The Blizzard of Oz

That's just one of the names I've heard for this monster snow storm we are getting here in Kansas! A few others: Sno.M.G., Snowapalooza, Sno-mageddon 2011...the list goes on and on- as does all of this SNOW!!

I personally am not a fan of snow. I like the first snowfall when it's all white and clean and I get to say "ah, now I remember what snow looks like. It's so pretty!"..and then I'm over it. Being from the south, we didn't get much snow- maybe like 3 times in my whole life did it ever snow in Houston and let me tell you, that was a treat fo sho!!! I would pray as a kid that our winter trips to KC would be snow-filled and cold, cold, COLD. You know, just for a change of pace. When the trip was over, we would head back home and welcome our short sleeved shirts and the occasional shorts. In December. That's right, December.

But I've lived here for almost 13 years now and am finally getting used to the cold. Well, kind of. I still don't like it but it's not as shocking as it used to be. I do love me some cute winter boots and fun sweaters though! And if my child enjoyed being out in the cold weather for longer than 2.5 seconds then I would have some pictures to share with you of him in his cute winter gear- but those don't exist because he, like me, does not like the cold.

So back to this whole blizzard thing. It's bad. Like, really bad. Not as bad as it is in other parts of the country but we just don't get this kind of snow. For one, they've closed the freakin' malls! Pretty much every business, school and church is closed but they do have the libraries open as warming centers...if you can navigate the unplowed streets and 4' snow drifts to get to them. We may have to attempt this feat later if our house doesn't warm up. The thermostat decided to go on strike the other day so it's kind of temping the house at whatever it feels like and today that has been about 63 degrees and that feels colder than it sounds, I promise. Especially when it's 15 degrees outside and the wind gusting at 35mph.

I'm telling you, it's a state of emergency around here! I think the National Guard has been deployed, the snow plows can't keep up even for a second and oh yeah, my office closed for the day. That last one might be the most telling sign of the impending apocalypse because in my 5 years of employment with them, they have only closed once and that was for an ice storm. B.A.D.

Well, I'm going to go throw on another layer of clothes, make a cup of tea and have another brownie. Sounds like we've got another 10 hours of snow ahead of us. Awesome. Maybe we should start heading to the library now. I wonder if they would mind us bringing our 80lb dog and psycho cat too...