He did his work stuff and Jake and I ran a couple quick errands ahead of the forecasted snow-the governor declared a state of emergency before anything ever happened and schools let out all over the northern half of the state.
While in the line at Little Caesar's (I really needed chewy breadsticks) the snow started. By the time we got home, we were the only idiots on the road, yay!
It snowed about 5.5 inches Wednesday afternoon and another couple inches overnight. Our yard tests this morning showed anywhere from 7 to 8.5 inches, it's already melting off in places. It does not last long around here!
In Huntsville, they already have the roads cleared but here, they are just saying to stay home. The sheriff sweetened the deal by offering tickets to anyone who does venture out. Last night several semis got stuck out on the road and then so did the trucks that went to pull them out. For some reason, that cracked me up, though I imagine no one directly involved was amused at all.
I can see trucks going by on the main road now and then, but not even the mail truck has turned down the driveway. That is not surprising, there are whole days we get skipped even when the weather is good. Last Saturday is a prime example. *gripe gripe*
I made snow cream with maple syrup and Ben and Chan are rolling up half the yard into giant leafy snowmen. Jake is staying in bed all day, his capacity for fun is zero point zero.
The above was taken really late last night, I liked that it was so blurry.
Early this morning
Up through the limbs of the big pine in back.
It's melting so fast! The sun is SO warm, I put on sunscreen and sat out on the porch a while.
The kids are in, shoveling down snowcream and talking loudly while the cheddar broccoli soup finishes cooking. We'll enjoy our one more day of being all at home, maybe have a nap this afternoon. There's enough wood for another couple of days and the house is toasty. Everyone is feeling better, if not 100% then functional anyway.
The kids are in, shoveling down snowcream and talking loudly while the cheddar broccoli soup finishes cooking. We'll enjoy our one more day of being all at home, maybe have a nap this afternoon. There's enough wood for another couple of days and the house is toasty. Everyone is feeling better, if not 100% then functional anyway.
We have a busy weekend ahead and if the weather dries out, a camping trip starting a week from today. Now that the winter has had this last hoorah, I imagine spring will bustle in and take over PDQ. I still have not heard my peepers!
