Size does matter

A lot has happened with us this weekend. First off, Kent got home late Friday night, around 11:30. I was asleep, but he woke me up just long enough to tell me that he was home. It is great having him home. I told him of all the things I went through with the last storm. He went to California last Saturday when we were having the last big storm. Sunday morning, we had 15 inches of snow on our driveway. I did my best to get the snow cleared, but it was just too deep for our little snowblower. I ended up shoveling one lane so I could at least get out for work. That was on Sunday, a week ago. Then, Monday morning I went to leave for work but realized that they had grated the road again, leaving two feet of snow and ice once again blocking my driveway.

So, I took the shovel and cleared the driveway. On my way back to the house, both of my feet slipped our from under me. I fell flat on my back on the hard driveway. I was seeing stars.

So, we decided that our old snow blower probably wasn't up to the task of the winters around here. Above is a picture of our old one, alongside the new one. Hopefully the new one will be up to the task.

As I write this, I'm sitting here watching mindless TV. Smallville is on and I'm wondering if Clark Kent (played by Tom Welling), has any other shoes in his wardrobe other than Timberland boots?? Maybe he needs a visit from the Fab 5.

We got our Christmas tree up today. It's a large tree - about 8 feet tall. I forgot how many balls (don't laugh) that we had for the tree. It took me two hours to finish, but it looks pretty good, even if I do say so myself.

We captured Saddam Hussein today. I suppose now we can feel as though we accomplished something, even if he wasn't our target. At least, we went into Iraq looking for Osama bin Ladin. Maybe they'll find him in another hole.