Another Snowy Day

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We got about 8 inches of snow today in the few hours before church.  The snowplows never made it but Doug McCleve took his snowblower down the street to make 2 tracks for us all to drive on.  When the snowplow finally made it we found out it was perfect packing snow. His first time around he left a 3 foot perfect snowman.  He knocked it over his second time around but we still had some impressive chunks at the bottom of our driveway. Poor Kent had even bigger ones but he has a better snowblower so it evens out.

rolling stone cover

     Since I blogged about Provo bands awhile ago I thought I would add on.  One of them was chosen by Rolling Stone Magazine for a contest to be on their cover.  They are Fictionist and you can hear them at http://www.fictionist.com/ and vote for them at RS Contest.  I'm not sure they are my favorite band but I always like to support the locals. Bryan and I liked Leslie Broussard who was in the contest too. Probably not a Sunday activity but you can listen tomorrow.
     You can do this today. It is on the McGurk effect.

I saw some fun experiments on how our brain works on one of my favorite TV shows: Nova ScienceNow. Here is a link to another one.  Change Blindness   Our brains can be quirky sometimes.

Valentine memory

You know what I really missed this Valentine's Day?  Ringing the doorbell and running.  That is when it is sad to be an empty-nester.  I might have to start doing it for the neighbors.

Storm

I have really enjoyed our 50*+ weather the last few days but it is nice to have a storm every once in a while to make you appreciate both times. Yesterday was really windy which I never enjoy. It just means a lot of dust in the eyes while I walk the Bows. At about 7:00 it became very calm and then a big crack of thunder and it started to snow. Within 2 hours we had 7 inches of fluffy, fluffy Utah snow out on the deck.  It was so fun.

It has been a busy week with helping at the Peterson wedding, activity days, Safekids, etc.  Dad and I actually went to Redbox and rented 2 movies. (We only meant to get 1 and use a free coupon for it but since we missed the coupon entry we had to get another one so we could use the code. Do you think they actually plan on you missing the entry the first time so it turns out being a 2 for 1 instead of free? I do.) We watched "How to Train Your Dragon" which had been recommended by Nicon. It was cute.  The next night we watched "The Social Network".  It was definitely PG 13 but interesting.  I'm not sure how much is true but the guy is a genious. Can you imagine being a billionaire in your 20's?  Crazy. I wonder what he will be like when he is 50.

MMMM-Love Those Mashed Potatoes!

Today I worked at the Kaysville mill. We bagged and boxed up instant mashed potatoes for the Bishop's Storehouses.  Dad thinks that instant mashed potatoes are disgusting but I happen to like them.  The mill smelled like them.  It smelled so-o-o good that I got very hungry and I had to come home and make a big bowl of the instant variety.  Yum Yum!