The heat is on...

The San Francisco Peaks. 

     It's official... MY HEAT HAS BEEN TURNED ON!!! Holy cold, it's crap outside! One of the perks of living where I do...it snows, a bunch. I lived in Germany for many years...COLD and spent most of my childhood in New Mexico...HOT. So moving here has given me a different perspective on weather. I wanted to move somewhere I've never been to and it snows. 2009 was the year I moved here. Just my luck, the worst blizzard since 1975 occurred that same year. Usually it snows about one hundred inches, but this particular year was an exception to the rule. 

Second year of snow.

     One day, I was at Safeway getting a few groceries when I noticed people buying bulk. I thought this was awkward, so I asked what's the big occasion, and I was told to get prepared...I said, "prepared? prepared for what"? Being the great non watcher of news, which I was schooled that I needed to be watching it like a hawk, this individual told me that I need to be prepared to get "snowed in". Jeez, I wasn't asking for a major let down, but I got one that day. I ended up getting a crap ton of water, extra dog food, blankets, portable stoves, matches and all the works. That was the best year of snow I've seen since Germany. I loved every minute of it. On a regular day, the snow was a bit in a "slush" mode. Then it unleashed its  wrath at night. Simon loves this stuff. It's hard to get him back inside...silly guy.

     It's snowing as I type. I am enjoying my hot coco and Dean Martin melodies. :)

J. Cay