Waaah!

Had two days of high wind warning, which not only blew snow back onto the driveway-and possibly furthering the ice issue on ours-but dropped the temperature to five degrees last night.  Needless to say my truck did not like moving-only a little trouble starting-in those temperatures.  My dad's big f-150 didn't like it either.  He had to come pick me up from the auto repair place where I had dropped off my truck to get the damage from the accident repaired.  Hopefully it will be done friday so I don't have to wait til monday for my truck.
My cat Midnight decided that since Princess has been gone long enough for her smell to fade from the house, she should be the new house cat this morning.  She ran in while my dad was bringing out warm water to the garage where we 'imprisoned' them(all the cats) during the cold with a heater on over night.  Spent several minutes without managing to catch her, so we waited until she relaxed a bit then my brother-who tries to claim her as his when I'm not looking-grabbed her and put her back in the garage.
Dad had to clear off the driveway this morning, as the wind seems to have stopped, but the ice factor is still very much there. Grrr...

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

All weekend.  Even some this morning.  Cold as usual.  Dad and mom had to shovel the driveway before the oldest and youngest of my brothers living at home got back from their early morning job.  They had to drive through the storm.  Snowed sunday, which I tried to clear off for my parents before they got back from church and it didn't work.  Plus the ice areas are still very much there. Grr.
Went to the new burger place next to my work-my sister and I as she was picking me up from work(tried to get my truck evaluated for repairs before work and my mom dropped me off)-and the man behind the counter reminded me of Westley from the Princess Bride after he's a pirate.  For some reason that really amused my sister.
So far going to take some time to get my truck back to passable condition...

Cold!

Woke up before 9 to go shovel the driveway in hopes that it would melt before the sun went down and we wound up with a ice sheet instead.  Most of it is now clear, but we do have a patch where I was hoping we wouldn't get one, as that's the hardest place to melt off once it turns to ice. Sigh.
Saw the Penguins of Madagascar today, which is funny, but not what I'd expected.  Had a view point they didn't reveal in the trailers.
Reminded today of a conversation I heard at the Christmas party monday, where a mother was receiving less teasing from her now parenting children about stuff she'd done while they were growing up.  Now they-and my sister-are realizing why mothers and fathers do that stuff: having kids has that effect on a person.  I don't even have my own yet and I get that.  Plus my youngest niece turned her chocolate milk upside down in her lap before anyone realized what she was up to.  Couldn't keep from laughing when we caught on, as she had quite the look of determination as she held the cup.
Might get more snow tonight, but it was very cold last night.

Merry White Christmas!

It hardly stopped snowing all day.  Not much accumulated because it was warmer earlier, but we still have a few inches at least.  Supposed to snow through to tomorrow anyway.  Made traveling around a bit interesting, as my sister's car had newer tires and still slid around a bit after dark.  No connections, so we're all okay.
Work this week was crazy busy, which is good because I never had to hunt for something to do-more like try to find ways to get cleaning done with a seemingly never ending line-both days I've worked so far.
Spent yesterday with my older sister hunting for a few last minute gifts and avoiding the long lines at some of the stores-walmart wasn't too bad, but the grocery store was-to the cash registers.  Not much luck finding stuff, and so I just helped keep my sister from spending too much and trying to stay awake-strangely tired until the line at the grocery store-until we got back home.
Didn't sleep well last night-who does on Christmas eve?-partially due to sharing a room with my older sister and three brothers watching a movie til we fell asleep.  Both the oldest brother there and my sister took turns snoring, and then my youngest brother slid between the couch and ottoman they were balanced on and that woke me up.  Plus my oldest brother came by with his fiance before 8 when we'd gotten to bed around 4 and he kept stomping around upstairs.  Good thing I was already awake, but not wanting to be.
But we had fun, despite the knowledge that a few presents are going to be late this year.

Rain?

Well, it may not be snow, but it at least made things busier at work.  It kind of felt like tides, with an ebb and flow you couldn't predict because you can't tell when the line stops or is going to start up again.  But I never really had a slow time long enough to get bored.  And my manager was happy.
Though the other manager told me to get on the register and stay there, then the two supervisors came in-or the basket wrappers did this too-and kept kicking me off.  Plus they told me to not bother with grabbing more than one pastry for an order-which before they said three-and just stay on register.  Made for a bit of confusion to me.
Still haven't got to finish my Christmas shopping, which a lot of people seemed to be doing today.

Princess.

Princess was my dad's nearly 20 year old cat up until this morning.  No, she did not do anything to get herself taken to the pound, nor did she run off or get hit by a car like two of our other cats.  She apparently went to use the litter box as usual-being the only cat to consistently do so having earned her the right to be the only indoor cat in our house-and just dropped and never got up.
We didn't find her til she had stiffened up, but hadn't started to smell yet.  My second oldest brother noticed her 'sleeping' there as he first thought she was.  Both he and my youngest brother thought they could see her breathing, but upon petting her she failed to move.  My second youngest brother picked her up to show that not only was she now stuck in that pose, but her eyes were still open.
Needless to say, my dad seemed okay with it, but he set me off when I got back from running to the bank to find him crying by the garbage can as he cleaned out the litter box we'd found her after burying her.  Of course she was old but she was a nice cat.
And I got the check for fixing my truck-why I was running to the bank-so I needed to get tithing for my last paycheck anyway.
Work was busy, but my coworker told me it was still slow for this time of year.  Need to finish Christmas shopping...

Come on!

Can't we get more than a skiff of snow so it lasts longer than it takes for the sun to rise?  Granted, driving in my truck would not be fun, but I can handle that.  Other drivers not so much, I will admit.  And I should probably not hope for it before I get my truck fixed.  But I want it to feel like December with snow, not just be cold because it snowed lightly overnight and then melted by noon the next day.
Nice sunset today.  Wish I had a camera I'd trust to capture the picture the way I want to.  Too bad I can't afford a good camera at the moment.  I can still enjoy the view anyway.
My brothers had a panic moment this morning before heading to work, so that was interesting to hear about.  they made it okay though.
A coworker commented that I seem to be getting less hours than I should despite the holiday rush-today was crazy and kept going right up til 4-and so they are trying to help me get more hours.  Downside being they have to go through the manager, so they know as well.  Just wish they'd stop giving me a long week followed by one day of work the next.  Trying to save for school here, and the less hours is not helping.
Cloudy, so we might get more snow tonight, and I can hope it sticks better.