I awoke yesterday morning at about 7:15AM to a blanket of white and the sounds of snow throwers...another suburban moment.

I threw on jeans, T-shirt, heavy socks, a hoodie, ski jacket and boots. Got my gloves and trundled down into the garage to fire up my snow thrower and join the fun. After trying to start it by hand a couple of times I plugged it in and pressed the button for the electric starter. Within a couple of minutes it rumbled to life.

As I started to plow the driveway the wind shifted right in the middle and I received a facefull of snow and my forehead froze. This felt just like Buffalo...high winds, small snow flakes and biting cold.

A couple of hours later I was finished and back in my warm house sipping some hot tea in front of the fireplace. Our first blizzard of the year.