Snow Storm!

If you're wondering how it is that I can post three times in one week, when I haven't previously posted in many months, it is due, in part, to "snow days." Yesterday, I telecommuted, and today I'm doing the same thing. I did have to go into work yesterday for a wedding rehearsal and that was a bit treacherous, but managable. Today, though, I plan to walk to the library and otherwise just hang out at home, reading, writing, and doing some more shoveling.

We've had quite the snow storm! There's probably at least two feet of snow on the ground. I realize that some of the Colorado folks are not going to be impressed with these numbers (given the gazillion feet you've had), but up until this point, we've had about 10 inches of snow all year, so we've doubled what we've gotten so far. We're planning to go skiing tomorrow, too, which should be fun. Last week, I rented skis from REI and Juliana and I went skiing twice! Super fun.

Sierra came over last night (to stay the night, rather than risk life and limb driving back to Minneapolis), and we played cribbage, ate a good dinner together, and watched some Six Feet Under. Perfect things to do in the snowy weather! Oh yeah, and did I mention I beat her at Cribbage?! We had set up a little competition that whoever got stunked (if it happened) would have to get up early and shovel the sidewalk and clear out the snow so Sierra could get her car out. No one ended up getting stunked, but I still got up early and helped clear out the snow.

So how much snow did we get? Here's a before and after picture from this morning, as I cleared snow from the front yard and Sierra's car

And here's a picture of the happy shoveler: