Friday - lots of things happening - snow and Ravelympics

I woke up this morning to snow.  Again. 


Somewhere in this mess is my driveway.  Zachariah has a doctor's appointment at 10:15.  Lovely. 

On the upside, it has stopped snowing, the plows have gone up and down the street (we are blessed . . . our street has a bridge over a major interstate so we get the city plows, the county plows and the state plows).  It has also been salted.  The only issue is getting OUT.

Here is what my backyard looks like.  There is a pool there, somewhere.

The pool is just to the left of the shed.  The garden is just to the right of the shed.







Also, the Olympics start tonight and I have been lining up those things that I am going to be doing for Ravelympics which also begins tonight. 

I want to finish the BellaMittens first.  Here is a pic of the first one.  Note that the tips are missing from the cables.  BUT, you (and I) will happily note that I did tag the cables so that I know that I used a size 7 needle.

See the tag is right there.  The green thing is my row counter.  I am on the 79th row of this mitt and only have about 26 rows on this one and, oh yeah, the other one . . . I guess I should make two.

I am then going to make a hat.  The question is whether I will make Lindsey's hat (she wants a ear-flap hat).  I had made her a scarf last year and have enough yarn to make her a hat.  I had also promised another tobaggon hat to a friend's child. 

Snow and pics included

Check this out. This is the view outside my office window.

All schools except for one suburban school district and Cleveland Municipal School District are closed. My hubby's school closed by 6:00. My daughter's school closed at 6:30 . . . not very helpful, considering she has to be at swimming at 5:15. When we left the house, we had about four inches of new snow fall. The weather gurus (the only job in the world where you can be WRONG 50% of the time and still be gainfully employed), anticipate another eight to twelves inches of snow by 7:00 p.m. tonight.

When I got to work, I could see across the street.

In fact, from my office window I can see the Brown's stadium and Lake Erie. Seriously, I am in the building closest to the Lake besides the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Guess what, in the pictures below, on most days, you would be able to see, the Amtrak station, the Browns stadium and the flashing sign with ads, time and weather. Check it out, they are all gone:

I am so looking forward to the drive home. My general rule of thumb is that if it takes me more than three hours for my 30 minute commute, I won't be in the next day. It doesn't look good for tomorrow.