Snowpocalypse



This is our back yard on Saturday afternoon. I couldn't believe how BLUE the sky was after such a miserable storm. This has minimal post-processing, only a few minor adjustments to correct the white balance.

Oh my my my! I have has enough of the snow! In Spanish today, we were learning about nature... the Spanish term for "storm" is "la tormenta", and boy, I can understand why! The school district we live in has been cancelled ALL week so far because they don't have power. We went for 27 hours without it and it was bad, but now we are hearing about our friends who didn't have it for four days! Its absolutely crazzzzzzy!

This is the house across the street from us at 11 pm Friday night. I couldn't believe how light it was outside... it looked like it was morning.

We all have cabin fever SO SO bad! Some of my friends were complaining about how bad it is to be stuck in the house with their one other sibling... I couldn't help but to think, "Gee! Try 4 siblings!" But really, it hasn't been so bad except for when we went without power. I ventured to Wal-Mart on Tuesday to buy some yarn for a project I am working on, and you would not believe how INSANE people were! The parking lot was slush, and people who did not have handicap stickers were parking in the reserved spaces. This forced people that actually needed the spaces to park on the street closest to the building, so when I would drive up an isle and try to turn, I couldn't see what was coming. It was quite scary, but hey! I did get a front row space :)

Dillon in his freakish snow gear. He scared us multiple times walking through the back yard because he would turn around and all you would see is skeleton.

Did you all hear about the guy who is being charged with assault by snowblower?! Here is the link....http://kdka.com/local/snow.blower.assault.2.1486830.html
Absolutely ridiculous! With all the work that has to be done plowing the roads, they are worrying about that. It is so silly! Forgive and forget, people.

This is our neighbor's driveway. One of the trees from the property line fell over into her driveway (right behind where I was standing) and they weren't able to leave their houses.

On Tuesday, we dug a tunnel through the 4 foot snowbank on the side of the road. This is Dillon and Doug inside one end, while I was in the other to snap the picture... what good friends they are! LOL.

The snow on top of our house was crazy! My mom said that at night, everything was SO quiet that she could actually hear the snow fall on the roof from the tree branches.

Oh Punxsutawney Phil, you are at the TOP of my list right now, buddy. Stay safe and keep warm!





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  1. aFebruary 11, 2010 at 4:03 PM

    My Dad slept outside with R & B the other night...in an igloo.

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