Emily's Lemonade Stand.

There is something magical about the first snow of the season. This is not the first snow for Bowling Green but it is the first snow I have seen this winter. I love a day like today that is overcast and you can almost smell the ice in the air. It came and went rather quickly, as snow usually does, as I sat cuddled up with Alex. As you can see it is only a dusting though for a few moments it appeared like a blizzard sending Alex and I in a flurry (pun intended) to get him packed and on his way home before it could get worse. It was as if we looked outside one minute to no snow and covered roof tops in the next glance. As a meteorologist I must say, forecast snow is by far the most nerve racking. A band of snow can sweep across an area dumping inches to feet of snow in a matter of minutes. As a forecaster, you are expected to predict it's timing and amount down to a science. People are sensitive about snow. If you forecast an inch of rain and have a forecast bust people are not upset as long as it rains somewhere in the immediate area. If you forecast an inch of snow and your forecast busts, you have to go into hiding. Even so, I do enjoy snow. There is nothing more beautiful then a fresh coat of snow and the sight of snow flurries flying past the window. My favorite thing to do is build snowmen and go sledding. Usually, if this area of the country is lucky enough to see snow, it is never the right consistency for snowman building. However, here in Bowling Green we are blessed with a place called 'Hospital Hill'. True to it's name, this is the most perfect snow sledding hill you have ever seen as well as the most dangerous. People constantly hurt themselves sledding down this hill. This could have something to do with the large amounts of alcohol that some people choose to consume before taking the hill on, all part of life in a college town. I anticipate the first snow with some accumulation so that I can take this hill on again, sober.


I had an unexpected bucket list worthy experience and I felt like I needed to blog about it. I didn't expect much out of New Years Eve this year. My best friend and I had made plans to do so last New Years Eve. Last year, they had a guitar drop this year it would be a music note. I was completely unaware that Lynryd Skynryd would be playing. Granted, there is only one of the original members still playing in the band, it was incredible. They saved Free Bird until after the music note dropped and the new year had begun, just to build up the suspense. I can remember being very little and sitting in the back of my dad's Ford F150 singing Free Bird at the top of my lungs with a hard hat on. Before they began they gave a traditional, "What is it your want to hear?" and I shouted "FREE BIRD!" at the top of my lungs with the rest of the crowd. It was around that time that my friend's boyfriend said, "This is bucket list stuff." I couldn't agree more. I spoke recently about my bucket list ,which now has 14 items on it, an update from last time. I did not have listen to Lynyrd Skynryd play Free Bird live on my bucket list but I consider it a bucket list item now completed all the same. I am not sure if that is cheating or not. In light of having accomplished two bucket list items, this one and owning a pair of cowboy boots, I have created a board for things on my bucket list that have been completed. Two down, 12 to go and the list keeps on growing!