No Business Naming Things

The boys have the right idea today…

There are certain words and phrases you don’t want to read in your weather advisory. Some of these include: “copious amounts of snow”, “near-paralyzing conditions”, “dangerous winter weather” and “near record snowfall amounts”.  By the time this is all said and done we’ll be able to say we have feet of snow on the ground.

As it turns out a log that doesn’t LOOK like it’s on fire may indeed be on fire.  Finger 0, Fireplace 1.

I forgot how great it was to be a kid living on a cul-de-sac.  We had a major dump of snow in the last twenty-four hours - probably a foot at minimum - and the plow dutifully dumped the majority of it in the center of the street.  When I finally managed to drag my ass outside to clean our steps I found two of our neighbors children sledding down the pile.  It had to be a good 5′ tall at its highest.  When the plows return later to shape the pile that’ll probably go to 6′  or 7′.

Unfortunately for the adults on the street, not all of the snow went into the middle.  About half of our neighbors had a drift that was at least 4′ tall blocking their drive ways.  Somehow we managed to get away unscathed - thank goodness.

This winter is going to be brutal!  Perhaps if it gets too stressful I’ll just grab my toboggan and head for the snow pile.