What is the weather like where you are today? How is it affecting your day?  

I envy you. I wish I gotten that much snow so I didn't have to go to work.

Thing is, we're going to work tomorrow. Even 2 feet of snow doesn't prevent us from going to work! This is Canada! I expect the plows will be working overtime through the night, and I'll be expected at my 9 am meeting in the morning, bright eyed and bushy tailed!

We both live in the same aproximate lattitude. Did you get bad weather commentaries there too?

What region of Ohio do you live in. It sounds like you are getting lake snow.

Yes, we are working on housecleaning a lot today. If we can get out at all, I'd like to get some ingredients for a lasagna for my daughter's lunches this week, and I'd like to get a head start on the christmas baking. My daughter likes to give baked goods to the family for christmas.

Happy Holidays to you too! Luckily our street was plowed by 6 pm, and our neighbour with a snowblower came over and did everybody's driveway. We were so grateful, we baked him some cookies and my husband, daughter and I delivered them earlier this evening.

We are getting a lot of wind too. So far I haven't seen any falling trees though. The news earlier said there were 3 deaths attributable to the storm

oh wow!

I don't like slush, but it's better than freezing rain!!! Now let's hope the temperature doesn't drop for you to avoid the freeze-up.

Wow, how I'd like to live where you are now... A cold 56 degrees sounds like heaven. Definitely, a snow or ice storm would be pretty devastating for Southern California, for lots of reasons!

Yes, I'm in Ottawa Ontario and I'm getting nervous about how we are going to dig out the car for work tomorrow. Your foresight is admirable - doing the grocery shopping and renting videos. I didn't bother checking the weather and was completely preoccupied with Christmas shopping yesterday. We spent all afternoon and evening completing my part of the Christmas list. If I had checked the weather, I would have tacked on the grocery run and been in a better position for the week today.

To be fair I don't always check the weather LOL But this time it started with someone saying that a storm might be coming so I checked it a bit more, and then make my plans just in case it was as bad as they were saying.
As for the car, I"m really not sure if we'll be able to take it out tomorrow, it's not looking any better hehehehe

My boss gave me a ton of work at 4:30 pm on Friday (I have a 9-5 job) and said that it needed to be done by Monday at 9, so I stayed at work till 10 pm on Friday night. I guess when I woke up on Saturday morning I wasn't thinking of the weather, and I wasn't lucky enough to hear any weather reports beforehand.

OH my, that is not the nicest thing to do grrr bad boss LOL
ANyway ... ooops I was going to say that it is looking nicer but I just looked out and it's kind of snowing again....
We were outside clearing up the snow around our car, but if it starts again I don't know ... :)
TO make it worse snow is not my favorite thing, really LOL

Yes, bad weather is not so inconvenient when it doesn't mess up the plans. Still, sounds like the weather you got was pretty varied. Was there a lot of hail? Did it cause any damage?

I don't think there was alot of hail and I don't think there was any damage

Glad to hear it! Ice can cause so much damage, and cause such hazardous conditions!

Best to stay off the roads when the weather is that treacherous. And the wind would not help on icy roads, either. Hope your Mom had a good birthday!