Hey all, just posting to let you know that we are BURIED in snow.  I’m loving it, and hubby is too now that there’s finally enough that he doesn’t have to send people out to work in it.  Yes, buried is 6-10 inches of snow, with about a foot and a half in drifts.  Its so dry and powdery you can’t make a snowman or a snowball out of it, but it IS fun to toss great big handfuls up in the air.

We’re really windy, and I’m sure my older sister is thrilled not to be living in Troutdale for this!  Our across-the-street neighbors have hardly any snow - you can still see the grass in places - because its all blown over to us, I think.  And in our backyard it looks like one continuous sheet of snow, despite our back deck.  You can barely tell where it ends!

Add to that we’re getting freezing rain all day today (haven’t gotten much yet) and chains are required everywhere if you want to be driving.  Which is a bummer because I forgot to get butter when we went shopping on Friday night and now I can’t make any cookies like I had planned.  Argh!

The conditions are  different depending on where you are.  In our side of town we are feeling the effects of the east wind out of the Columbia River Gorge, which is keeping us below freezing, and will be throughout the day.

Pictures to come, I’m on the wrong computer. :p