Welcome to Mount Snowhog.

We're calling that mountain of snow to the left of the Vibe "Mount Snowhog".  We have unburied ourselves from the massive snow storm that passed through our neck of the woods yesterday.  I would guess somewhere in the 12" range is what we had sitting on our driveway.  It's kind of hard to tell for sure because of all the blowing and drifting that went on out there last night.



It really is quite beautiful in my neighborhood today. Hardly anybody is on the roads and the neighbors are all tucked away in their houses.  And how gorgeous is that house across the street from me?  I think I have the best view on the block. 

Also, because my mother-in-law would insist that I spread what she refers to as "the blessings of the season"; Happy Groundhog's Day.  :)

Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.

So, the weather outside has been a little frightful. I don't have a fire, but that would be so delightful. Since I don't have a lot of places to go, let it snow; let it snow; let it snow.

Just kidding (a little bit; I really do love the snow). It's snowing again and it's terribly cold. All this snow is getting a little old. We got stuck twice yesterday on our commute to and from work. How fun!

So, I thought I share a few photos of how the snow at my parents' house has been. These were a few days after Christmas and there's been more snow since then.

My parents live across the street from a small university. There's a big empty lot across the street where the school tore down several houses years ago and has yet to do anything with the land. Well, other than pile snow. The snow piles in that lot are about 15 - 20 feet tall. They've had a front end loader just dumping snow there. Unfortunately, you're going to have to take my word for it; we didn't take any pictures of that.

One of the worst things about the storms lately have been the drifts. The image below is of my dad's 1959 Chevy Suburban. This thing is a very big vehicle. I'm five feet tall (which isn't anything to write home about, but we're going to use me for a scale) and to see anything under the hood, I have to stand on something the size of a five gallon bucket. Can't imagine the size using me? Well take a look at this picture. See that little car in the background (top right)? That's my mom's Honda CRV. It's sitting about 15 - 20 feet behind the suburban. No joke, this thing is enormous. Sadly, you can't see the flames painted on the front end. It rocks!

Have I ever mentioned that I love Jeeps? This one is why. It was my first car. My parents still own it and it's been a life saver the last few weeks for them. It's been the only car that has been able to get out and about after the last few storms have hit.

3" of snow to 70 degree sunshine

Isn't the weather lately amazing?

Last Saturday, this was what my parents' backyard looked like.


I had gone up to Omaha for the weekend and Jason called on Sunday morning to tell me that the main street we live closest to was a sheet of ice. This was just last weekend.

This weekend, we had beautiful weather. We've had about three 70 degree days in a row. On Thursday night it was so nice out, we slept with the windows open. We've been trying to soak up as much of he nice weather as possible.


Currently outside: cold, windy, and rainy.