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When we were here looking for a place to live back in October before our wedding, everyone we talked to said that it doesn’t snow much in Cincy. The biggest concern and the thing they seem to get a lot of is black ice. After we moved in everyone we met assured us that it would be a mild winter this year and that they only get the occasional snowfall – usually in January or February. I have arrived at the only plausible conclusion that I can…

Everyone is a big fat liar.

It’s snowing – again. And there are enormous icicles hanging from all sides of our house, down the shutters, and against the walls. This morning I had planned to pick up one last gift in town, get a few specific food items for the weekend at Kroger, and head to Borders. For my last birthday my sweet friend Emily (Thank you Emily!) gave me a Borders gift card and since I have three coupons today – a 33% off one item, a 20% off every item in your purchase, and a free latte at the café coupon – I figured now would be a perfect time to stock up on nice hardcover copies of Polar Express, The Nutcracker, Twas the Night Before Christmas, and Santa’s Reindeer – the holiday classics I love to read every year. It would be awesome to have a set of our own since we both like those stories.  Well, that was my plan for this morning. Now I will be doing laundry, tidying up the house, unloading more boxes, and working on the job hunt. I never thought I could stay busy without a job, but I am so busy around here that I seriously just cannot get everything done that I need to in one day. I just finished shoveling like 5” off the front porch and the little parking area in front of our house and already you can’t even tell that I did anything. The driveway needs to be re-shoveled (not it!) and I’m not ready to tempt fate and try driving in this crap. Not with all the accidents I keep hearing about on the radio. So much for the mild winter with the occasional snow shower everyone kept boasting about. Liars.

Ted should be getting out early today. CCM is doing a holiday luncheon for faculty and staff and then a Christmas party. He’s hoping to be home around two and we planned to run some errands then before Nutcracker tonight so we may just have to add a few more stops to our list. Thanks snow for thwarting my plans yet again.

But for now I’m off to try to scratch some things off the to-do list. Tonight we’re going to ballet! (That sounds so fancy – “my husband is taking me to the ballet” – that kind of has a nice ring to it. I could get used to that.) We’re both really excited! Hope everyone has a good Friday!

P.S. Please send sunlight and rhubarb – I still cannot find it anywhere, fresh or frozen.