially the first day. no one was out and about until later in the day, so the seven inch blanket of frosty delight was clean. pure. completely undisturbed, as if promising that once it bid us farewell we would be venturing forth into a land of fresh opportunity. it was really very inspiring to just watch it sparkle in what little sun light there was that morning, knowing that every day really is fresh with promise and opportunity.
i feel, personally, that i need to start truly seeing every day that way, as a fresh new world despite the distinct lack of sparkliness on a regular basis. perhaps God was trying to tell us something this week while forcing us to slow down. perhaps looking out with new eyes and seeing the wonder of it all every day, without inclement weather dictating your actions, and really stopping to appreciate all that He has given us is more important than we want to think.
so, as the snow and ice slowly fade from the landscape, let it also fade from our frosty outlooks. let's all work on warming our perspective up a tad and thawing out our dreams and expectations for good. i am fairly certain we weren't created to exist so frostily.