I like it that the weather channel (for better or worse) is naming winter storms.  It DOES make it easier to identify those that have an impact locally.  It's a lot easier to say, "Yeah, Kahn dumped 8 inches of snow." vs "Remember in the 4th week of Jan, 2013 when we got that big storm - you know - the one before the heavy rains came and made a big mess and that snow caused a lot of flooding...."  (You get the gist.)

Anyway - Kahn dumped 5" over a 7-hour period yesterday which kept me busy sweeping/ shoveling off the deck during the event, and then another solid hour snow blowing the driveway when all was said and done.

Unfortunately, Kahn wasn't done having invoked some lake effect snow and I woke up to another 3" of this morning. . .

Oh well, what's a girl to do?  I'll have to do the driveway again.  *aarg*

I admit - the snow is GORGEOUS.  But, alas, it won't last. 

We're supposed to get into the 50s after Sunday with rain.  All this beauty will turn into nothing but trouble. I hate rain on snow.  It's just the worse (except for ice storms - those are killer).

Anyway, beside shoveling and blowing snow, I spent some good time in the kitchen yesterday.

Click the pic to see how a chilly day turned out.