Nothing says ‘Happy New Year’ quite like sittin’ on my snow throne with a bottle of Martinellis.

Well, the post holiday reflections are starting to occur as Christmas is past and 2008 is nearly over. Jess made a comment about doing something for my 30th birthday this next summer and I almost pooped myself realizing that I am in fact going to be 3o in just 6 short months. I feel like I need to do something crazy/cool/impressive before then but can’t really think of anything at this point, although being a Dad to two boys probably fits.

This week will be spent prepping for my first Sunday of ‘09 sermon next weekend and some calendar stuff for youth ministry, as well as hanging out with Jess’ parents who are in town through New Years. We broke our streak of consecutive days of snow today as it warmed up enough to drop some rain. Supposedly it’s going to snow again tomorrow but it’s not nearly as cold as it has been the past few weeks.

Enjoy the week and the last few days of 2008!

It has been snowing since last Wednesday.
Spokane (or Snowkane) normally averages about 45 inches of snow a year and in the last week we’ve had 39. Thanks to frigid temps that have barely hit the upper teens, all of that snow is still on the ground. Another storm is due Christmas Eve which is projected to push us over the yearly average.

Personally us Fooshes love it and I’m days away from starting construction on my first igloo. I’ve always wanted to build one but figured chances were slim since the snow doesn’t usually pile up enough here. Believe it or not it may need to warm up a little before I can start. Because it’s been so cold the snow is crazy dry. So dry it’s impossible to build a snowman (Jude is bummed) and really hard to make even a simple snowball. Someone said that there’s only 1 inch of moisture to 20 inches of snow right now. The stuff is so light it looks fake. Anyways, enough talk of snow. Hope you enjoy a great Christmas Eve Eve and I’ll keep you updated on my igloo aspirations.

(I stole the title post from my friend Delvyn)

The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind of Christmas sweaters and 2 feet of snow.

Yesterday as I coasted into the gas station to fill up, I was surprised to see gas cheaper than the day before. Just a couple of months ago I was paying over $4 a gallon and you know what I payed yesterday?

$1.47!

I think I was in High School (in California mind you where prices are higher) the last time I saw gas that cheap. I was laughing the other week when I remembered a promotion by Chrysler - from just a few months ago - that if you buy a car from them you’ll also get locked into getting gas at the low price of $3 a gallon for the next few years. That’s now more than twice what gas costs. Crazy!

Tonight is our annual Christmas party with our students and includes the classic dinner, white elephant gift exchange, and the - growing in popularity- Christmas sweater showcase. Pictures will be forthcoming.

In an ABC interview, Bush was asked if he thought the Bible was literal. “Probably not. No, I’m not a literalist, but I think you can learn a lot from it.

It arrived yesterday and is forecast to stick around until Sunday morning. After that we’re supposed to have lovely temps in the 1’s. In about an hour I’ll be out in the stuff playing football…like a man.

Mountain Ash in our backyard