I was seriuosly thinkig I might have to visit you guys and stay the night.

You are always welcome - weather or no. I heard that I-25 was closed south of Lincoln for a while. I was working from home today anyway, so my only driving was across the parking lot to the dojo.

I thi k that closure was when i was sitting there from 11-12:30. It was seriously the craziest road conditions I've ever seen. I was almost rear ended twice and almost run off the road by a snow plow and a semi. Oh, i almost forgot. There was a cop with us who actually turned on his lihts and turned around.

Despite that fact that i was stuck for so long today i actually like the way the weather changes here.

Wow. We just got about two inches of snow and it`s all melted now. Although there is a suspicious noise out there so maybe we`re getting more. I`ve been in bed with a cold all day so I wouldn`t know. Hope it subsides because I`m supposed to sing tomorrow and I teach not to sing on a sore throat!

Snow!

One of the school districts in Big Bear had a snow day yesterday (Rim of the World Unified School District...great name).

I made rhubarb-strawberry jam. I haven't had rhubarb since I was a kid. But I saw a few stalks at the Farmer's Market that pinged me with a "hmmm...." then more were at the grocery store (shock! the ringer didn't even know what it was!). And now the jars are processing. Only 2 1/2 pints worth which is still plenty.

That sounds very nommy Kat.

I had some cool shit happen at my house while I was at work. We were planning to rent a rototiller to smooth out the back part of our backyard this weekend. It had a dead orange tree, surrounded by concrete. We broke up the concrete last year and J and his bro took out the tree over Christmas. Since then has been uneven and covered in weeds.

J did research on renting a rototiller and it was gonna be about $150 plus gas for two days. He ALSO found a guy called, interestingly, "Rototiller Guy" who will come and bring a crew and do all the rototilling for you. Cost of this? $200. They came this morning and did the whole thing. Tomorrow, we put in some raised beds and plant us some veggies!

We realized that the area we had done is 500 sq. feet, which is bigger than the apartment we lived in in NYC for 8 years.

Rim of the World Unified School District...great name

I drove by that school on my way to go skiing a few weeks ago. Amazing view!

Rim of the World really does have a great view.

Rim of the World Unified School District...great name

The town over from where I grew up had a Central Middle School. My sisters and I always delighted in the redundancy of that name. It's sort of the Sirhan Sirhan of New Jersey secondary schools.

This History Channel program about the Appalachians that I'm watching just said that the existence of snake-handling churches is evidence of the religious tolerance in the mountains. Because most people aren't snake-handlers, but respect the right of other people to do it if they want to. I think there needs to be tolerance of a few more religions before it can be called "religious tolerance" rather than "tolerance of Appalachian traditions."

I suspect religiously intolerant people are less inclined to be vocal about it when faced with someone holding a poisonous snake.