We stayed at the famous Luck Country Inn last night, then met my sister Rayna and Mom at the attached restaurant for breakfast. We hit the road by 9:30 a.m. because it had been snowing back at home for maybe 6 or 8 hours already.
The first 2 hours of the commute were fine. (Carter did NOT drive today.) But then from Eau Claire and on, it was slippery road conditions.
You know it's winter when we see a truck upside down in the ditch. We think its collision with the guard rail upended it. That was a pretty good sign to slow down. We saw at least one other vehicle in the ditch and a few banged-up vehicles to boot. You know how they say accidents happen closest to home? Well, we didn't get into an accident, don't worry, but we just missed one at an intersection 5 minutes from home. One of the two crashed cars had the traffic light laying across its roof, windshield and hood. Ouch!
It was such a relief to get home! AND to get home to a snowblown driveway. Santa sure has some nice elves in our neighborhood!
There was a brief break in the snowfall and it started up again in late afternoon. I think we only got a couple of inches here. I know east and southeast, they got much more. Finally, someone else's turn.
After unpacking and putting the extra "stuff" (a.k.a wonderful presents) away, I looked at our mail from the weekend. There was a special package for me! No, I was not going to wait until Christmas to open it!
It was from my high school BFF Julie with a note, "I thought of your Dad when I saw this!" It's a cute little milk can! He used to haul milk and we had flowers on milk cans at his funeral. What a precious gift!
Now I have two ornaments to show you from the weekend!
Both found a home on our tree right away today. And serve as another sign of holiday spirit.
I suppose the fresh snow does, too. But let's not give Ol' Man Winter any credit on his first day!
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