Flashback Friday

Yikes!  It looks like the East Coast got hammered by a big winter storm.  It reminds me of this one!

I kind of forget how cold it gets when it snows, but these pictures are bringing me back!

You can read more about those snow days here, here and here!

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!