*Snow Place Like Home*

Mazi watching from the safety of his perch.

I absolutely love the snow.  Last year’s back-to-back-to-back storms had me beyond elated.  The fact that I had a couple of snow days and got to stay home to enjoy it made it that much better.  While this year lacked the “big one” we certainly got a few storms to remind me why I love this area and can’t imagine a winter without the peaceful white blanketing of snow all around.  Yes, the seemingly weekly systems that only left enough accumulation to be annoying, and the passing storms did make it inconvenient at times and definitely ruined most of my weekend plans, I still can’t help but get giddy every time I see it start to flurry.

Mike out early to clean off both cars.

Being in a new house in a new neighborhood, Mike and I didn’t know quite what to expect this Winter.  Would we lose power?  How long would it take to have the surrounding roads passable?  Did we really have to shovel the sidewalk that winds around our house which seems so much longer than everybody else’s?  Well, we quickly found out that we luckily keep our power throughout the storms and that whoever is contracted to plow our neighborhood is incredibly fast to get it cleared (a little too fast in my opinion since it negates the “I couldn’t get out” excuse).  Plus, I found out that my fiancé is amazingly thoughtful and gentlemanly as her brushes off and de-ices my vehicle most mornings.

We had a lot of fun this winter and enjoyed taking pictures of the new house covered in snow.  Below are a few.

Standing in the middle of the street taking pictures (instead of shoveling).

Out back.

Bonus! We found that having my dad's trailer taking up half the driveway meant we hardly had any driveway to shovel!

The epitome of coolness.

Lots and lots of snow!

And for those of you who are civically minded and curious, we did shovel the sidewalk…most of the time.