Snowday !!!!..   Last night we got the followign message on our cellphones, home phones and email

All schools in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, February 2nd.
This includes Smilie Memorial, Brewster-Pierce Memorial, Jericho Elementary, Richmond Elementary, Underhill ID Elementary, Underhill Central School, Browns River Middle School, Camels Hump Middle School and Mt. Mansfield Union High School.

Everything in Vermont came to a halt today as we prepared for a huge dump of snow..  It did snow.. but not all that much. I’m guessing we had about 10 inches.. nothing like the two feet that fell down south.. Max says they have a ton. , but it was enough to let pople sleep in, wander around in their pajamas for the day, sip coffee and stare out the window for long stretches.. curl up by the fire and bliss out…well.. some of the family did at least.. I was busy as usual.. I did have a 40 minute gap at 3-4 due to a late cancelation of a meeting that let me get out with diane for a quick cross country ski..  Gabe, Matt and Ian got out for some snowboarding in the woods… and the dogs played outside in the drifts.. Sam loved days like this too..

It so beautiful out there now.. everythign is covered in white.. between this snow and the ones we’ve had over the past few weeks we have at least 2 feet in the yard.. it’s deeper in some drift areas. This is my favorite part of winter… the middle.. Today was groundhog day.. and I suspect he would not have seen his shadow.. that either means 6 more weeks of winter.. or it doesn’t.. i guess t doesn’t matter.. we have more than 6 weeks left.. , It’s like being in the middle of a good book or movie.. it’s as far out as it is in..

Enjoy digging out folks.. but don’t do it too fast, we want this to last

nite all, nitte sam..

-me