Snowed In

The plow just came and cleared the street - they came by a couple of hours ago and gave it a first pass, but that was still about 30-40' from our driveway.

Speaking of which, I worked from home today, which was no fun. Today was my team lunch for December, and we were going to Applebees, and I've been dying for some BBQ ribs... mmmm, free food always tastes Even Betterer^TM than that which you pay for... Oh, well, I switched to the team lunch on the 21st, at Gregory's, a local steak place that is, IMO, overrated.

We cleared a single path down to the curb for the trash - which I don't think they've picked up yet, same guys on the trash crew and snow plow crew and all that - in the pre-dawn hours, and that took us well over an hour. The fact that snow was still falling at 2" an hour (according to the weatherman; seemed much faster than that) didn't help.

In all, we received 10-12", with drifts up to 4' - although those seem to be isolated to certain trees in the woods, most places didn't drift that bad.

We currently have about 2/3 of the driveway - roughly 6000 square feet of snow, with another 3000 to go, so, yeah, if you haven't seen my Amazon.com wish list, feel free to stop by and order the snowblower for us (it's a medium priority, but I might up that; if you sort by high cost to low cost, it will be near the top of the list! =) Justin, Deb, and I - not to mention the single shovel we continue to abuse despite it having died last Spring - will thank you greatly!

Year in Review

January: Not sure where the next year will be headed, especially with some major overhanging issues, but hopefully it will have more positive changes and less of the less so…

February: Brandon Philip (Bach - knew we should have added that to his name!) is developing into a fine composer and organist - he actually prefers the pipe organ over any of the other 98 choices Casio provides.

March: Tain't been updatin' much - but... another snow day! Just like last Friday. And last Monday. Aiii, there goes my personal holidays....

April: More planting yesterday - started the foundation planting with a pair of Juniperus chinensis 'Sea Green' to the right and left of the entryway, raising them up a few inches with some top soil, and liberal amounts of mulch; also mulched the kiwis.

May: Being born on the 3rd day of the month is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life.

June: Beneath bracken fern he pauses, listening for signs of pursuit.

July: Okay, some long weekend, eh?

August: Made it back safely from the trip - it wasn't quite as long as the drive Friday night, but still took a bit longer than I would have liked.

September: Gas Prices Also Raise...
... airplane tickets.
... shipping rates.
... anything that is transported by gas-powered vehicles (which covers everything else.)

October: Helped Deb's cousin move. Strange thing was, it was a first floor to first floor move, and it didn't rain. Not right. Stairs must be involved, and rain must happen.

November: Happy birthday to linithiliel!

December: If you'd like a card from us - complete with brand new exclusive original poetry by yrs. truly, Justin, and Rachel - put yer address here! Of course if you put it *here* everyone will see it - go to the December 1 entry and fill it out there - no one will see it but me!