not-really-a-blizzard blizzard

well, unlike the other parts of the state and those places east of Iowa, Des Moines only received 7" of snow this last week- not very much by our standards :D
but that's not to say it wasn't cold or windy...just check out this casualty. poor, poor Santa...knocked right on his plastic butt! and then to add insult to injury, buried in snow.

i think he'll be all right- maybe just a broken light bulb. here he is in his glory days [December]...

do you have that special holiday decoration that MUST be displayed every year no matter what? Santa is it for me...he's just so cute and I love that he greets me every time I come home. so i suppose i should pick him up and brush him off so he can be at my door next year. or maybe i'll just wait until the snow melts off him this afternoon...

but back to the weather, i just have to say that i'm soooooo glad the worst of this last storm missed us and i'm hoping everyone impacted by snowmaggedon is safe and warm!

to see some pics of the 'real' blizzard, check out Amy and Jen's drifts...