After lots of rain leading up to Christmas and continuing after the holiday, at last we have a serious snow storm. It started as rain/sleet but turned to snow mid afternoon while Maggie and I were checking on the Steeles’ cat down the street. The weather makes me glad. I was really bummed leading up to Christmas, in spite of trying to pretend I lived in San Francisco (as Yae suggested) or even Portland. Then I caught a cold, which hung on for over a week. Now, I’m better. I went skiing with Jake yesterday, and we had a blast. Today, we’re just hanging–staying warm and cozy while it blusters and blizzards outside. We decided against traveling south for the weekend; instead, we’re having a nice stay-cation 🙂 We’re watching movies, playing poker (one of Jake’s Christmas presents) and Nintendo DSi (Maggie’s gift), and eating all of the leftover Christmas goodies. Tomorrow we’ll dismantle everything and start moving into the new year.