Comments on: Snow Day

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:39:41 +0000

Cheryl, I can trek a few truckloads of fresh white stuff to you and never notice it gone. The 27 inches Eileen mentioned? That was the SECOND storm. The first storm, here in Philly anyway, dumped almost 2 feet. That was Saturday. Wednesday, here we went again! This area had 72 inches - broke a record even.

Devon, I knew you'd be making hay of it! I did my best too, but shoveling took up the day.

Sara, those days are gifts, aren't they? :)

Aw shucks, Michelle - thank you. :))

Anne, you made me laugh out loud - "From a distance - like all the way to the left coast." I love it!

Wendy, I know. When they're home, it's tough. It gets no easier. When mine comes home from college, I'm dragged hither and yon, usually to spend my money on her. :)

Paula, an earthquake? How cool!! I need one of those to get the damn snow off the roof here. ;) I've felt just one of those, and it was in a January in western PA. I thought it was ice coming off the roof, but the ice had been melted for two days. The whole house shimmied a bit.

Oh gawd Hugh, how do you survive in those conditions? And if you lived in Ohio, you know snow hell.

By: hugh.c.mcbride

hugh.c.mcbride — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:13:10 +0000

Lori: Believe me, I know *exactly* what you're going through re: horrendous weather. Out here in SoCal, it's been below 70 for almost a week now, & a few days ago it rained almost all afternoon. (We're all OK -- but thanks for asking :-)

Seriously, after having lived for 30+ years in Ohio & eight in Germany, I can empathize with what you're going through. One mantra I picked up from some German friends may be applicable here: "The weather doesn't determine what we do, only what we wear."

Stay strong, stay warm, & be sure to enjoy the serene beauty of the newly fallen snow before it all turns into that grimy slushy mess that sticks around to mid-May :-)

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:31:16 +0000

Before the storm made its way to you, Lori, it deposited about eight inches of snow here. Not the most we've had at once this season, but enough to have fun. We've never gotten 24+ inches from one storm, so I'm kinda jealous! (The "kinda" is because I only have myself, a shovel, a very long driveway, lots of sidewalks, and some concrete steps I need to clear so my dog can get to the back yard. Tuesday was our snow day, so after shoveling I took my dog on a very snowy walk - I was nearly blinded when snow got into my eyes.

Yesterday was our earthquake day. My LA friends and editors reacted to our reaction (to what is a very rare event here in Illinois but a minor tremor to them) the same way I would react to them experiencing two inches of snow. Just east of me, nearer Lake Michigan, they had double the snow my town had. So when the quake struck at 4 AM a lot of people thought the noise was from the cumulative weight of the past several snow systems collapsing their roofs.

I did have an interview with a guy on the east coast yesterday, but his office coordinated things well and arranged a conference call so they could all participate from their homes.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:05:48 +0000

We have enough snow to look at out our doors. I'm sick of looking at it, Thank you.

It seems like every other day is a snow day around here, so they call off school. That just means a late night or early, early morning for me to get work done. I can't get much accomplished when my son is home from school.

By: Kimberly Ben

Kimberly Ben — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:41:27 +0000

Lol- You're absolutely right Lori. We wind up with ice storms and power outages way before we ever get to see snow.

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:18:16 +0000

Yikes! Yes it's wonderful to look at. From a distance - like all the way to the left coast.

We've had cold by our standards, but... well I'm a weather wuss...

Stay warm and cozy.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:14:55 +0000

Hi, Lori! Today is a snowy day here in Texas.

And since it's gloomy – I gave you the Sunshine Award on my blog for a spot of brightness. 😉

http://michellemiles.net/blog/2010/02/11/i-win-i-win-finally/

By: Cheryl B

Cheryl B — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:46:19 +0000

Here in the Midwest, we haven't had a good snow in weeks! Just cold and wind, with nothing to hide the dreary brown grass except small drifts of dirty old snow.

I actually enjoy shoveling snow – in small doses, like you say, Lori. It's a nice break from desk work. 27 inches, though? That's way too much of a good thing!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:37:35 +0000

I work full-time, so snow days are my days to go at the writing full tilt 🙂 It was so nice to have the whole day to commit to it. Now I have to go out and shovel since it was pretty hopeless yesterday.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:10:56 +0000

Oh, yeah, I tool FULL advantage! 😉