I magically ‘stole’ that fantastic title from Jason DeRusha of WCCO TV. He used it so magically in a Video Blog that I just had to use it here. In fact, I liked it so much that I changed my MSN display name to that.

However, I’m afraid that at least here (in West Central Minnesota) that a white wall of death it certainly was not. We got several inches of snow (I’d have to guess about 6″ of the magic stuff), but the most impressive drift I saw this morning when doing some shoveling was about 18″.

I like snow. I really do. I had been hoping for a snowfall like this for some time now. But I was left a bit disappointed in that we didn’t get more. Now, I’m not asking for something like the upstate New York bit (where they had like 10 feet), but that 1-2 foot range would’ve been nice. Ah well, c’est la vie!

One nice thing about this particular storm was that I’ve only had to go clean off the Internet dish once (and that was when I was already outside). It’s been a good consistency snow, and I can appreciate that. Fairly easy to shovel and move.

So, while I’ve not experienced a Great White Wall of Death, I have been fairly productive. We managed to get the wallpaper border up (although not necessarily well) in the baby’s room. It’s on the walls, and it’ll stay up there, but there are some parts which need some attention. The adhesive didn’t always like me. I’ll probably get some more pictures come this afternoon or in the next week or so (pending a delivery).

And speaking of delivery — Beth went to get the mail yesterday (Saturday) and upon returning to the house informed me that she would not be going into labor this weekend. That’s probably a Good Thing, seeing as how it’d have been a lot longer (than the normal 15 minute) drive into the hospital had that need arisen. I haven’t actually left the yard (although the snowplow went by this morning and our neighbor (bless his heart — he’s awesome) came with the tractor and blower to clean out the driveway (and my massive pile of snow behind the car from shoveling)), but I’m pretty sure we could make it (although it’d be slower than normal) to the hospital if need be. It’s only a mile and a half to the highway…

In the meantime, I’m still working in Flickr — this time uploading some of my 2007 One-Act pictures. We’ll see how much more I do today with that picture endeavor after that’s complete. I have plenty of things to write about, so I might spend some more time over here… And changing the old website to reflect this new stuff. I feel so high-tech now. 🙂

Anyway, until I feel the need to ramble more…

–MZ