Since you can't escape the weather..

You'd much rather enjoy it. And thats what we decided to do this morning after being hit by 7 inches of snow overnight. So...its my 3rd winter here, and I'd never actually built a snowman. So, we got the carrots, muffler, cap , and shovel and decided to build one.

Discoveries made:

1). Its hard work. The layers started coming off pretty quick.

2). Its not easy. Our snowman looked rather misshapen. Like he had an inordinately large bottom.

3). Plums do not eyes make.

4). Snowfights are insane fun.

5). My landlord is really the nicest guy. For providing him with all the free entertainment, he took us to lunch. Free food. Yay!

6). We ate lunch with his sister and her electrician (for sure)/boyfriend (mere speculation) . He informed us that our snowman looked oddly shaped because you're supposed to roll the snow while making it. Damn...I should've read this before I ventured into the snowman building business.

7). Thank God we didn't go with my initial suggestion and build a snow-woman! My roommate has her uses.

Here is the final result:

I call him Earl. After Earl the electrician...my go-to guy for future projects involving snowmen. Plus, Earl fixed our heating 3 months ago, so he deserves the honor.