One Week

It's amazing how things can change in one week; and how much they can stay the same. We had over a foot of snow last Saturday, had a thaw Monday through Friday when the temperatures soared into the 40's, and now on Saturday night we're having yet another winter storm.

Actually winter storm is an understatement. It is snowing, icing, and blowing all with thunder and lightening. I would guess we've gotten 1~2 inches over the last two hours. Which makes Vincent all the happier. Vincent loves the snow - I think he's going to be a little disappointed when he discovers that most of the year there is no snow to eat and play in.

Speaking of eating the snow, I noticed last week that Vince absolutely loved the icy crust on the snow. He wouldn't quit crunching on it when we were out for our walks. So since Thursday was the one month anniversary of Vince joining our family I decided to give him a little treat. I broke out the blender and crushed ice to make a snow cone to put in his water dish. After checking the bowl to see what I had added he bounded out of his cage and made two laps around before settling in to eat his unflavored snow cone.

For those of you that didn't catch it, the Boilers held on for a road win at Northwestern today. Grady, Chris, Eileen, Sabrina, and I took in the game at a sparsely populated Welch-Ryan Arena. Good win, but very ugly at points. I fear that the blow out on Wednesday at Iowa may have been the death blow for Purdue's NCAA tournament chances, but you never know.

On a side note we had a boy's night "in" (as opposed to going "out" to a bar) on Friday. It's probably a sign of us getting older that we just don't want to deal with the smoke, noise, and crowds at a bar with the justification being that "I already have beer in the 'fridge." We played a little Phase 10, had more than a few beers, and generally enjoyed ourselves. It was Andy's first event at our place since his relocation from Indy so that was kind of cool. The only downside to the whole event was the hangovers that Saam, Grady, and I were nursing this morning on the way up to Evanston.