Real Winter

It took a couple months, but finally we have some "real" winter weather happening here.  I almost didn't get out of my neighborhood this morning to get to church.  Then I almost didn't get out the church's neighborhood to get home...and then I barely got into the driveway.  I was going to change clothes and then scoop the sidewalk, but when I got out of the car I was standing in snow halfway to my knee and decided I didn't care about changing clothes and just wanted to get it over with.  So I got the dog and my shovel and went after it.

The "before" shot.

Samson checks my work.

Last I checked, this was already blowing back shut.

What I don't have a picture of is the cleared bit of driveway.  Yes, I even scooped out the end of the driveway in my church clothes.  Then I let my car slide backward (that was fun), but then was able finally to get it all the way up into the driveway so I wasn't blocking the sidewalk anymore.

The neighbors borrowed my shovel to set up a sledding lane for their kiddos.  The dog can't get enough of bounding through drifts that come up to his nose.  Once things were scooped, I changed out of my church clothes and into warm, dry, comfy clothes and I am happy to stay as far from the snow as I can get before the adventure of getting to work tomorrow morning takes place.