Getting Ready for a Blizzard {and Books I’m Itching To Read}

The temperatures are dropping and we’re bracing for a storm here! I am so excited about a good snowfall!

Peter and I coordinated our day and each headed out to get ready. He’s getting the generator and I’ve got a huge pot of chicken soup simmering on the stove. I touched a raw chicken before I had my coffee this morning, something I don’t like to do, pre or post coffee.

Some of my favorite memories with my kids are on snowstorm days. We’d make maple syrup candy. We’d squirrel under blankets on the couch and read picture books. The kids would make Playmobil towns for hours.

One particular snow day, we all huddled under blankets to listen to the Railway Children by Edith Nesbit. I made strawberry scones and tea, and we all enjoyed the audio book in front of the cheery fire.

Of course, kids are fidgety, so there were sometimes flailing boy limbs that sporadically made contact with the girls eyes or face (1 boy, 4 girls) causing tears or at least pleas for sympathy from mom. It’s funny how boys do things to get a rise, and how girls react to get the same.

And it’s interesting how one very ordinary day can stick out as most pleasant one years later. On that day, in the moment, I was probably monitoring everyone’s arms and legs to make sure tea cups were not broken or spilled, that nobody knocked the food tray over, and that Legos weren’t swallowed or heads cracked on the sides of coffee tables. But that’s what moms do, and in retrospect it was the loveliest of days.

I’ve got a great line up of books in my Kindle right now. I’m currently reading Own Your Life: Living with Deep Intention, Bold Faith, and Generous Love,
Come Boldly, and Sensing Jesus: Life and Ministry as a Human Being (which I am going through slowly, because I don’t want to miss anything, and because I don’t quite “get” the author’s writing style, slowing me down a bit.) I just finished Million Little Ways, A: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live which was an insightful read for artsy types.

If you’re looking for a good read for the snowstorm, there are a few Kindle deals right now. (I try to get books when they are around $2. I share a Kindle account with my daughters, so we can all benefit from the books even while they are away at college.)
When Sinners Say “I Do” is $1.99
The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness is a small book that I haven’t read, but am super excited to dive into it. It comes with high recommendations from dear friends. And it’s $1.62. Woo hoo!

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet: Tasting the Goodness of God in All Things is $2.80 and is on my list to read, but I haven’t read yet.

Are you getting snow? What’s your favorite part of the snowstorm? The potential to read by the fire, like me? What are you reading these days?