Blizzard in Chicago Day

     Here is the sight that greeted us this morning when we opened our back door.

    
      Needless to say, many hours were spent shoveling the 19 inches of snow that had fallen overnight.  My husband still had to go in to work, so after we shoveled the back stairs and yard, he strapped on a pair of snowshoes and headed to the train. He's standing in the middle of the street in this photo. Those snowshoes were a great idea!

Our street this morning

     One thing about having a dog is that you need to walk them, no matter what the weather. So Gypsy and I headed over to the school yard, which is normally off limits to dogs. But my feeling was, during a blizzard, who cares? She ran around with five other dogs whose owners had had the same idea.

The reason she's hard to see is because it was still snowing and blowing.

      On our way back from the walk we passed many cars snowed in and even stalled out and buried in snow in the middle of the street.

    
      Gypsy didn't mind the blizzard at all.  She ate lots of snow which meant that I had to take her out every couple of hours so she could go to the bathroom. She must have eaten gallons of water!

Notice the icicles on her mouth from all that snow eating.

When we finally got home it was time for lunch and nothing makes one feel as good on a blizzardy day as a plate full of spaghetti. I hope everyone else had as much fun as we did on our blizzard day!