No parking

Enforced by laser gun. Park and be vaporized. Walk by, fine. Stop to peek into our big window on your tippy toes, be vaporized. The gun looks small but it's very powerful - similar to those things in War of the Worlds.

Had lunch with little Mary P's mom and her. She's seven and still believes in Santa; apparently emailed him (some website for kids) to let him know that she would like a sled for Christmas. Then, when they went to see him at the mall this morning, he asked her what she wanted. She replied that he must not have received her email yet. That poor guy, his job is getting tougher, isn't it?

We got about five inches of light fluffy stuff this afternoon and now, to seal it in well and make it extra hard to blow in the morning, is a light drizzle of ice rain. Keep trying, snow gods, eventually you'll get it right; no more than two inches of light, fluffy flakes at a time with a week or more in between, one heavy wet one for snowman making, all done by April 1st. Got that or shall I run it by you again?