Not a bad winter for everyone...

So, it's the snowiest winter on record.  We haven't had four straight days free of precipitation since mid-December.  Cities and towns exhausted their snow-removal budgets by the end of January.  Schools are giving up their April vacation to make up for days lost to snow in January and February. But it's not such a bad winter for us Tri-Ceps.  Craig has had more snow days this winter than usual, and a snow day for Craig means family time.  On our first snow day, we painted Belle's "nursery."  Subsequent snow days saw us having fun lunches out, taking walks together, and staying warm together.  I have taken full advantage of Craig's presence in the mornings of his snow days and slept in (I fed Belle this morning, then went back to sleep for another few hours this morning).  Yes, Craig has struggled to clean the car of snow and ice so frequently he could give up his gym membership (not to mention his car photo and quote in the New York Times).  True, Craig's commutes have been more difficult this winter than usual.  Indeed, Belle and I are out less because of the yucky weather.  But, this snowy winter has also allowed for more family time, and nothing is better than that.