Dottie phoned at 8am to say she had 2 inches of snow in her yard! She's from Michigan and grew up with snowy winters, but after years in Mississippi, she's so pleased to see a little of the white stuff down here. I looked out my window but there was only a cold drippy rain, no snow--and I only live one county away.

Lots of schools cancelled classes. Tomorrow there will be photos on the front of the papers showing little kids who have never seen snow posing by their scrawny snowmen made from snow scraped off lawns, so the snowmen have bits of leaves and twigs packed into the snow.

Many counties put sand on bridges, but the media is urging people to stay home and off the roads because of possible icing. This doesn't deter people from driving like they always do, so early this morning there had already been 24 accidents in Lincoln County alone.

I've made a pot of soup and a crock pot full of herbal tea and I'm not going anywhere. Snug as a bug, here in deep south, y'all stay warm too... susil