The snow started just a little after 8 am. What a snow it was! It snowed very hard and consistently until about 3 pm. Overall snow totals were somewhere between 10 and 11 inches. It wasn’t quite as much as the 2011 blizzard, but it snowed just as hard as it did then. It just didn’t snow as long as in 2011. It snowed so hard that I-70 was actually closed for a while and travel was treacherous at best. One of our neighbors went to work in the morning and it took her 2 1/2 hours to drive the five miles home. I started taking pictures almost as soon as the snow started and continued on until the snow was over and Andy was actually outside and shoveling snow. Yes, I was crazy and ran across the street in the driving snow to take this photo.
We spent most of the day cozy in the house. Because Laura didn’t have school, we just kept John home as well. Also, Andy stayed home and he made us some really great French Onion Soup. I did a bit of cleaning and relaxed. The kids played and watched television and were fascinated by the amount of snow.
Andy finally managed to get outside about 3 pm to begin shoveling our driveway. We had a drift that was roughly 18+ inches in front of our garage thanks to all the blowing snow. After about an hour of shoveling, a man on a tractor with a snow blower attachment drove up our street and said he would clear our driveway for $30. Needless to say, Andy jumped on it because he wasn’t even to the first seam at that point. Our driveway was clear in less than 10 minutes. Andy said, “Worth every *bit* of that $30.” I’m just glad that Andy’s back got a shoveling break. Made for a much happier husband tonight. As for tomorrow, the University of Missouri, Columbia Public Schools, and John’s Preschool are all closed. Snow Day #2 here we come!