The weather forecast is calling for snow here in West Texas this weekend. I love the snow. It snows here maybe once a year if we are lucky. I do not think that I would like it as a consistant weather phenomena but as long as it only snows once or twice a year and melts within a day or two, it can be a lot of fun. Here are my top five things to do when it snows in West Texas.
5) Write your name in the snow. That's a given isn't it. It gives a great visual to work on your penmanship.
4) Snowball fights. There is not too many things more enjoyable in life then pegging some neighborhood brat with a well packed snowball. To go along with this at work there is a storage area above the quality control lab. It is perfect for carrying a snow boulder to the top and wait for a q.c. tech to come out of the lab and then drop the snowboulder on his unsuspecting noggin.
3) Connect a car hood to the back of a 4x4 with a long chain. It turns any large parking lot into a redneck sledding adventure.
2) Small child bowl sledding. This was a snow event taught to Angry Joyce and myself by her friend Crazy Christine. You take a large metal bowl and spray the bottom of it in order to get it extra slickery. (yes that is a word, take my word for it.) Then carry the bowl to the top of a wheel chair ramp or any other incline that you can find. Put a small child into the bowl and give a slight nudge. According to the temperment of the child, this is good for hours of fun.
1) Snow Ice Cream. After you are through with the bowl used for small child bowl sledding, nothing beats whipping up a batch of good old-fashioned snow ice cream. Snow, sugar, milk, and vanilla whipped into sheer ambrosia. Just make sure that no one has written their name in the snow that you use for the ice cream.
20 comments:
You forgot one--making snowmen doing dirty, dirty things, a la Calvin and Hobbes.
-- david
Yankees don't believe people make snow ice cream. They have an unlimited supply of greatness and don't use it. It's a tragedy, plus I get called a liar about it. Glad you posted about it.
Ah, my favorite thing to do when it snows, STAY THE FUCK INSIDE and look at it thru the window while staying nice and toasty by the fire. Is that yellow snow ice cream?
I've never made snow icecream, but it does sound good! I'm going to have to try it.
Funny, it snows every year where I live and I've never even heard of snow icecream.
#2 reminds me of Christmas vacation.
We used to build snow forts, complete with tunnels. It hasn't snowed enough in over 10 years here to do anything like that.
david: That was definantly a short coming on my list. Thanks for pointing it out. Nothing like nasty snow people.
big d: That is tragic. Snow ice cream is the shit.
ozy: Only virgin snow will work. Yellow snow would have to high a salt content. Staying warm next to a roaring fire is a delight unto itself.
sherri: You really need to try it. It is simple to make.
phoenix: It never snows enough here for snow forts. But I bet that it is a lot of fun.
Snowmen!!!
angel jr: SNOWWOMEN!!! Or snow bunnies as the case may be.
ann: I bet yours was the most flavorful!
ranea: I didn't realize that it was only a geographical thing. Something that good should be shared with the whole world.
What's the difference between snowmen and snow women?
Snow balls...
Thanks for the heads-up on # 4.
# 5 - I use ''yellow'' ink.
bruce: Phunny.
phred: Keep that hard hat on.
cleveland: It should be an Olympic Event. And thanks for the use of slickery, nice to get a little validation.
anelize: Those sound like really cool ideas. Especcially the spray bottles with colored water.
t: You yankee phuck. I figured raven had buried your ass in the backyard. Better watch your ass if she sees this and gets the idea.
mmmm...snow ice cream. Such wonderful memories that brings back...seems it doesn't snow here as much as when I was a child.
april: I am glad it made you think of those times.
ben: Helping them with the nipply look, huh.
Snow ice cream ? I am not sure I like the sound of that, make sure never to use yellow snow wont you Fuzz.
I dont think I would be equipped to do number 5 either ( unless I could borrow on to write with )
Snow Icecream?
lol
My mom would not approve - did you know that every snowflake forms around a speck fo dust (or a speck of pollution?)
my mom never let me eat snow - I'm deprived. lol
or depraved..
I can't even think about snow ice cream without remembering that scene in the movie Jackass. *shudder* I'll give you a little hint... it was a yellow snowcone.
shay: If I was worried about dust, I wouldn't be living in West Texas. The air here is a lovely shade of brown today. But the sun glinting off the dust in the air makes for very beautiful sunsets.
weirdgirl: You have to be careful. Especcially when hanging around those jackasses.
pixie: Congrats on your news again. Though you were sure subtle about it. And I will be careful to only use virgin snow.
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