January brings the snow

It would seem that oncea year we experience a "crippling snowstorm" and by that, I mean 5 inches in two days.

Martin Luther King Day brought on a snowstorm. Of course I didn't have to work, so I was without a snow day. But Mr. Snowgoose got one.

Earlier this year I purchased a couple of plastic sleds from the hardware store just in case we got our yearly snowstorm. FYI: sledding down a hill (or alley) on a plastic sled works much better than the tupperware lid during the snowpacalypse in 2008. In fact, we spent must of the Tuesday sledding with the neighbors next door.

I did get half a snow day on Wednesday (it was still snowing) as it was too treacherous to escape our driveway. Then panic set in as I learned my flight the next to Dallas for my conference was canceled and there was a chance I couldn't get there until Saturday. But I was persistent in calling the airline and eventually I got a seat on wicked early flight Friday morning. Mr. Snowgoose graciously drove me to the airport at 4:30 a.m.

By the time I came home from Dallas, the snow had melted.

I did learn two things from this storm:

1) Never try and scrape snow and ice off your car with a snow shovel. It looks like a raccoon did jumping jacks on Otto von Jetta's roof.

2) Hiking boots offer much better ankle support than snow boots.