Snow Day - The Sequel

Another snowy day! Somehow it doesn't seem as much fun if school isn't closed because of it. We didn't get as much snow as was predicted. As of now, 7:44 pm, there are 2 inches on the ground and the snow has stopped. The snow was taking turns with sleet most of the afternoon. We ventured outside this evening and discovered that because of the sleet, the snow was nice and slippery - just right for riding down the driveway! We let our cat come outside with us. He loves to be outside, but because of his having only 2.5 legs, he's not allowed out without us being right there with him because he gets himself into too much trouble. For example, the day we were out having our snowball fight we let him come outside with us. After a while I didn't see him so I was walking around the house looking for him and followed his tracks up the deck stairs where I found him sitting on the top rail of the deck, calmly giving himself a bath. I was very afraid that he would fall off before I got to him. He really can't afford to be breaking any more body parts - he doesn't have many left to spare! Anyway, I got him off the rail and put him in the house. I figured he had had enough adventure for one day.

Andy rode the sled (okay, it's not a typical sled, it's more of a plastic-toboggan-like-thing named The Torpedo) first, and then Jerry put the cat on it and he rode down the slope a few times. He actually didn't mind, except for the last time when we got him going a little too fast and he bailed out of it before he got to the bottom. Actually, Andy did the same thing! We weren't being cruel to the cat - he's really pretty dim and does all sorts of un-catlike things. Once when I was walking on the treadmill, I had just started walking when the phone rang. Rather than turn the treadmill off, I just hopped off to answer the phone and when I returned, the cat was riding on the treadmill. He would jump up on it, ride it down to the bottom and let himself be slid off onto the floor, then come around to the top and do it again. He did this several times before he got tired of it and went to go watch birds at the back door again. For some reason none of our pets has ever been very bright. Hmm - could be a reflection on the owners.

Above are some pictures from this evening. We'll call it a snowy day, since a snow day is when school is closed!