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I like driving on snow covered roads because you can drive anywhere.
The roads are ice and snow-covered and you know what that means? No lines!
It’s one of the few times you can swerve into the other lane, then back. Onto the shoulder and back. Over and over again, and no one thinks twice.
Since you can’t see the lines, it’s all good!
Most of the time it’s the snow plowers fault too. Since they can’t see the lines, they make the road and we just follow. If they cut the corner, so do we.
Snow Storm In Pictures
Well I asked for it, a real snow storm, and we got one. I’m not sure the exact amount but it’s somewhere over 15 inches. Maybe even 20. Here are a few photos we took this morning.
Down the street with the flash on.
The snow drift on the deck.
View off the deck.
Neighbors ice cycles.
Side of our driveway, but you can’t really see it, or the street or the car.
A look down the street. Check out the snow on the roofs.
Down the street the other way.
Awaiting a Snow Storm [update]
Well it’s been hyped all week, the biggest snow storm in years. We’d have 3-5 inches Friday night, up to 8 on Saturday and another 5 or so on Saturday night. Well here it is, Saturday morning at 9:30 and we are just getting our first flakes. I’m skeptical that we’ll get a foot. That’s what we need to have the biggest snow storm this year. To have the biggest in years, we’ll need at least 15 inches.
Something tells me, that ain’t gonna happen. However, if we do, we’ll be happy! We have lots of movies and TV shows to watch and are looking forward to be stuck in this weekend. 
I Love and Hate Snow
Talk about annoying. I’ve been waiting for snow since October. Instead, we get rain or mild temps. Heck it was about 45 yesterday! We even had a brown Christmas.
Then today came. It was raining pretty good all morning while I was out looking for a Nintendo Wii and as soon as I got home, it started to change to snow. A few hours later we had a few inches and it’s coming down hard. We should have a good 6-8 by the time this evening comes along. The bad part is, I don’t want it today!
Christmas on a Mac
Talk about your overabundance of holiday spirit. It seems that Mac developers are creating more than a few great holiday apps this year. Here is a quick list of some of my favorites.
- Sno – This has been around for a while but has nice falling flakes on your screen.
- MacLampsX – One of my long time favorites as it adds customizable lights to the sides of your screen. Very festive.
- Snjor – A new snowing app that has little snow orbs that look quite nice. It’s suppose to collect on windows too but doesn’t for me.
Snowmen Desktops & Wallpapers
Need a good looking snowman for your desktop wallpaper? Well I’ve got three just waiting to be downloaded and enjoyed.
Choose one or download them all. Great for the winter season.
Hail Covers the Ground Like Snow
It’s kind of hard to see, but this was taken on our camera phone in Cologne Minnesota today. The white areas are hail. Piles of hail. Yards were covered, roofs were covered and this intersection had a foot of hail piled up.
We had driven though part of this storm with zero visibility from heavy rain and lots of hail. Not as much as Cologne had gotten though. I think they got the brunt of the storm.
My car didn’t look damaged, but I haven’t looked that closely yet. It was one heck of a storm and there are still more coming.
From a Foot of Snow to Sporadic 80s
A few weeks ago I was talking about lots and lots of snow. Now, it’s 86 hot degrees out!
Twice in the past two weeks forecasters have said it was going to be in the low to mid 70 and it was actually in the low to mid 80s!! We were excited to get 70s but 80s! WOW
Today was forecasted to be 75 and it’s 86 out right now! This is Minnesota people and it’s only April! Does this say anything about our spring or summer? Will it be a summer of extreme heat? It seems that we jumped from Winter to Summer. Wow, I don’t even know where my sandals are!
Groundhog Day – What’s the Point?
Today is Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That means that there is six more weeks of winter. But what’s the point?
Actually, what I’d like to know is what happened to winter? Here in Minnesota we just ended the warmest January ever and we had more days in the 40s than we did in the single digits. Snow? Well there isn’t much of that either. We get an inch or two every few weeks, but not enough to keep the ground covered for long.
