LATEST NEWS Home For The Holidays LoginSubscribe Newsletters Contact HOME NEWS EVENTS COMMUNITY LINKS PHOTOS ARCHIVES PONCA CITY MONTHLY Rachel Stewart: Stew On That - Snow Tue, November 23, 2021Rachel Stewart/Contributing Writer Someone told me a few weeks ago that this article was very “angsty” and “brooding” and that was my “vibe,” and so I thought, I’d mix it up a bit this month and write something uplifting and cheerful – a feel-good piece. Something that makes you think, reflect, even – JUST KIDDING. That was a test. If my article is ever jovial and sweet and if after reading it you feel warm and cozy, I have been taken and my kidnapper wrote it to throw everyone off their trail. If someone could organize a search party that would be great. Check gas station security cameras first, the kidnapper is probably a cat-caller that I threatened to marry if they pumped my gas for me and/or told me I was pretty. There’s a good chance they let me go after a couple hours because I’m fairly annoying, so I may be just walking around and/or in a restaurant getting a snack. All right now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s get down to what I really want to talk about, which is how much I hate snow. I’m sorry that I’m not sorry, I know this is going to scratch a nerve with some people, but I will no longer be silenced about this. If you can get past its brief feeling of magic and beauty, it’s terrible. First of all, footwear. Not only am I not going to buy something that I’ll only wear once every few years, but snow boots are ugly. So do I risk ruining/falling in my cute shoes that match my outfit? The answer is yes, every time. Secondly, snow is almost never the picturesque sparkling fresh powder you see in Hallmark movies. It’s usually a dusting, with brown grass and mud poking through, and one walk or drive through it and it turns to gray sludge. Third, kids. My kids will beg and plead to go outside to play in it, so I’ll spend 30 minutes in all our closets hunting for heavy coats and coveralls, put on layer after layer of pants, shirts, socks, gloves, hats, scarves, put hand warmers in their tiny little pockets just for them to step outside and after 10 minutes say, “I’m cold; I want to go in.” THEN you have a 1-2 loads of wet, snow-covered laundry. Anyways, thanks for letting me get this off my chest, if anyone would like reasons 4-32 that snow is the worst, I’ll email you the PowerPoint presentation I made on this controversial and riveting topic. EVENTS 28 NOV Festival of Angels 06:00 PM - 10:00 PM Pioneer Woman Ponca City OK 74604 3 DEC Ponca City’s Annual Lighted Christmas Parade 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM Grand Avenue Ponca City OK 745601 3 DEC Lighted Christmas Parade & Christmas Open House Weekend (all weekend) All Day Event 100 block east grand Ponca City OK 74601 4 DEC Free Holiday Movies at The Hub 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM 16601 West South Avenue Tonkawa OK 74653 MORE EVENTS POPULAR RECENT 1 Stone Barn Story Enters a New Chapter 12/01/2020 2 Bird Scooters coming to Ponca City on September 27 09/16/2021 3 Four Ponca City Fighters Set to Compete this Weekend in Enid MMA Competition 07/29/2021 4 Debra Rue Tells the Untold Story of the 12 Pioneer Women Statues 03/13/2021 5 Business Spotlight: Hideaway Marina 08/01/2021 THIS WEEK'S POLL Do you plan to get vaccinated? Yes No Unsure After FDA Approval HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Previous Next Facebook Twitter Instagram About Us News USA Entertainment Technology Business Policies & Info Services Classifieds Directory Real Estate Events © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved About | Contact | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions