well that was a lot of snow ...

the drive to work this morning was bright and white. really pretty, with the clear blue sky and all. it was a drastic change from the first night of the blizzard. usually the weather predictions disappoint me, because they always say we're going to get a bunch of snow and then the storm misses us. but they were right on with this one. we probably got about 2 feet of snow, and some crazy wind to blow it all around.

{the view out the back window around 11:30pm}

work closed early on tuesday, wasn't going to open again until at least noon on wednesday. at 6:15am they (who's "they" anyway?) closed all the roads in lake county because of hazardous road conditions. and the office closed for the entire day. snow day!

{the same view, the next morning. the snow drifts were up to the pool top, plus some!}

{the view from the front door. you can barely see my car over the drift!}

it took us about 3 hours to clear out the driveway. we haven't started on the walkway. i did get a lot done yesterday. worked a little, scrapbooked a lot (i finished 1/3 of the baby book i'm working on!), made a few recipes i've been wanting to try ... turkey-pepperoni pizza on a flat out for lunch (yum!), barbeque chicken salad with BBQ ranch dressing for dinner (yum!), and a "healthy" chocolate cake (rubbery and gross, dont' do it!). i also planned a relief society lesson and visited with the fam. it was a good day!

the plow finally came this morning to clear out the cul-de-sac. driving to work was strange, with narrower-than-normal driving lanes, turn lanes filled with 2 feet of snow, and large white mountains in every parking lot and on ever corner. i wonder how long it will take for the roads to feel like they're back to normal.

{the driveway is now about 10 feet longer ... there was nowhere else to put all the snow!}

{crazy piles of snow everywhere. it's a winter wonderland!}

so there it is. blizzard of 2011, snowpocalypse, snowmaggedon, and my favorite snOwMG! who wants to go sledding?