Snowing Here at Chez Cho

[chomiji]

The official record snowfall (since the 1880s) for a single storm in Washington, DC, is 12 inches on December 17, 1932. There's a decent chance that record may be broken here in the next 36 hours: the predictions call for anywhere from 16 to 24 inches. Ironically, my sister-in-law's area out in Garrett County (extreme western Maryland), which is usually very snowy (the state's only real ski resort, Wisp, is located there), is not slated to get any at all from this storm.

I had taken work off today (I had use-or-lose leave), so I hit the grocery stores. Seasonal activities are planned for tomorrow: I bought things for cooking and baking (the Young Lady mentioned making cookies, and I got yeast in case the Mr. wants to bake bread, and spaghetti sauce makings for one of us to use), and I plan to finish the holiday cards up. I still haven't done the family newsletter for the relatives. In a move reminiscent of the classic joke about the over-confident law school student who only removes the shrink-wrap from his textbook the night before the final, I have finally installed iWorks on my almost-year-old Mac so I can do said newsletter. I also installed my new Photoshop CS4.

I usually include little thumbnail photos in the newsletter. This year, that's a problem. I think no one took any decent ones of me (I take most of the photos myself), and the most enjoyable event to report was probably the college-visit road trip for the Young Lady and her best friend on spring break - and I declined to lug my big camera along on that. (And in NYC, when it was pouring rain, I was very glad I hadn't.) The Young Lady may have some pix on her Facebook that I can snag, though.

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[jinxaire.livejournal.com]

It doesn't snow here in Phoenix and I don't feel like I'm missing much, haha.

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who hasn't gotten all of the holiday cards out yet. I'm dropping mine off tomorrow so hopefully everyone should receive them soon. :)

A family newsletter - what a cute idea! Good luck on getting it all together.

[chomiji]

This year, I think I had like 40 cards to do, between the f-list and the family & friends. They take even longer than they sound like they would, because about half of them have a wallet-sized photo of the Young Lady in them, and I write her name and age on the back of each one. Such are the obsessions of parenthood ... .

Family newsletters are de rigeur on my husband's side of the family and for some of our RL friends - we get 6 or 8 every year.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Have fun and stay warm!

[chomiji]

I've managed to avoid going outside so far! I stuck my nose out the door to take a couple of pictures of the snow - that's all. I may have to walk the Young Lady's friend home later - a matter of 4 blocks, but I'm still not looking forward to it.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I keep wondering when and how hard it'll hit us.

[chomiji]

Sorry, I've been doing cards on the DR table, where I can spread out all the stickers, family newsletters, stamps, and stuff. And TYL and her buddy made two batches of cookies over at the friend's house and have come over here to make more cookies and also, to use up spare egg yolks, custard. Meanwhile, the Mr. and I are wondering how and when dinner is going to happen.

I think the nearest official recording station had 16 inches for here. The cars are damn near buried in drifts.

Are you OK for food & everything? (Not that I could do a damn thing if you weren't - Metro's not running and they haven't plowed out our neighborhood.)