Another Blizzard!

I can't believe it we have the second official blizzard in a week. One of the strange things about the official definition of a blizzard is that the temps have to fall. Normally, in MN when it snows the temps rise. I learned this when my husband was a grad student and we lived in NJ. I went through more official blizzards in four year in NJ then I had living most of my life, up to then, in MN. All because of which way the temps went when it snowed. But now we have had two blizzards in less then a week and we aren't done yet with this one. By all accounts, it will be worse tomorrow.

I am not sure how much snow we have had but it is plenty! I can't tell if it is still snowing or the wind is just blowing around the snow that has already fallen. And there are times that I think that the shop roof will blow off. The driving has been so bad all week that hardly anyone has been in the shop. People are taking it seriously when they tell us not to drive unless it is necessary. My daughter went to the grocery store yesterday and had to park a distance away, people were stocking up. But we plan for winter. We have enough food in the house to feed a family of five plus. The last kid moved out almost 17 years ago, but we still think that everyone is still home and some of their friends may be snowed in with us so we need plenty of food..

And I have been coming into work each morning whether anyone could get here or not. I have been using the time wisely. Unfortunately not in the way that I always plan on for a Blizzard! MN knitters have 'Blizzard Projects'. These have been saved for these occasions. They are cherished projects waiting for us to be snowed in. Mine are still waiting. But I have a revised Products Page on the web site. And today the new Patterns Page went up complete with pictures. A few minutes ago, I sent the new Tools Page to my web guy and it will go up soon. For tomorrow, I have the New Kits page to start. And my precious Blizzard Projects are still in their baskets waiting.

Hopefully, I can add some pictures to this blog tomorrow! The porch is covered with snow and so is the girls' agility equipment. The tire swing is half covered by snow and Bo is going to take down the snow levels around the Girls' yard so they can't walk over their fence. There are places where the snow is reaching the top of the fence. Our girls aren't agility dogs for nothing!

Now I need to go see to the peas. Tomorrow is pea soup day. Another MN blizzard tradition is that every family has their special blizzard food. Of course we don't call any of these things 'blizzard food' or 'blizzard projects' we just refer to them as 'storm food' and 'storm projects'. We just don't get that many blizzards, just storms. Maybe Global Warming will give us more blizzards.