Ok, I have to admit that I wasn't that excited about the news of pending snow. I didn't really believe them. We haven't seen any snow since...I think since November and that was just a sprinkling. It didn't stay long. And that is pretty much the norm here. Not much snow. I don't think we had much at all last year, although we had a lot of rain.
SOooo...boy was I surprised when I saw it start snowing. And then it kept snowing. I made it to work yesterday. The roads were clear and it wasn't too bad. A little slippery around here, but the main roads were clear. But my office development was pretty snowy and we got stuck on the hill going in. That was fun. A couple more tries though and we made it up the hill.
It continued to snow most of yesterday, so I left at about 2:00 PM. I wondered if I could get my car out if I left it there for the rest of the day. And I was right in that it was hard to get it out when I left.
But the reason that I am writing this isn't really because of the road conditions...it is because when I woke up this morning...there was A LOT more snow! I was like a little child! I couldn't wait to get out in it!! As soon as it was light out, I got all dressed and got out there. First I did the things I needed to do...like clearing 9 inches of snow off the top of the chicken coop and making sure that they were fed and watered, and no eggs were freezing. By the way, the 9 inches was just what accumulated overnight. I went out and brushed it off before I went to bed last night.
But when I was done working on the chicken coop, my dog and I played and played. She was shocked when I fell backwards in the snow and just laid there, taking it all in. :-) Then we took a nice, long walk in the snow.
I had to work today. I was thankful that I could work from home. It was cozy and my husband and son were here because my son's school was closed due to the snow.
When the snow stopped falling, we had about 18 inches. That is a lot! It was hard to work. I kept watching the snow coming down...my son and husband got out and built a fort...I wanted to join them.
Finally I gave in and asked them to take a walk with me. We walked to the little store at the end of our road. In all the time that we lived here, we have never been in that store. Carl got to ride on the sled the whole way.
On the way home...we realized that there is a sledding hill...a big one...just a couple blocks from our house. Oh my goodness! You know, I don't remember ever going sledding before a couple years ago. And that slope was nothing like this one. This was the fastest and biggest slope I have ever been on. I would have gone again and again...but the dudes were pretty frozen by that time. Thank God for my pink farmer girl outfit that keeps me very warm. Anyway, I went once by myself. THAT WAS FUN!
And guess what...school is closed again tomorrow. I need to work again...but maybe I can find some time to go sledding once or twice.
Hope you are staying safe and warm this Winter.
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