Snow Day

Yipee....it is official we have a "snow day". You know that doesn't apply to me as somehow Corporate America just hasn't wrapped it's "head" around the whole concept of snow falls you give your employees the day off....sigh! Anyway, the kid scored another snow day and on top of all that homework and test she had to study for she could use it!

I snapped a few pictures of the snowfall. This one is different not powder like the 10 inches we received last week, but more wet. This is good snowman building snow, not that I will be around to participate.

Once again Lexi our Airedale is loving it and Lulu well not so much. The forecast calls for a snow/ice/rain mix today with a high of 32 and a low of 21. That should make driving as the sun goes down all kinds of fun!

As I type our neighbors are having a snowball fight across the street, you can hear the kids squeal as their Dad pops them with a snowball straight to the head. I wish I could join in on those snow games. No such luck, so for now I will just have to feel sorry for myself and instead of plopping on a ski jacket and some glove, I will have to don some professional attire so that I can join in on our version of the not so fun "reindeer games" at work. For the locals enjoy the winter wonderland and for my co-workers, have the coffee ready I will see you shortly!

Here it comes again!

Can you believe it we are receiving more snow! Yep, you read right as I type the fluffy white stuff is coming down once again. This makes about the third good snowfall of the season and for us that is quite a bit. I have gotten use to it being cold but for most of the time we just don't receive that much snow.

So the city/county schools have already closed but alas once again our daughter's school is "holding out". The headmaster has decided to wait until the morning to make the call as to whether they will open or not. I am here to tell my car is already covered and they did not salt our street or the feeder street so there is about a 99.98% chance I will not be leaving the drive way tomorrow morning.

I am all for going to school and not just hanging out when it is possible to get there and arrive safely. However, in a town where they do a fairly decent job of maintaining the roads in bad weather, when they elect not to salt main feeder roads then I elect not to drive anywhere!

So, I guess I will be up at "crack" of dawn and will be gazing upon the ole' electronic crystal ball to see if we are going to school. In the meantime, I am heading back downstairs and planting myself in front of the fire while the kid and I review material for her social studies, science and english test tomorrow. Not like there is any "pressure" on mother nature, but with this workload it both goes without saying we wouldn't mind another snow day.

Ready for some rain

Ok, so what was BEAUTIFUL on Saturday has become an ugly pile of dirt, grime and trash piled up on the curb of our lawn and sits as mounds in every parking lot. Isn't it amazing how quickly the winter wonderland can turn into a gray slush mess! I rolled into work today only to be confronted by mounds of frozen gray and black snow piled everywhere ( well mostly in the spots we were suppose to park in). It doesn't paint a very pretty picture, and to tell you the truth I am ready for a good rain to clear it all away.

Of course the roads are still a mess and I am driving around in my husband's F150 4X4 as my beetle was not constructed for this sort of weather. Public schools are out tomorrow, but our private school is heck bent on holding classes......great! Evidently, they think just because they have cleared their parking lot and access road all is well within the county or so their website states....nice they are living in an ideal world!

The weather forecast is calling for rain on Thursday, so maybe all of this will be but a dim memory by weeks end. On an up note we are scheduled to attend an awards ceremony tomorrow night for 4-H. This dinner is being held to honor those outstanding individuals who placed in county and regional competitions in the 2009 - 2010 year. Our daughter placed first in county twice once both under the speech category. We are looking forward to the evening, so stay tuned for pictures....you know I will be taking some!

Snow Day January 30, 2010

Well we got snow last night 10 inches to be exact. The girls were really excited and were up and about by 8:30 despite keeping late hours in the form of a sleepover and not hitting the bed until after 1am. Lexi loves the snow and nearly drove us crazy ringing the bells on the door to go outside and play. Lulu not so much, I think it had to do with the fact that the snow was taller than she was. All in all, I spent most of the day drying clothes, which were caked with snow. The plus side it didn't reach about 25 degrees today so there was very little melting. By the forecast it looks as though we will have this white stuff around for a few days. We should be able to play in it just long enough to get sick of it! Enjoy the show.

Ahhhh Snow

Well it is finally coming down in "buckets" well at least for us. We have recorded over 5 inches and that was about (2) hours ago. We have friends who live a little further out who have received 10 inches of the beautiful white stuff. We are going to have a blast building a snowman tomorrow....I can't wait!

It is here.....

It is here......the snow started to fall in small amounts around 12noon today. Of course, all the schools were closed as most every county has been impacted.

It started off slow and the roads were still wet so there wasn't much threat of it "sticking". Well the temperature has stayed below 25 for the majority of the day and we are finally beginning to see some accumulation on the roads.

It is getting to late to build a snowman tonight, but if it continues to snow through the night as predicted we may be able to build one tomorrow.

Winter on it's way

Check out the forecast for our weekend can you say brrrrr. They are calling for a wintry mix, I am hoping it will happen earlier in the week and they will call off school. Hey, just a big kid at heart, and while our daughter just returned from her winter break we are already "over" all the projects and homework.

So can you say let it snow...let it snow....let it snow!