6:00am Wake up.
7:00am Received a phone call canceling work. Instructed to call in the following day to find out if work will be cancelled that day as well.
7:30 am Finally find my keys. We head outside, while it is cold there is no snow/ice forecasts have been calling for since Saturday previous. Travel to WalMart to pick up some Oreos and a couple of new $5 movies from the movie bin. Tv stations have already started their extended coverage that takes precedent over all other shows but not quite wall to wall where it preempts the commercials as well.
8:00 Get word that OSU is closing offices at 1 p.m. This doesn't matter much since my class for this evening was cancelled two days ago. Back from Wally World. Stillwater Public Schools seems to be the only one's who haven't received the message since there are cars still in their parking lot. Wonder how long they will be in class until the are let out for the day. The temperature has dropped significantly in the last two hours. Car is in the garage because, who wants to scrape windows if you don't have to? We settle in for the long haul. Still no rain or snow.
1:00 pm TV stations are reporting the storm has begun. Of course those stations are an hour south but all that I am really seeing from the live shots is rain so far.
4:00 pm Finally start seeing some rain.
4:10 pm False start.
6:00 pm Starts raining in earnest. Although its not heavy and not as chaotic as one would think from the wall to wall coverage.
6:30 It is time for the baby to learn what a free day off is all about. That is Oreo cookie on her face. She only ate one but wouldn't let me wash off the crumbs.
6:45 Still this is it. Some of what is falling is freezing but not much. It just seems odd that we have spent all day not at work and so far nothing has really caused major problems. 
7:30 It is cold enough we needed to bring the dog inside for the night. The sleet is starting to turn to ice and it is building up a little more now. Xyla decides to help Munch eat his food one piece at a time. He likes it right up until she tries to feed him with a spoon.
As you can see even though there is some ice it's still not the catastophe it has been touted as.
8:00pm What would a snow day be if you can't try something new. These are a little indulgent but they have spinach and artichoke in them. We shall see if the baby eats them.
8:30 She ate three of them. Color me surprised. There is finally some snow falling outside.
From here they get out of order:
She was cool with the snow until she had to put her hand down to steady herself and realized how cold it was. I put on her hat and her gloves and touched her hand to the snow to show her why we wear gloves. All was right again with the world.
If you look close to her right, there is a small dot on the fence. She was running over to check out the birds who were visiting our yard for the convenience of the bird feeder.
This is at the start of the snow around 8:30 pm. I thought she might like to see it fall. Like bubbles, she thinks snowflakes are awesome.
We had to wait all night to see this. It's nice that it isn't piled in the 3 ft. drift in front of the door like last time. This can be easily dealt with. We have the whole weekend now. I had to go in to work (two hours delay) for a couple of hours but they sent us home at noon. The best part of that is not having to use my leave (of which I have little at this point) which means I am one day closer to coming home for a visit.
For those back home this is just a couple of inches. Sorry it was so dramatic.
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