Snow!

Finally we got some snow! Yesterday it snowed a little. It was enough that I needed to clear it from the driveway and sidewalk, but not enough to use the snow blower, so I ended up shoveling the snow. That wasn't too bad though.

Yesterday Mel and I ran around town doing some errands. We ordered some shades for the windows in the nursery. They should be in within a couple weeks. It will be very nice to finally have some window coverings in that room. Also, since there weren't any movies playing that we wanted to see, we ended up renting a couple DVDs. We watched one of them last night, The Covenant. It was a pretty good movie. We rented a second movie that we haven't watched yet, Lady in the Water. We'll probably get around to watching it tomorrow since neither of us has to work.

We spent today in Waterloo. There was a benefit lunch for a friend of Mel's. Her friend's husband has had some health issues, so their church was holding a benefit to raise money for them. Afterwards, we spent some time at my mother's condo before going out to dinner at the Other Place on University Avenue in Cedar Falls. We really like the pizza there. The other food is great too, but the pizza is terrific! After dinner we struggled home to Cedar Rapids, driving in the snow. It probably took us a hour and fifteen minutes to get home, about twenty-five percent longer than it usually does. At least we don't have anywhere to go tomorrow morning. That should give the street crews time to clean the streets before we head out.