The Big Snow Dump (aka, Snowmageddon, The Snowpocalypse, Snowgate, or The Blizzard of 2011)

I'm always a little dubious of extreme weather forecasts. But this one was right on! Chicago was hit with 20 inches of snow Tuesday night -- the third worst storm in the city's history. Needless to say, pretty much everything was shut down on Wednesday. The roads, the schools, Molly's daycare, Jason's office, and my office were all closed. Unfortunately, I had a project with a tight deadline, so I spent most of the snow day working on notes pages for a slide presentation. Boring! But it was still nice to be able to hang out at home with Jason and Molly.

Our back alley -- the snow was piled up to the top of the garbage cans!

Jason did manage to get our car shoveled out today. Susie's is safe and warm in the garage spot...and will probably stay that way for at least the next week :)

I did not take this photo, but wanted to show the scene on Lake Shore Drive from Tues/Wed. Hundreds of cars were stuck overnight.

We had to walk Molly to daycare today. The sidewalks were pretty clear though. And luckily daycare is only a few blocks away.