Snow Outside but Building Inside

Last weekend we had a powerful snow storm which kept us housebound for Saturday and we didn't get shoveled out until 5 minutes before we were leaving for church on Sunday morning. Oh, how we love living in a condo where OTHERS do the shovelling! Here my teddy wreath is looking rather droopy. He's probably freezing.

While the storm raged outside we spent Saturday morning building a closet in our new basement bedroom. We are almost ready for drywalling--saints be praised!--and are very excited about our progress so far. (We are not all that handy.) Here is the door we hung a few nights ago and it's straight!

Here is the wall we built complete with anchoring screws into the cement floor.

Here is the wall that was already there before we started and the door out of the bedroom which we used to know how to hang the new one.

And here, yes, HERE, is the the studding for the closet measured for the lovely doors we've already purchased. Say a prayer that it all fits when we're done, please.

While we were hammering, cutting, screwing (no comments!), measuring and pondering, the weather outside was pretty frightful to be out in but lovely to watch. I opened the front door at night and took these two photos:

Yes, that's snow falling, not a dirty lens!

In the morning we were packed in, but snug and warm so didn't mind. Here is our deck with almost three feet of snow.

And this is out our front door. The street is plowed but our driveway and walk are still waiting.

Here is the snow in front of our garage and I apologize for the lack of artistic quality but it couldn't be helped if I wanted to get a picture of the snow bank there!

Today is Friday and I am really hoping there will be no new snow this weekend. Our winter has been decidedly white--good, usually, but I'm ready for more sun and temps above freezing.