Hooray for the groundhog!

If you live anywhere in the plains or the Midwest or the northeast or....hell, if you live anywhere that's not the west coast, yesterdays early spring prediction was fanTAStic! I took 2 snow days in a row! For us, it wasn't really the snow that got us but the ice. A couple inches of it ~ everywhere. For Carol, the weather queen, I'll describe it;

Going home Monday night there was freezing rain. That means that the surface temps are so cold when the rain hits, it freezes on contact. By the time I got home, my whole car, except where my wipers worked, had a 1/4 inch of ice on it. It's really weird watching it happen. It just seems so hard to imagine that liquid can freeze that quickly.

Tuesday, all that freezing rain on top of the couple inches of snow we already had, has turned everything on the ground into a solid block of 4 inch thick ice. Because it was also so windy while it was raining, the ice wraps around everything. Buildings, trees, sign posts, fences, bird feeders, etc. We also got more snow Wednesday. When the dogs ran out in the backyard Tuesday, they seemed to be a little confused about not sinking in the snow. It was kind of funny. Usually Pepper bounces around a lot but she seemed to know that if she tried that she would just slip and fall over. I went out to get the mail twice but didn't leave any footprints. It's a mess.

This morning on my drive in to work, the city is filled with tree debris. Twigs and branches everywhere. Our city fared better than most. We lost our power last night for a couple hours but that was it. The main streets are all car worthy but the secondary and neighborhood streets are a just a big ice skating playground. Schools are closed for the 3rd day in a row. But today it's because it was so cold this morning ~ sub zero wind chills. Brrrrrrr.

However, I do have to say, now that it's sunny out, everything is sooooo sparkly. Not just the ice, but the snow looks like it's covered with glitter. I LOVE that :-) Even Bill said he likes these kind of days because they make him think of me. The rest of the week is going to be bone chilling cold so the ice isn't going anywhere. At least with snow you can shovel it and blow it away. We walk very gingerly and don't get out unless we have to.

Com'on Spring!