Annoyance or blessing?

Snow Days! At first a couple of days off here and there was wonderful. I had time to work on some projects that I had been running behind on, relax, and do some reading. But after missing seven days of school this year for inclement weather, its starting to get a little annoying. It would be nice to have a full week of classes without delays/cancellations due to extreme temperatures/snow/ice since we haven't had one since before Winter Break. It would help the students stay on a regular schedule and I would certainly stay more motivated rather than sleeping in, wearing lounging pants all day, and eating junk (not that eating junk isn't a regular occurrence, it just tends to happen in copious amounts when I'm not working).

However, on the bright side, Indiana is having a winter that reminds me of my elementary school days and some of the coldest days in the last two decades (-15 degrees one day). I remember playing in the snow on cancellation days. We used to build snow forts, snow men, and Tyler would ruin shrubbery with his acrobatic ability (which you should really ask him about). We finally had a decent dumping of snow for the first time in quite a while. Officially we had 12+", although I measured only 9"...perhaps I should have taken another measurement after shoveling out the drive. I took a couple of pictures to share. So if you didn't get to experience this last "dusting" you could at least see the results. Enjoy!

The snow fall: early on.

The measurement: Check out those numbers!
It snowed at least an additional inch at our place, perhaps more.

The results:
After an hour of clearing the snow, I finally could see a small sliver of drive way.

The means: the organic snow remover!
How "green!"