No posts for a week or so, because we did get brave and made the trip to Montana for Christmas!  It was really fun and a good surprise for AJ’s grandparents.  It was looking pretty iffy there, but Jesse got motivated and shoveled our very, very, very long driveway.  It took him 4 hours to carve a path big enough for a car to get from our garage to the road.  He also was very sore the next few days.  And I-25 had its share of surprises the Friday we left, such as lanes ending into a snowbank with no warning.  Wyoming highways were pretty bad.  It took 18 hours.  But we made it!

We also came home a day early because another storm warning was released.  I am really glad we did!  We would still be driving today, and it is now a Real Mess out there.  A thick sheet of ice is covering the roads underneath all that snow.  “They” have no idea how much snow we are supposed to be getting over the next few days…reports are ranging from 12 inches to….FIVE FEET.  Who knows. 

The grocery stores have been out of lots of things like dairy and produce ever since last week’s blizzard, we have come to discover.  So now there is a real run on all the food that was left.  Tiny Venture Foods here in our neighborhood is jam-packed with people grabbing the last cheese and bread.  As for us, we are pretty well stocked with enough to survive on for a few weeks.  Luckily I married a real outdoor gear-head and he has lots of winter survival gear for us, should it come to that.  We have plenty of staples such as bread and canned goods, things that don’t need heating should we lose power, and toilet paper.  Lots of toilet paper. 

We also have lots of olives and limes.  We are ready!  Bring on the five feet of snow.