A mid-day post, for a change. What a great day today has been. It seems late, but it's only about 4:00. I'll start by saying that my father's been waiting all day to be sprung from the hospital. I just got off the phone with him and he's still waiting for a doctor to come by and release him. Geez. No wonder health insurance is so costly. Perhaps the hospital has no patients waiting for a bed and by keeping my father past a certain time they get paid for another full day?

I headed out this morning to meet Bonnie at Panera's. She brought her pen tablet to play with. The coolest thing to me was to be able to write, with handwriting, and transfer it to a document. It seems like there's all kinds of things to do with a pen tablet, and everyone would like it. You could use it for photography, graphics, etc. Bonnie and I talked, talked, talked. We saw the snow falling outside, but didn't pay much mind to it. We showed each other our favorite blogs. Ate and drank coffee, and finally, after a few hours, knew it was time to leave. We walked out to a white-out! Here's a few pics:



It was a slow trip home. The snow was so wet and the roads so slushy that traffic crawled. That was fine. I came home and walked around the yard, marveling at the beauty of the heavy snow on the trees. I'd say there's about 3" of snow. I hope they don't cancel school tomorrow.

Is there nothing more classic that the bright red of a Cardinal against a snowy white background? I sat in a chair by the window just waiting for this shot.



The precipitation keeps changing from snow to freezing rain to snow again. I can see my neighbor Kelly shoveling her driveway, but I just don't feel like shoveling mine. I'm sitting on my couch, wrapped in blanket, watching cooking shows on PBS. I'm going to prepare the ingredients for tonight's dinner, then watch a DVD with Emily. Like I said earlier, it's been a great day.