funniness

i was talking with ryan the other day about how great snow is. all you readers in alabama are thinking, "right on, sister!" :) people out here don't really like snow, they find it annoying and old. i guess i like it because it's new. i have seen only a wee little snow in my life...and it's just such a beautiful thing! i have been wishing that it would keep snowing here until we move back, and it just might! it's supposed to maybe snow again tonite and then later this week! whoohoo! although, today, it was about 60 outside and the sun was shining bright...which was a little odd, considering there was a couple of inches of snow on the ground from the weekend. just seemed stange that it was so warm, but still snow was everywhere.
anyway, in thinking about snow, i got to thinking about how old little one probably will be like us and not get to see a lot of snow around town, since we will be back in the 'ham. i certainly want to make sure we vacation to snowy places because i want him to be able to experience the wonderfulness of snow. then, i got to thinking about how in alabama we are always thinking that there is the possibility of snow when it gets cold outside. my dad was telling me just a few days ago that snow was being predicted for middle AL yesterday. he, of course, wasn't holding his breath, which was probably quite wise. :) but i don't know what it is about people in alabama thinking it really could snow (i'm talking like a good couple of inches, not just flurries-though flurries are nice!:)...don't get me wrong, i am right there with those who think in such ways, but really...it hardly ever REALLY snows in alabama. even so, there is this thought that it could snow, and every year, kids all over the state wish and hope for a white christmas. and every year, it's like 45 or 50, at least, outside on christmas... like there's even a possibility of there being snow on the ground when one wakes up in alabama on christmas morning! it has never happened in my life time (that i remember, and certainly i would remember such a wonderful thing)! i just wonder what it is that leads us to believe in the possibility...it's quite funny, if you think about it.
all the same, i found myself saying just a few days ago that maybe it will snow on Christmas when we get back home..and won't that be funny? (since we've been in the cold, snowy land of colorado with little snowy-ness!)