Snow!

This is the table in my backyard yesterday afternoon:
This is the table this morning:

I started shoveling but didn't get far.

Another shot of my backyard:

While attempting to get a better shot, Jake escaped. He's lucky he didn't sink any further than this:

Unfortunately, I shut my back door (to keep Nog in) without realizing it was locked (with all the snow back there, I haven't been worrying about it so it's been unlocked for a while now (or so I thought)). After a moment of panic, I waded over to my neighbor's (with a squirming cat) to borrow a phone. She was extremely nice (even made me a cup of tea) and I managed to find Michelle (my only friend listed in the phone book) who called Matt (whose roommate has a new 4 wheel drive he was excited to try out). Jake and I only had to hang out across the street for a half hour or so before rescue arrived.

An awesome rescue which helped my neighbor shovel her driveway:

And mine (I sent them home with cookies as thanks):

The path to my front door was up to my knees but I was thrilled to be able to finally get inside.

I'm definitely not planning on leaving the house for a while. And, if Jake escapes again, I may just leave him.

It's not supposed to stop snowing until sometime tomorrow so I'm very glad I'm stocked up on food and warm kitties.