Numbers of the Day

First off, welcome from Kronenwetter, Wisconsin. We flew to Milwaukee with nothing of note happening, and the drive north was uneventful. Preston, Emily, and Sarah, however, were greatly delayed by poor weather. They can explain at their leisure.

Now for the numbers:

• 8. That's as in degrees Fahrenheit, the low temperature this morning. Brrr.
• 10. That's in inches of snow that fell today. Traffic was treacherous enough that attendance at church as exceedingly sparse and everything after Sacrament meeting was cancelled.

Dad has a snowblower so we wouldn't have to shovel the entire driveway, but the belt that drives the auger decided it was time to give up the ghost and it disintegrated just after Preston and Emily arrived with Sarah in tow. leaving Dad, Preston and I to shovel the driveway by hand. Gah.

On the plus side, Mom and Dad have an excellent fireplace, and it's been going almost all day. They also have blowers to blow air past the sides of the fireplace and chimney to get extra heat from the fire.

I think a white Chistmas is guaranteed.