We have about a week or two until spring officially hits, but Old Man Winter hasn’t let up on us yet. Probably because he wasn’t doing his job in the beginning of winter. Today the county (and many other surrounding counties) issued a level 3 emergency; which means only emergency vehicles should be on the streets. A huge winter storm hit us yesterday and thankfully the snow has finally stopped. Total snowfalls in the city are anywhere between 15-17″ (we somehow ended up with most of the snow) and we have a snowdrift in our driveway that’s probably about 3′. Since we got a new puppy about two weeks ago now, I had to go out in the freezing cold and watch as the snow continuously fell and covered up all the shoveled areas. It was hopeless to shovel any of it during the day because within 30 minutes to an hour, it looked like you didn’t. However, the new puppy, Maggie, seemed quite infatuated with the snow (and oddly enough she has seen snow before) and continuously jumped into the deep areas of snow and appeared to be swimming in it!

Those pictures were taken earlier in the day. It looks much deeper than that now. I didn’t get a picture of our other two dogs (yes, we have a whopping 3 dogs in the house) in the snow, but Max (the oldest, a boxer) hates the cold so he’s in and out and Tara (the mini schnauzer) is like a black dot. Maggie’s a soft-coated wheaten terrier. Hopefully I don’t catch a cold from being out in the cold today!

I took the time today to do absolutely nothing! It’s nearly 10 p.m. and I still haven’t worked on my story. And I call myself an aspiring writer. However, I did manage to create 3 new avatars today. The avatar I’m currently using has a duplicate with an animation in the back instead of being a still, and the other features Princess Maddy from the upcoming Disney film, The Frog Princess. I got the picture from a Czech site and they called her Tiana. The last time I checked, she was called Maddy, so maybe they changed her name? Either way, Maddy/Tiana looks uber great. I can’t wait until it comes out!!