Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! And let me hire a driver...

It's official folks...well it was official like back in November, but since I have been a slacker, I am just getting around to my announcement. I have officially traded in my Rainbow flip flops for these...at least for now...

I had to invest in my first pair of winter boots after the dampness of sneakers, regular old shoes and hell just plain boots took a toll on my not so warm footsies. I went out like a crazy person the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday, to buy 'em and I could not have been happier with my use so far.

Although I must say it has not snowed here nearly as much as I had expected. And when it does, it will be waiting for me when I get out of bed in the morning and will either be done by lunchtime or by lunchtime the following day, thanks to the beaming bright sunshine. In fact, I get all these phone calls, emails, chats, etc. inquiring about the weather out here, and I am pretty happy to report that it is usually nicer here than it is back home in North Carolina. So to everyone questioning as to why I would want to move somewhere "so cold", it really hasn't been that bad. I shall update you in March or April when there is still snow on the ground, thanks to a milder winter than normal, thus causing an abnormally freezing spring :).

However, one thing is for sure...I do not like driving in snow. And I know I just said that it hasn't been bad yet, but driving around in it scares the shit out of me. Sorry for the vulgar word, but it really does.

Granted, here is my lovely chariot that awaits me...

And yes, it is 4 wheel drive, but I don't think Pearl had prepared herself to drive thru the yuckiness of the snow covered, icy roads out here in Denver with all of the other crazies on the road. She does not like to stop appropriately at stop signs or stoplights nor when pulling into parking places when there is snow on the ground. She does not like for the defrost to work appropriately or for the windshield wiper fluid to flow so freely to clear off the windshield for her mama to see. And she especially does not like the nasty sand/salt combo that forms a brown film on her, thus making her look like she is sporting the not so lovely two toned wooden panel look.

But she and her mama, i.e. me, had better get used to driving in it because although we haven't seen much yet, I have a feeling there will be more of it in our future...which wouldnt necessarily be a bad thing considering how dang pretty it is.