{"id":940,"date":"2011-01-10T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=940"},"modified":"2011-01-10T15:36:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T20:36:43","slug":"what-to-do-with-a-snow-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=940","title":{"rendered":"Living the Snow Day Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

We woke up this morning to 6 inches of snow.\u00a0 For many people, that’s not a big deal.\u00a0 For folks in Atlanta GA, it’s a big deal.\u00a0 We don’t often see that much snow, and when we do, it causes a major disruption in lifestyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sam and Annie enjoying the snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Georgia, we’re really not prepared for snow.\u00a0\u00a0Our fleet of “snow plows” consists of a few sad dump trucks with a blade stuck on the front.\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, the roads quickly become an icy mess.\u00a0 Six inches of snow means just about everyone stays home because it’s just too dangerous and \/ or difficult\u00a0to drive.\u00a0 \u00a0They talk about it on the news for hours on end.\u00a0 They even cancel schools at the prediction of snow.\u00a0 All because it’s way out of the Southern “comfort zone” and we are just not prepared for it.<\/p>\n

You really can’t blame us for not being prepared.\u00a0 Some things are just not worth the trouble.\u00a0 Would it really make sense for Atlanta to buy a fleet of snow plows just so they could be used for\u00a0a few\u00a0days every decade?\u00a0 I think not.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So what is there to do on a snowy day in Atlanta?\u00a0 We just go with the flow.\u00a0 Write in a blog, sled down the hill, throw a few snow balls with Sam, make a snow angel, and be grateful for a peaceful, quiet, beautiful day at home.\u00a0\u00a0 On second thought, maybe we are<\/em>\u00a0ready to deal with the snow.\u00a0 Perhaps I could use a few more snow days.\u00a0 Or maybe, I just need a bunch more days of living\u00a0the “snow day” way.<\/p>\n

Praise the LORD from the earth, You great sea creatures and all the depths; Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars; Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying fowl; Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; Both young men and maidens; Old men and children. Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Psalm 148:7-13\u00a0 NKJV<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We woke up this morning to 6 inches of snow.\u00a0 For many people, that’s not a big deal.\u00a0 For folks in Atlanta GA, it’s a big deal.\u00a0 We don’t often see that much snow, and when we do, it causes a major disruption in lifestyle.\u00a0 In Georgia, we’re really not prepared for snow.\u00a0\u00a0Our fleet of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,99,98],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-contentment","tag-peace","tag-snow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}