Sleet and Snow

Most of the storm missed us but it was just nasty enough for us to have to cancel our outing today...
The above are 2 pictures I took after shoveling this noon. The one or two inches  we had to shovel was heavier than the 7 inches we had the other day. Could be because it was sleet mixed with snow. The patio has some of the ice on it yet because I couldn't get down to the cement with my shovel as it was frozen... Not a nice day to drive so we stayed home and all the schools were closed... further up north from us they had between 8 and 12 inches so we got lucky again.
Our son just came home from work and said if you drive slow around here the roads aren't so bad... Most of the streets are plowed (except for ours) I hope it stays that way as we really don't wish to shovel after the plow goes through. The  snow blowers just aren't any good in this kind of snow so we can't depend on the neighbors helping us out this time.... ;(