WORST
1-The Blizzard of 2010 (see best #1 as well). Snow like the DC area has never seen before. Crazy. We got 26 inches. We expect to be trapped in our house for another couple of days. A few people venture out, but we see a lot of them have to abandon their stuck cars. It's pretty bad. The above picture is of our picnic table and trampoline. Yes, both are under snow.
2-Schools, businesses, and governments are closed. No one can get out. And we have 5-10 inches of snow coming on Tuesday. This amount of snow puts us over the record snow fall for the DC area in recorded history. And remember--because we average about 4 inches of snow a YEAR, there just isn't snow removal equipment here. So it takes forever to clear streets, etc.
3-Bryce and I both have hurt our backs shoveling snow. Yes, we were careful and did it properly, but it was just too much for too long and it ended up getting to us.
4-Bryce is flat on his back with either food poisoning or a stomach bug. Probably the sickest I have see him. Sad stuff. The roof of our shed collapsed. The shed is DEAD. I called our home teacher to ask if he and his 3 teenage sons can come help me dig out the critical stuff (lawn mowers, spreaders, etc) so they wont get ruined. They will come help in a little bit--they have a truck and live close, so they can probably get out. Bryce and I will deal with the rest, the junk and removing the shed if the winter ever ends.
BEST
1- Blizzard of 2010. Can't go anywhere. We went out every 4-6 hours and shoveled about 6 inches each time. We have power. We eat, watch movies and TV, I quilt and quilt and quilt. It's a nice pace from running everywhere all the time.
2-I finished the final touches of a quilt and made 2 quilt tops. I also started a third quilt top which I hope to finish today or tomorrow. I am making 4 queen quilts for my mom--for her to give to 2 home teachers, to Naomi (the lady that drives her to the temple), and to Joyce Binns (the one that comes and cuts her hair every month). They all provide such Christlike service for mom, so together we are making them quilts.
3- On Saturday, we had a snow party. The neighbors on either side of our house treked through the snow and we had a potluck dinner. Chili, sloppy joes, chicken and rice, lasagna, veges, cherry cobbler, apple pie, and ice cream. And as great as the food was, the company was better. The VanGilsts, Bakers and Kennys. Nice time. Then everyone borrowed movies and headed home.
4- We actually had some fun shoveling snow. A snow plow actually shoveled the snow from the townhouses across the street, pushing the huge pile of snow onto the sidewalk between our house and the Kenny's house. Bryce took it as a challenge to shovel through it. First, for fun, he built stairs which Molly attempted to climb. I tried to post the video two times. Each time it looks like it is working, but then, no.
5- We have missed tons of days of school, and probably will miss most of this week. We have missed so many days that they really cannot have us make everything up. At least not reasonably so. Hopefully the days will be "forgiven" by the legislature.
6. I love Jenna's new blog posts. Insightful. Sensitive. She shouldn't be spending so much time on them, but I like them. Check it (Good Happens) out at http://lifesblessingsandthelittlethings.blogspot.com/2010/02/you-can-do-hard-things.html
That's all. As usual, after I post, I will think of things I forgot. Oh well.
That's really too bad that Bryce is sick when he could finally enjoy being home and relaxing! What a bummer!
ReplyDeleteCrazy snow! We're having crazy snow this winter too, but our city is built for it. Even then, we've had enough snow days that they actually tacked on 10 minutes to the end of each school day for the rest of the year.
ReplyDeleteAnd it makes me so happy that you are helping Grandma make quilts to thank people. They are so thoughtful to help her. What a great way to thank them!