The Perks of Snowmageddon

If you haven't been paying attention to the news, you may have missed that Kansas is buried under snow. We have had not one but TWO large snowfalls. Large amounts of snow may make you think that I would be questioning our move to a smaller town because our streets take forever to get plowed and cleaning our driveway is an all day affair. Yet, I've grown to appreciate our life out here more since Snowmageddon has happened.

Dharma appreciates the snow, too.

First of all, we have gotten to know more of our neighbors. When we first moved into our house, I imagined our front door being blocked with large baskets full of homemade baked goods from our loving neighbors. Instead, we got a riding lawnmower when one of my neighbors saw me pushing a mower around our very grassy acre of land. The rest of the neighbors have stayed closely shut in their houses. So much for country hospitality. Well last week, while my husband and I were struggling to shovel 10 inches of snow off our driveway with a shovel and a sled, our neighbor across the way, who we have never met, came to our rescue with a second shovel and proceeded to introduce herself....10 months after we first moved in. We had only met her cats before, so it was great to finally meet her.

Yes, she lives in the house at the bottom of our driveway, and it still took us 10 months to meet her.

We've also been able to enjoy the hospitality of our neighbors. The same neighbor who let me borrow his riding mower also owns a bobcat. He had our cul-de-sac and everyone's driveways shoveled hours before the city came by!

Bobcat FTW

The snow has cut into my trips to the gym, but who needs a gym when you have a unique form of exercise that works your quads, various arm muscles, and abs. Thanks to our steep, long driveway, I get all the exercise I could ever want....and more.

This is what we had to shovel when we had a light snow. Now add 9 inches.

Another perk of the snow was seeing the city's version of a snow plow. I looked out our door one evening to see a Transformer-like John Deere machine shoveling our road. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before. It looked like it could shovel snow and save the world.

The last neat thing about the snow is that it reveals how many creatures prowl our yard. Our front yard is covered in mysterious prints. The snow has also proved quite entertaining, because I get to watch creatures frolic and wade through the snow.

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! We wade through the snow!