Snow ... again!

It's been snowing since about noon and this time it's a heavy wet snow. Last week was easier to shovel; it was lighter. This stuff hurts. And what makes it even harder is that I have to lift/throw it on top of last weeks piles, some of which are about my height. But, once again, it's beautiful. The sky is white and it is so quiet. And, my forearms hurt. I'm not sure I could play a show this weekend if I had one scheduled. Tendonitis here we come.
I'll post pics tomorrow.

My nephew asked if we're stuck in our house. It depends upon what you mean by stuck.

Becky is in California on a road trip with a friend to go to a wedding. The friend's mom is the sister of the bride but she had to give finals at CU yesterday and now she can't fly out there (the dad drove the kids and the mom was going to drive back with them).

All of the highways are closed and all they ever plow around here are the main roads (N/S, E/W routes). Steve's car is on the street under at least a foot of snow(that's it in the picture I took from the office window) even though I cleaned it off at 11:30 AM yesterday hoping to use it. It didn't start. Evidently he's been having trouble starting it if it sits for more than a day in the cold, which it did. My van is on the driveway because I couldn't get it all the way up the driveway (not much of an incline, but was slippery) at about 2:00 PM yesterday - it took me about 45 minutes to do a 15 minute drive.

The market and video store near our house were open yesterday so I'm going to walk over there later and see what's open today. Steve is scheduled to get the packing removed from his nose this afternoon but the doctor's office is "hoping to open" at noon. I'm not sure we can get there anyway.

It was beautiful last night. I walked the dog at about 10:00 PM - white sky, perfectly quiet, snow on the trees, holiday lights... gorgeous.

So, I guess we're stuck, but stuck is a relative term.

It's still snowing and absolutely gorgeous outside. I love walking outside at night when it's snowing. The sky is white, no cars (state of emergency and nothing's open anyway), so you can just walk on the street. I'm sure tomorrow will be full of shoveling. Only problem is we're supposed to go to the doctor's office to get the packing stuff out of Steve's nose (back to gross stuff, sorry). I'm not sure they'll be open. And, even if they are, I don't want to have to drive there. I couldn't get Steve's car started which is our 4 wheel drive vehicle. That's it covered in snow - and I cleaned it off at around 11:30 AM. Evidently he has a special way to start it when it's cold. How sweet!

In our area, they only plow major roads - i.e., major east-west and north-south routes. The problem, of course, is getting to the main roads. I'll wait until tomorrow to really care.

I made a short video at dusk - I love it then. The snow looks blue just before dark. It only lasts for a short time - very special. Click here to see it on youtube.

Let it snow, let it snow - it is!

It looks like winter again here in Colorado. At least five inches already here in Boulder. It's beautiful and powdery and easy to shovel every couple of hours. So, here I am at the orthodontist for what we hope will be the last check-up and then ... braces off in January. Yeah! One down, one to go. Once Becky loses another tooth she'll probably be back in brass. Did the expander thing a few years ago and she is sooooo sick of her retainer.

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Solstice to all! For Hanukkah my husband got a nose job. Really. Not cosmetic, although the kids and I are hoping it will show a little improvement. No, this was to remove some blockage, etc. Very gross to describe. So, he's still on drugs and I'm sleep deprived. Pretty much normal for any family with kids, even though ours are older (14 in just 10 days and 12). Older kids, more complicated type problems.

Got to go. I'll get back to music stuff next time!

I'm back!

Okay, I'm really going to write this blog on a more regular basis, as opposed to my previous post, rest, post method. But, I may need to start tomorrow because I have to drive Jamie somewhere in about 30 minutes and she hasn't eaten dinner yet.

Working on scheduling spring shows. What a drag it sometimes is. I'm not real good about follow-up. And, sometimes it's hard to just get started. As you can see from my previous blogging history. And, getting interrupted/feeling guilty about a sick 12 year old who just got her makeup homework assignments is not helping. Now that she's screamed enough to cause a long coughing jag I feel sufficiently bad that I'd better go. Hopefully, I can work on another post tomorrow and actually get into what it is I actually try to do for a living - sing! For now, I'll work on the most important aspect of my life - my family!