I don’t. Why? Because yesterday, after three days trying to find someone to plow us out, our very long driveway was finally cleared after Sunday’s big storm that dumped over a foot of snow on us.

Joy! I could leave the house at 6:30 am yesterday to take daughter Nancy to one of those necessary evils, a medical procedure. I was so worried we wouldn’t find someone to plow and she would have to cancel. I had tried to walk to the road but couldn’t make it more than twenty feet from the house.

Wednesday had been so stressful that after a plow appeared at 4:30 pm (we’d called four names from the internet for two days and one finally called back) I celebrated with this.

The morning’s wind chill temp was minus four. Banjo Man made me wear three sweaters, a down vest and a down coat, plus the usual hat, gloves and scarf. He filled the back seat with extra coats and blankets in case the car broke down on the frozen tundra.

Sigh.

He had warmed up the car ahead of time and off I went. And I was so happy! First of all, I was relieved we were no longer trapped. Our usual plower, a very nice young man, didn’t show up this time. He didn’t answer texts either. We were worried something had happened to him because even his voice mailbox was full.

I really enjoyed heading off into the sunrise. It reminded me of my Idaho years, when no amount of snow and ice and darkness and cold would keep me from getting out and getting on with things. Of course I was a LOT younger back then and shoveling thirteen cement steps from the back door up to the road was nothing at all. My, how things have changed!

But…it was great fun to pretend I was thirty and heading down the icy, snowy, dark, dirt driveway for an adventure.

And it looked like this when I returned many hours later. Not bad!

Nancy and I had a comfort-food lunch at Cracker Barrel and headed home. The roads are narrow due to the piles of snow everywhere, but the sun was shining. That always helps.

Another big storm has been forecasted for Sunday, but as I’m listening to the local weatherman this morning it sounds as if we are not going to get much now at all. And temperatures are supposed to rise to about 32 next week, so maybe some of this stuff will melt. Yay!

Okay, that’s my snow report for this Friday morning. I’ll be donning four layers of clothes and going grocery shopping later this morning.

I have plenty of tequila but I might be needing more ginger ale if this winter weather continues.