Snow sure helps get my 4 year old daughter Maggie out of bed in the morning. We had about an 1 1/2' on the ground this morning and all I had to do is walk into her room, open the shade and say "wow, look at that snow" and she sprang out of bed like a rocket. Immediatly went and woke up Patti and wanted to go out and play in it. And this was at 6:45 in the morning. Normally I've got to get her out of bed with a crow bar! Me on the other hand, just had to drive to work in it and although I do like a little snow around the Thanksgiving and Christmas, I know that it's just a harbinger of things to come when winter drags out into March.

Mike