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The Big Nut

February 12, 2016 2 Comments

The Big Nut

By Valerie Brown

Winter finally came: seventeen fluffy, white inches of it.

And for once, the meteorologist, my husband, wasn’t a complete moron. But like Daddy always said, “Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again.”

Don’t get me wrong, I love my husband, but the last time he predicted snow I drove straight to the salon and had snowmen painted on my fingernails.

That was the most snow I saw that winter.

My husband shouldn’t brag. This storm just happened to be the size of four states. A blind squirrel would’ve had to drive a thousand miles to miss this nut.

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  1. Bobby Warner says

    February 12, 2016 at 10:55 am

    Got a couple of chuckles out of this one!

    Reply
  2. Jeannie Smith says

    February 12, 2016 at 4:38 pm

    That’s funny Valerie.

    Reply

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