About A Year Ago

Recently, I’ve been thinking about this a lot.
 

It seems so long ago, but not in some ways.

             
Most of all it just seems surreal that a year ago I felt so cooped up.
Oh, and then this happened!


Now I go for bike rides every morning…and I sweat.

 

I know that there will be other Winters with snow and this Winter without snow is special.  It just doesn’t seem like Winter at all.


(that’s my minivan SwaggerWagon)
I’ll be sure to pull out these pictures again in June when I feel like I’ve been in perpetual Summer for about 18 months, and can’t take it anymore!

The End

You can Skip this post if you want

There are times when i want to just put some thoughts down so I don't forget. This is going to be a long boring post, but I want to get it down so I don't forget.

We have had so much snow this winter. Last year we had a "snow drought" and I was terribly disappointed. I have learned the lesson of "be careful what you wish for" before, so I know this, but still...

I was thrilled and couldn't sleep for the first snow. i was giddy for the second snow. Then we got our 3rd snow on December 19th. We got a bunch, and we got to have a White Christmas. Loved it! Oh yeah, December 19th was still not Winter yet. Should have figured it out, and headed south! But I LOVE snow, so here we are. We got a few snow falls in January, then got THE BIG ONE. Just as we were digging out we got another 12 inches on top of the other. That was when we hit a wall. No more snow, please! We have tried playing in it, but it is too deep for Miller and he just heads to the street. It is just not fun trying to keep him out of the street. Can't blame him, there is still about 2 freaking feet of snow out there.
Yesterday was President's Day and Allen was home. So I had a dream about building an igloo in the driveway. So out we went into the driveway to try and build said igloo. It ended up being more of a cave with 2 entrances. I think it's Da Bomb. The boys, notsomuch. Jackson wanted real doors and lights and Miller wanted to hit the road (with no gloves, please). Thanks for playing mom, but the whole snow thing is just a ploy to get Hot Chocolate.
So we came inside and took off all the dirty, wet clothes that it took ages and such a hassle to put on. Shortly thereafter I had a break with sanity. All I can say was that it was not pretty. I then decided that it would be best if I took a nice hot shower and had some retail therapy. That made it better. Sort of.
Because you know what? There is still 2 freaking feet of snow outside. I still have to walk across an ice rink (or call it the sides of my driveway) to get to the car. All parking lots are dangerous because half the spaces are filled with plowed snow that's about 10-12 feet tall. I could go on and on.
Did I tell you that Jackson has been to preschool for 2.5 hours in February? I didn't? Well, now I have. Hallelujah for preschool tomorrow!
There are about 5 weeks left until Spring and I have a feeling this is not the last snow we will have before all is said and done. The forecast is showing flurries here and there, but I would not be surprised if we get another big one. we will see if I am of stable enough mind to handle it.
Next of my random posts will be a detailed description of our trip to the Burger King Playground. Just so you know, desperate times call for...The King!

More Snow

So we got about 12 more inches of snow(note the tone of excitement in my voice). That puts about 3 feet in our yard. That's all I can say. Tuesday we went to play with our playgroup friends and the boys had lots of fun playing with their friends. Jackson loved learning how to make a snow cave!


The best part of all this snow has been the sledding. We have learned that we NEED a bigger sled. Good luck finding that! Enjoy!

SNOWMAGEDDON

So you're wondering if we are still here, huh? We are still here and are truly amazed at the amount of snow that fell from the sky in about 28 hours. On the low end we have around 25 inches. It's hard to tell since the snow drifted with all the high winds, but I think it was more like 30 inches. Any way you slice it, we had an enormous amount of snow. Thankfully, we were able to dig out yesterday and free our driveway and cars so that we can get out should we need to. Lucky for us we live 2 blocks from City Hall, so our street is pretty clear. We can get out, but there are very few things open and most roads are not passable.

These are the pictures from-Last Wednesday before the BIG storm we got 5 inches. So this is what it looked like beforeSnowmageddon hit.






Then these are during Snowmageddon. See our trash can on the curb? Yes there is snow up to the rim. I don't know why they didn't come empty it.




This what we woke up to Sunday morning.



We had to keep them inside while Allen cleared a spot for them to walk. Thank you Allen. It was up to Allen's shoulders in some places.



There was a lot of jumping off of the snow mountain. Allen and I made a bet that it would still be there on March 1. I think I'm going to lose that one!









Yes it is up to his shoulders!








Good news! Just when you are tired of seeing snow pictures, just get over it because....Another storm is coming tomorrow and Wednesday and we are due to get ANOTHER 5-10 inches! That is all I have to say about that!

Groundhog day

Yesterday was Groundhog Day and the Groundhog saw his shadow and we all know that we are in for 6 more weeks of...THIS!
Then I read this blog post about motherhood being like Groundhog day. Although her life is a bit different from mine, it seems we are all feeling it.
Around here we have had more snow. 6 inches on Saturday. 6 inches last night. Another big storm coming this weekend. Not complaining, but it is like Groundhog Day.
We are also back on the antibiotic train. Now both boys are on them. Seems we can not get rid of the creeping crud! Poor J never complained, but in the words of the Pediatrician, "His ear looks gross."
So to cheer you up here are MORE pictures of the boys in the snow.







My memory card was full when we went for a walk and some sledding on Saturday afternoon, so you can just imagine. But boy did we have fun! The boys loved sledding. We also walked to the park and when Jackson went down the slide it was so slick with his nylon snow bibs that he landed on his bottom about 3 feet away from the slide. Hot dog! That was a blast!

White Out

Our snow storm was everything it was built up to be! We got between 18 and 20 inches and that is the most snow I have ever seen. Instead of causing your eyes to bleed and posting all 228 pictures (no I am not exaggerating) I took in a span of 24 hours, I decided to make a few collages of the pics. If you would like to see bigger views of our Snow Slovelapalooza you can click on the images and enlarge the collages.
Mom and Michele will be here on Wednesday and are hoping for a White Christmas. I think they will get their wish! The high for every day this week is about 32-34 degrees. Brrrrrr
Oh and I got to see a snow blower work today and those things are cool! I never thought that those words would be typed by my fingers! It is like a tiller, but it shoots the snow out a chute at the top. Our neighbor got her driveway done and were were in awe of the snowblower. Not that we need one. You see I bought jackson a $5 kid's snow shovel and he adores it. Miller wants one of his own (I'm not making this up!) and as soon as I can get back there, I'll be getting him one too! Those boys have to earn their keep!