Snow Update

We've made it through two respectable snow storms in less than a week without any interruption in electrical service, and despite the fact that everyone in the house (including Tom, as it turned out) is recovering from illness.

Another storm is passing through the Northeast Sunday night and Monday; we don't yet know if it will come as far north as us. But we'll manage either way. The biggest problem we're having right now is finding room for all the snow.

Just an extra note: I made a change to how the Web page displays pictures and captions, which I hope will make it easier to update the pictures when I’m away from my home computer (during, for example, a power outage). If the new method breaks anything, rest assured that I will fix it quickly, but not so quickly that you don’t get at least a few moments to laugh at my mistakes.

So Far, So Good

The snow arrived a little later than expected, and although it's blowing around and accumulating quickly, it hasn't knocked out the power. We're all staying home today, so we don't have to worry much about driving conditions, as long as we can clear our driveway by morning for the boys to get to the bus and Karen and Tom to get out for work.

It's funny: there's all this fine, perfect powder snow falling outside, just right for snowboarding. Danny was supposed to go snowboarding with his school today but, because of the unsafe roads, he won't be going. At least he'll have good snow when they do their make-up day next week.

Meanwhile, we're all snug at home. The power may still go out, but we're ready if it does, and I think that, for the most part, it's going to be a good day for relaxing and recovering.