Almost Christmas

It looks like it is going to be another record-breaking year in terms of snow fall around here. We are off to an amazing start. The record for snow in December is 40 inches, and we are already over 34. Predictions are for 4-8 on Tuesday, and another 3-5 on Wednesday, with more on Friday. It just keeps coming down! Right now, I'm still enjoying it.

But I am beginning to wonder how I am going to feel in February if it continues in this manner . . . and where on earth we are going to put all the snow! It is hard to capture what it really means for those of you who do not and have never lived in the stuff, so the best I can do right now is just keep putting up pics. At least this way we'll have documentation of the process at the end, when we HAVE broken all the records!

I took some pictures during the day, but I thought these night pictures showed the hills and valleys much better. I was standing on the porch smoking this morning, and I realized that I don't remember what the street looks like without the snow already. What will it be like all flat and boring? With no big mounds to peer around when pulling out of the driveway?

And still it comes down . . .

Promised Snow Pics

Of course - this was before the 10-inches fell. Those are still on the camera. I had to include this self-portrait that I took with that feature on our camera, because it did such a weird thing to my nose. My nose doesn't really look like that, does it?

I'll try to get a better one of the wreath - I bought a plain one and some materials, and Jim decorated it up. Isn't it amazing?

I'm just in the middle of grading the last papers. Finals are Monday and Tuesday. So after that, I will slowly start becoming a human again. I hope to move back into the blogging world again - I miss communicating with all of you, too.

Will I Ever Say Anything Meaningful Again?

I really just wanted to post a couple of pictures up, and then I realized how long it had been since I've even been here. Too long to even try to catch up. There have been so many blogs I've written in my head . . . where is that nanotech-brain-to-screen interface already?





Let me at least put up the last of the construction pics before I crash. Tomorrow I will really try to add some snow snaps. You can see how beautifully the door came out (or went in, I mean). Doesn't it seem like it was always there? And this is my witchy friend Diane on Halloween.