Boys and girls it's CCOOOOLLLDD out there!

I know I sound like a ninnie to complain that it's 30 degrees outside, but hey that's why I came back to Texas. Well, one reason of several... but on days like this that's the one I remember best.

"Back" means from Kansas City... we lived there for 2 years and came back to Texas after 21 straight days of temperatures around -5 to 20 degrees, and it snowed a good 6 feet during that time. Okay, so it's not THAT cold here, but the freezing rain, and sleet, and snow sure seem to make it worse.

Therefore, I called work and told them I wasn't risking my neck to drive in. They actually seemed surprised. I asked them "Are you going to come pay the towtruck driver to pull me out of the ditch?" Mind you I did learn to drive on snow during that time in KC, however:

#1. We don't really have snow on the roads- we have ICE.

#2. Texans don't know how to drive on ICE.

#3. It's more fun to stay home and watch the news to see Texans on ICE.

Only thing is, if it has to be cold and wet it may as well give us a "pretty" picturesque snow to make it worth while... if I'm not going out in it I like to look at a nice snow-covered landscape. But alas no, it seems only the sleet stuck to the cars and base of the tree trunks, not the snow. What a gyp.

How much did you folks in Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois get? Get slammed? Hope you're all okay.