more snow

[perth]

Gonna try capitalization and punctuation in this post.

We're in the middle of a huge storm here, hitting the entire Colorado front range (Eastern slope, north of Fort Collins, through Denver and down to Colorado Springs). It's not nearly what you saw in the northeast, but it's really something after almost 10 years of very dry winters. We have nearly two feet of snow on the ground, with no sign of the snow letting up until late tomorrow night.. The Severe Weather Policy has been invoked at my place of work, leaving me to spend today and, if im lucky, tomorrow, with my 18-month old son. Casey is currently holed-up in a hotel with a bunch of coworkers trying to finish some project due at midnight tonight. So, while the cat is away...

We started the day with waffles and copious amounts of maple syrup (I personally like waffles, pancakes, etc. with peanut butter and maple syrup. If you havent tried it, you should).

I contemplated taking a picture of the view from my back door, but decided against it when I realized all that could be seen is the relay station behind my house. The normally spectacular view of the mountains was a sheet of grey/white.

We watched several different Baby Einstein movies. These are great for several reasons. First, they can be used to make the TV an interactive tool instead of a babysitter. Second, they can be set to play in a loop. If you have kids, you'll understand how great this is. The downside: some of the songs are insipid and played multiple times in the course of one viewing. Which takes me to the next thing we did...

They Might be Giants has a 'family' cd entitled NO! and its easily the first cd geared towards kids that I can tolerate for more than a couple minutes. We listened to that and danced around like idiots. Great fun. Any other suggestions for childrens music that doesnt suck are welcome.

We ventured out into the snow to get groceries and visit Best Buy. We got the just in time, as they also decided to invoke severe weather policy. The lady at the checkout said she had been with Best Buy for 10 years and she had never seen it done. We got a couple movies (Three Amigos and Swingers, which I'm told is quite good) and headed home.

We had Hamburger Helper for dinner, which would never be allowed if Casey was here (hi hon!) and I put him to bed after having to read Goodnight Moon four times.

So here I sit, writing a long-winded and pointless thread. Why? Because I had a great day, probably the best I've had in months, and I have no clue how im going to top it tomorrow.

~James