Apparently there is a blizzard or some sort of winter storm headed for Des Moines between now and Tuesday. I think it would be great if we got a huge snow storm, but I'm only expecting ice. It seems like that's all Des Moines gets. Last year, I freaked a passenger in my car out because even though I'd started braking very early, the car started sliding through a stop sign on 31st. I tried driving up against the curb to slow it down, so we managed to spin the car into a turn going onto 31st. Thankfully there were no cars coming--only one guy in a car waiting to turn onto the street we just slid down, and he looked terrified.