Wintertime in Ohio

Hi! Blogging slightly scares me. You put things out there and they're just there... for people you may not even know ot see. Like I need another social networking device anyway, but I really like to write, so I think I'm going to give this a chance...longer than 2 weeks like before:-)

Story for the day...
I'm still rather traumatized by the events that transpired yesterday. If you're lucky enough to not live in Ohio during winter, we had icy rain yesterday that completely coated the streets in ice causing every car on the road to slide every which way.
My adventure was sliding through a stop sign onto a main road. Then realizing another car was sliding across the road, head on. I turned away from them and started sliding again toward a parked van, turned the other way and continued to swerve back and forth down a hill. I finally gained some control and pulled over. Every car on the road was sliding back and forth over the lines, and I was the only one going down the hill, I don’t know how one of them didn’t hit me, or vice versa.
After all I that I still thought I would try to get to church, so went home and asked my dad to drive me because I was shaking! We got about 5 blocks away and turned around because it was WAY too dangerous. Our little 5 block excursion took about 30 minutes! On the way back home a minivan turned a corner toward us and started sliding sideways, just before they were about to hit us they turned just a little and hit the car next to us instead. I was completely freaked by the time we got home, but so grateful that all of us made it home safely (my mom was trying to get home from across town)! Lovely Ohio winters.


Christmas Carol by an Ohioan...
I'm dreaming of a spring day, just like the ones I used to know. Where the tree tops blow, and chlidren know, they won't slide around on the ice. Oh, I'm dreaming of spring day, with every ice truck that I see. May your thoughts be cheery and bright, and may all your days be spring.