It's not a Sunday, but...

I just had to write, even though it's not a Sunday. I've been having problems logging on to the new blogger/google site, so I figured this was as good a time as any to give y'all an update. And, since this is day 2 of being snowed in (pictures farther down), it feels like a Sunday to me!

On Sunday I printed out my chapter, to try to make sense of it- all 60 pages of it. I'm not sure it helped that much, although it's amazing how different things look on paper rather than on screen. I have several large blocks which were bugging me that need to be shifted around, but that should help the general flow. I've still got some writing to do, but hopefully with today fully at home I'll make lots of progress. In between shoveling snow, that is. For those of you who haven't heard about our Blizzard (it deserves a capital "b"), we got about a foot of snow, and that was before drifting. Instead of a quote from my notes, I've posted pictures below. Lukily my neighbor has a snow blower (which explains why their driveway is imaculate even when we get 1") which he has periodically used on my behalf over the last day or two (which I greatly appreicate, as I anticipate having to go out before next Tuesday).

From last night:

I went out to shovel in the evening, and was met by my neighbors on either side:

One of whom had a snowblower, so he took a picture of me with it. I didn't actually get to blow any snow with it, though.

To give you an idea of the depth, with the shovel for reference.

The view of the driveway:

And what a difference a day and no cloud cover makes! With only the very high-level clouds and little wind, it is beautiful although cold. This is the view down my street a few hours ago, when I went out to shovel (looking East)- the recycle bin stands at a little over 4 feet tall:

(and then looking West):

And then at my house- notice that the accumulated depth is over a foot, and then when shoveled it's quite a bit higher (and the cat in the middle window). I didn't do all of the driveway myself; just as my back was really starting to hurt a man came by and offered to do it for $25, which I took him up on (money well spent, I say):

This is the planter box which is easily 3 feet:

More on Sunday- I hope that you are all well and warm!