Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. We have just passed 11:30 in "The City", AKA snow central. We are experiencing lake effect snow to the max. We have gotten about 10 inches of snow between late this afternoon and the present. Out current temperature is 18° as we head down to the overnight low of 9°. However, with the wind blowing, it feels like 1°. In addition, the snow accumulation is expected to exceed 10 inches or more by tomorrow afternoon.

I just watched the southbound train pass by. It was the first run today, and the twin locomotives had to push a lot of snow out of the way. It was neat to watch, but it wasn't a good thing to see the covered hopper cars rocking and trolling on the rails that were checked a few short days ago.

Sugar the Weather Dog, Mary and I took a short walk this morning. I moved just enough snow to get us out. Sugar didn't last long before she was picking up her paws and wanting to get home. She didn't ask to go out again. I had to massage her paws to get the feeling back for her. While we were out, I had the laundry running. In order to ensure the machine drained, I placed a heater in the mud room. Last winter, we had a repair man out to tell us what we should have known. Without a heat vent in the room. the machine drain froze and couldn't drain. That was an expensive lesson to learn.

I have been sitting here just thinking how much I want to stay in tomorrow. Somehow, I think that the intrepid weather dog will have learned her lesson. We'll feed her breakfast, let her out, and then she'll be in for the day. She has boots, but they are such a pain to struggle her into, that we didn't bother this morning. We should have.

Earlier this evening, Mary let Sugar out after I cleared enough snow to get the door open. Sugar didn't know what to do, because the steps leading from the deck to the back forty of the palatial estate were obscured. Once again, I am running out of places to pile the snow.

Mary did some work today while I did the laundry. By tomorrow morning, the snow will have re-accumulated, so I can do the minimum once again, since the snow alert lasts until tomorrow afternoon.

Our neighbor used her snow blower today, but I think the snow won. Right now, our front porch and sidewalk are drifted over. The end of the driveway, which our neighbor, Mike, was kind enough to plow out this morning, is drifting over. When the city plows come by, it will be impassable. Additionally, when the sidewalk plow goes through, the driveway will be further clogged.

Frankly, I don't want to deal with the snow, but that means that we and our next door neighbor, who shares the driveway, will be unable to get out. She has a four wheel drive vehicle, but I don't know if that will be able to make it through, It will be interesting to see.

Tomorrow, I plan to play with the girls, watch TV and do little else. I got the newspaper today, but I won't be getting one tomorrow. Like Sugar, I get cold. Not my paws, but my face.

Once the sun rises at 8:15 a.m., it is likely that it will look like a scene from Mary's favorite movie, The Day After Tomorrow. The sun will set, at 5:26 p.m.

That looks like enough for the day. Ciao.