..everywhere and I mean everywhere. It has been snowing since early this morning (Monday) at a rate of about 1/2" per hour. That means that it is useless to remove the existing stuff as it'll just fill in behind you. So far I estimate we have about 12-18" on the ground, depending where it is measured, for the season. That includes several days of warm weather to melt some in the past few weeks. Brian tells us, he's on the road to Wyoming for a load of coal, that it is just nasty and he only is driving because that is his job. I have no idea where he has to haul the coal when he gets it. We have canceled a trip to Williston (south 70 mi.) for Tuesday for shopping and a medical appointment for me. We will reschedule when we can see the edges if the highway again! Pat and I have powered up the snow blower and tried to clear the driveway and sidewalks. A loosing battle! After 20 minutes it is hard to tell where we removed the white stuff. My back pain limits the amount of shoveling and blower work I am able to do and Pat ends up shouldering much of the work much to my dismay.
12/21/2010-0500;
It is 0ºF and we have lots of soft, fluffy, powdery snow. Maybe as much as 2' in places. We will have to start up the blower and tackle it again. The good thing is we don't have more snow predicted for the rest of the week. Travel throughout the state is much restricted. Most trucking has been stopped as has most deliveries to outlying areas such as Crosby. Many of us here, especially the farm folks, depend on UPS, FedEx and such for our Christmas shopping. If you haven't got your package by now it may not be here for Christmas. I have one that is in FedEx limbo now!
Our Patio table
We are concerned about Brian... hope he is doin' OK. Roads are really bad in the places he will be driving. I'll give him a call a little later! He is a good, cautious driver but stuff happens, eh?
Pat and I are fine for those of you who worry.
God bless all of you;
