Snow lessons learned

Lesson No. 1: Don't lose your wedding ring in a snow bank in the dark. Even if less than 4 inches of snow is on the ground, we were lucky to find hubby's ring before spring. (Thanks, Dad!) That'll teach Brian to throw snow without gloves ...

Lesson No. 2: There's no need to shovel snow out of the back of your pickup. If anything, it may give you better traction. And it'll annoy your wife less if she doesn't have to stand there and wait for you to decide whether it needs "brushing out" before we can go eat.

Lesson No. 3: When driving down parents' uncleared street on a steep hill Thanksgiving night. Pump the brakes. 'Nuff said.