Winter's Grip

We had another small snow yesterday. Here in Omaha, we received 3 to 4 inches, but from 6 to 8 inches fell across southeast Nebraska. In fact, school was canceled for today, mainly because the buses would have had a hard time getting into the neighborhoods. It was the first snow day this year. Over the last couple of weeks, we've had a couple of minor snows, an inch or two each time. But, it's been very cold. I'm not looking forward to seeing our gas bill for this month, I know it will be quite high, even though we've got a programmable thermostat, and generally keep things on the cool side. Definitely looking forward to spring, and present indications suggest it should warm back up later this week, with highs in the 40s and 50s next week. Thankfully. I guess I don't mind winter so much anymore (I used to really hate it), as long as it's not cold. Speaking of winter though, our garage is a mess. The floor is just a disaster with week upon week of salt and crud accumulating underneath of the vehicles. Bring on the winter thaw.