Snow, snow, everywhere, and no place to put it! My husband shoveled four or five feet of snow off our roof, leaving mountains of snow blocking the windows on all sides of the house. How are we supposed to know if it’s still snowing out there? More importantly, where are we supposed to stash the stuff?

I’ve got some ideas:

Pack it up in heart-shaped candy boxes and send it to family and friends back east in time for Valentine’s Day. Nothing says love like a soggy box that looks like it contains chocolate. True, they’re getting their own mega-snowstorms back east—maybe they’ll send you some snow-filled Easter eggs when the time comes.

Shovel it into the street under cover of darkness. The snowplow will whoosh it away, right? Of course, it could take three days for the city plows to reach your street. In the meantime, you’re the one who will be trying to drive through that mess of snow. When you get high-centered in the street at the end of your driveway, the only one to suffer snow shame will be you.

Build an igloo. Gather up those boxes you haven’t been able to recycle and use them to pack snow into bricks. Add a bit of food coloring for a stained-glass look. Once you get the perfect dome-shaped igloo, put it to good use. With some heavy equipment you can install your igloo dome atop the Alaska State Capitol building. Juneau will thank you for solving an ongoing image problem.

Pile your snow up to roof level and make your very own ski run. No need to drive all the way up the mountain only to wonder if the facilities are operational at the top. Construct a stairway of leftover snow bricks for the climb up, ski down, and repeat as many times as you want, with no lift lines to slow you down. Make yourself a big mug of hot chocolate and some chicken tenders with fries when you’re done.

Fire up the grill and start melting off the snow one potful at a time. It may be August before you get to the bottom of the snow pile, but at least you’ll feel like you’re doing something productive. What could be more soothing than the sizzle of snow melting on the grill? Try not to think about where you’re going to dump out all the water.

Start your own ice classic. Take bets with your neighbor as to whose yard will retain snow the longest. Make sure to bet on your neighbor’s yard, and then, under cover of darkness again, add a bit of your snow to their pile from time to time. You’re bound to win.

Build the biggest berm you’ve ever seen at the end of your driveway. Make it ten feet tall if you can. Get the whole family in on the act by convincing them that it’s in their best interest that you all be stuck at home. Then take pictures to send to work and school, explaining how there’s no way you can get out of your driveway to go anywhere. It’s a snow day for you, for sure. Try to refrain from sending your boss photos of your roof ski run. You don’t want them to know how much fun your snow day really is.

Start an online business. Pat together the perfect snowball, nestle it into a gift box on a soft bed of tissue paper along with an authenticating certificate, and market it as a bona fide Alaska Snowmageddon snowball. You’ll start the pet rock craze of 2026. Be sure to encase your gift boxes in dry ice so the snowballs make it to their final destination unmelted.

Become an online snow influencer. Take tips from viewers as to where you should put your excess snow. Trust me, they’ll come up with something far more outrageous than I ever could.

When all else fails, just wait for the rain to wash all the snow away, like it does. But don’t get too comfortable as your snow piles melt away. As always, there will be more snow to come…

Peggy McKee Barnhill is a wife, mother, and author who writes cozy mysteries under the pen name “Greta McKennan.” She likes to look at the bright side of life.