Holiday Storm 2006

[grrgoyl]

Denver's "Holiday Storm" 2006

This is what 2 feet of snow looks like.


The space left by my car.


Somewhere under here lies the car of someone who hopefully has nowhere to be until 2007.


Nothing says "cuddly cosy" like a sleepy kitten in a garland-trimmed cat bed...


...except for possibly my gay, gay ferrets.

I'm obligated to point out that, even though I'm holding the shovel and look to all appearances as though I cleared all that snow, in point of fact Tery did most of the work. I was going to help, but by the time I finished typing an especially difficult report by an Indian doctor (including a "comprehensive inhalant panel" wherein she dictated in very faltering English every gaseous chemical known to man), Tery was mostly done.

We weathered the storm nicely, rationing the milk and beer (respectively) and pulling long-forgotten meat out of the freezer for dinner. It was just like any other day off until we lost our satellite, prompting Tery to dig out our also long-forgotten rabbit ears so she could keep watching. 200 DVDs in our collection and she prefers to flick back and forth between two news channels, both saying the same thing: It's snowing!! Our service was restored when we knocked off the 2-foot overhang of drifted snow on our roof.

Those poor people stranded at the airport. There but for the grace of God, yadda yadda....it was a blessing in disguise that I could only get time off for my trip a week ago. Though really, who watches the biggest storm front in years heading for Denver and still goes to the airport expecting flights to run as scheduled? They've been predicting it for days, it was hardly a surprise, people. Nope, not a smidge of sympathy.

So, while it's been very amusing to be the top story across the country (even the leading joke in Leno's monologue!), I'd like it all to go away now please. Preferably by tonight, when Tery promises the kennels to be full, full, full of holiday boarders. Have you ever tried to walk 12 dogs when it's 10 degrees outside?

Comments

[swankyfunk.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile it's freakin' 50 degrees in NYC. WTF! And it'll be in the high 40s and low 50s for the rest of the week. This is the warmest Christmas I've ever had.

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

Damn global warming. But, I was wishing for a white Christmas until I got one!

It's unseasonably warm in Michigan, too.

[kavieshana.livejournal.com]

Don't you hate hearing about snow in the West when it's so warm where you are? I can't even enjoy the nice weather because I know that storm is probably heading for us!

You tricked us into thinking you were some sort of super snow shoveler!

[kavieshana.livejournal.com]

My first reaction to this was to laugh at all of those tiny Denver schoolchildren, just out of school. What's the use of having two feet of snow when vacation's already started?

Are you sure there's even a car under all that snow? I'd love to see that person's face when they go out looking for it.



PS, please pass this on from my entire state to yours: We don't want your storm. Please, please, please don't send it over here.

Haha! Trick photography!

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

True, it is a waste of a good snow day. But if I can remember all the way back to ancient history, I think kids will still make the best of it.

I know! Although to hear Tery talk, my car started out looking like that too. It's possible SHE'S a super snow shoveler.


Well, I think we got it from somewhere else (Utah, perhaps?) so we'd be more than happy to pass on the joy to you. : )

[dopshoppe.livejournal.com]

We were on Leno? Or rather, our freakish blizzard was on Leno? Oh, man! What did he say? Normally I don't give Shit One about the whole late-night talk show game (excepting a period of a few months where I was obsessed with Conan and his Walker, Texas Ranger Lever), but it's imporant to keep tabs on us. I do wish, however, that when Denver actually got some publicity it wasn't of this nature, but I suppose we have to take what we can get, no matter what those New York hotshots think of us.

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

I don't watch them either, but it happened to be on the background. He just made fun of our "all-weather airport that can handle any weather except snow, apparently." As if New York can do any better. Maybe we should have used his ginormous jawline to help shovel ourselves out.

[minikitkatgirl.livejournal.com]

Awww, you got snow. I want snow, dammit! It's in like the 40s here, and if there's any precipitation, it's rain. Granted, it's about the same back in New York, from what my dad told me today, so that sucks, too. Hopefully when I move back next year, I'll get to have a white Christmas again.

BTW, your cat and ferrets are SO EFFING CUTE! I love you for posting pictures of them, they made me smile! (Along with the insanely delicious chicken teriyaki stir-fry that I made for dinner tonight and am eating right now.)

~*Amy

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

Believe me, if it were in my power I'd be willing to share at least half of our snow!

Thanks for the compliment (as if I have anything to do with how cute my animals are *wink*). Xandir especially is like a gorgeous angora sweater with his thick winter coat. When he dies I hope it's in winter so we can have a bearskin rug.

Glad your stir-fry makes you so happy too. : )

[vagynafondue.livejournal.com]

Dude...that's INSANE! I thought of you guys every time I heard updates on the radio.

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

I know! And I just got through telling people how mild winters are in Colorado!

[metatronis.livejournal.com]

I'm so freakin' spoiled with California weather...if I had to go through a Colorado winter, I'd probably freeze within a few hours. But snow is so lovely! I've only had a snowy Christmas once in my life.
Stupid humans, acclimatizing more readily to heat than to cold...
Yay gay ferrets!

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

I like the cold. I think it'd be incredibly boring having the same weather all the time. You need the cold to appreciate the heat and vice versa.

They are SO SO GAY.