snOMG ... it's snowmaggedon!!!

remember ... about a month ago, the week before thanksgiving, we got 8" of wet heavy snow and it decimated our tree out front?

then last weekend, we had snowlapalooza around here ... another 9" of fluffy white stuff arrived early saturday morning ...

well ... those two events got NOTHIN' on the snowpocalypse we're getting right now.

this was marc's car yesterday afternoon ... he was in connecticut all week and didn't clean off his car after last weekend's snow, so it's been just sitting there:

and here's the back deck yesterday afternoon ... it was a beautiful day, and the last four weeks' worth of snow looked lovely:

well, at 10 a.m., it all looked like this:

so i curled up on the sofa with my coffee and slippers, turned on the fire, and enjoyed the quiet beauty of it all.

however, after lunch i got to thinking that we already had 10" of snow that was blowing around and drifting like crazy. and the weather guys were saying we were only halfway through the storm. so shoveling sounded prudent.

however ... i could open the front door only partially because of all the snow. once i finally got outside, the first thing i did was shovel off the porch.

then i had to shovel the next two steps. you don't see the next two steps? hmm. well, neither could i.

i finally made it off the porch and found myself mid-thigh in snow ...

*insert giddy giggle here*

that giddiness quickly faded, though, as harper had issues with snow blowing in her face and being cold.

(umm ... helllooo ... don't stand right where i'm shoveling and the snow won't blow in your face, ding dong.) then i had to race across the front yard in higher-than-knee-deep snow to grab her out of a snowbank and carry her back to the house because she got yet another face full of snow. by this point i was out of breath, my legs were wet and freezing, and i'd managed to shovel only about a two square foot section of the driveway.

 

so there was a new plan: i handed the shovel off to marc so he could shovel just enough to dig out the man car and move it up next to mine. tomorrow? we call our guy with a bobcat, give him fifty bucks, and let him dig out the rest.

because we're still only halfway through the storm.

and tomorrow? it's supposed to be -20 outside.

*giddiness gone.*

Comments

[Valerie at Home]

You know, hubby keeps mentioning wanting to move to Minneapolis. After those pictures, I'm not so sure, but it really is lovely to look at from my home out here in the South. I did tell him that I know of a lovely home that will be available next spring, but it doesn't have granite countertops... >;-P

[Jennifer]

oh goodness...I just said the other day that I wanted snow...now, I'm not too sure. We are supposed to get some this week though...ready or not here it comes! :)

[Kelly Rodgers]

Wow. So much snow. I would love to trade places with you....maybe for one day ;o)

[lisa truesdell]

i'll take my -20 with very litle snow..... eeeeeps!!! stay warm - i'd totally be paying to have the driveway scooped, too!

[Nicole]

it's on it's way here now...oi. :P