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WELL, THIS SNEAKED UP ON US!
Last evening I took a quick look at my iPhone weather app and the forecast update had changed from a possible snow shower to all day snow accumulation of 3-5 inches for Friday.
As of 3 o'clock, we had at least 5 inches of sticky good-for-snowballs snow with more expected throughout the night.  Some of the secondary roads were slippery but we figured we could make our hair appointment at noon when the temperature warmed up enough to begin the melting.  We couldn't reschedule our appointments because our Russian hair dresser leaves Monday for Russia to spend a month with her family.  The drive was very slow going.  Roads mushy and wet, snow continuing to mount.  Snow is peaceful, quiet but this one was unexpected.



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