What I hate most about snowy weather isn't the mucky roads. That gets cleared up fairly soon. However, parking lots remain ice rinks--unless they're just masses of ice ridges--and most of the parking lots have slopes in the driveways to the street. Those slopes always collect ice, which no one bothers to clear, so when you have to slow down to pull in or have to stop to wait for a break in traffic to leave, you're almost always stranded on a patch of ice.

Boy, I'm glad I've got studded tires.

Poor little Franny! Glad she took something relatively easy to deal with. Still, it's gotta be terribly nervous-making for you.

Poor Franny! She's probably pretty scared right now (or possibly bored -- ERs seem to be that way for me) so I hope they give her a clean bill of health soon. All sorts of soothing thoughts coming your way, Burrell, even tho' you say you are calm.

Attention getting stories in local news

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- The Utah Department of Transportation is preparing to resume using a cannon for avalanche control in Provo Canyon, and believes it can do so this time without shelling any neighborhoods.

Last March 23, an errant 105mm Howitzer round went over a hill and into the back yard of Lori and Scott Connors' Pleasant Grove home.

UDOT was very sorry to blow up those folks' garage.

Best of all kinds of ~ma for Burrell and family.

when you have to slow down to pull in or have to stop to wait for a break in traffic to leave, you're almost always stranded on a patch of ice

Ugh. This happens to me almost every winter morning. My driveway slopes a bit and ends right at a busy street. When the plows come, they push snow off the street and into my driveway. When I try to pull out onto the busy street in the morning, my tires are either spinning on old mushy snow or ice. Very much a pain.

Oh, Burrell, how scary. I'm so glad your DH was there to see it and step in right away. Vibing for all of you.

I don't think anyone's posted this yet today. Just when I think I can't fangirl Neil Gaiman more than I already do:

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Oh, bitchcakes.

I hope Franny and everyone else are all alright!

Salvation Army just came and took away my extra twin bed, both bedframes and all my bags and boxes of clothes, etc. However, they refused the loveseat (ratty upholstery will do you in every time, and they didn't go for the new slipcover I just put on it to cover up the holes/stains), so I had them move it into my dining room where the day/twin bed was. Oh, well, at least I now have room for my Christmas tree (in front of the living room window where the loveseat was) and can get out and run some errands instead of waiting around for them to show up.

The Utah Department of Transportation is preparing to resume using a cannon for avalanche control in Provo Canyon, and believes it can do so this time without shelling any neighborhoods.

BWAHAHAHAHA! Hee!!!

murder of crows!!!

Uh, sorry. I just remembered that. I couldn't come up with it over 2 weeks ago, but my brain just barfed it up this minute.