With the major winter storm set to slam us this week, here is a timely, ten things you can do while the skies dump a foot or two of snow on your neighborhood.
1. Gather the kids and let them watch the two inches of snow per hour come down. They'll be bored after thirty seconds and want to watch TV.
2. With that much snow, it's better to work ahead and spend the day shovelling snow. Since the kiddos will be out of school, make it a P.E. day, and put them to work.
3. It has been a while since we received a foot of snow. Take time to make something interesting. Just keep it clean. A few years ago, some students at a university where I live got a little vulger with their snow sculpture.
4. A foot of snow brings new meaning to snow angels. Each angel will be a two-person effort. One to fall in, and the other to hoist them out.
5. With that much snow, two good snow forts should be easy to pull off, not to mention the massive snowball fight.
6. When having a snowball fight, you want to keep it clean. Any dirty play can lead to a host of retalitory efforts by your opponents. Slush balls and yellow snowballs among the worst.
7. When shovelling that snow, the object is to get it all cleared off before your neighbors. There's nothing that says neighborhood dominance like being the first with a cleaned and dried driveway after a snow storm.
8. To that end, right now I'm wishing I had installed a driveway heating system.
9. Once you get your driveway cleared of the snow, use all that excess to construct a life-sized snow car. Your neighbors will envy your new wheels...until the sun comes out.
10. If you're having trouble with a neighbor, take a cue from "Grumpy Old Men" and spray his roof with hot water. It'll turn to snow. I would include some movie clips of that and the ice war, but this is a family friendly blog.
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