It's Done...
Makes a pretty picture, huh?
This is my deck at 6:00 am today.It is considerable more than at 6:00 am yesterday (scroll down to compare) . I don't really know how much we got. It's really REALLY hard to tell because there is so much drifting. I do know we won't be using our BACK door for some time! I went out to feed the birds yesterday and stepped in a drift up to my thigh! But we had a spot on our driveway that was bare ice! So quantity is really dependent upon where a person measures at! The news is reporting 15-20" average. I think that's probably the BEST guess anybody's going to get! National Airport reports 16.4 as the "official" inches. All I know is... there's a LOT of white stuff out there. It's COLD. And all my church services have been cancelled today -- including the first showing of our Cantata!
All Hubby knows is.... he spent ALL DAY yesterday plowing the driveway, and he will do that again today!
All Hubby knows is.... he spent ALL DAY yesterday plowing the driveway, and he will do that again today!
You can see that all the snow he pushed out of the way
yesterday is now covered by a new layer of softness...
*sigh*
yesterday is now covered by a new layer of softness...
*sigh*
Word is that Luz did NOT go out to play in the snow yesterday while it was still snowing. (that is good cuz it was really COLD and miserable) But today the sun is shining -- it is still cold but not as windy and there's enough snow that she will have a super time with no worry of it melting too quickly!!! I wish I was there, or she was here... THIS is why our family needs a cul-de-sac! :) I know Amanda will send me pictures!
posted by Melli at
9:22 AM
11 comment(s):
Apparently you have the same weather than we have, except that we are not equipped for that ! The trains are late or not running at all, there are no buses because of the glaze, airplanes are cancelled. It's impossible to drive they don't clean quick enough and I don't know but the salt is missing too. We are all prisoners. Fortunately my deepfreeze is full, but I had to give a bread to Dominique my neighbour because she had none anymore. My other neighbor was stuck for 2 1/2 h in Waterloo ! Nothing was moving anymore. People left their cars on the highways and walked home ! I tell you a mess !
I hope the streets will be better on thursday when we go to Malmedy in the Ardennes, the Belgian "Mountains" ! There is even more snow !
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Ingrid, at
12/20/2009 11:29 AM
I'm still eat up with envy, girl. It would be wonderful to have that much snow for a little while. I'm good staying indoors for a little while and maybe next year at Christmas we will go to a lodge where there is snow. Next year the kids will go to the other parents' homes. We will be on our own that year for the first time in 45 years.
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Amber Star, at
12/20/2009 1:03 PM
I loved snow when I was a kid. This would have thrilled me. As an adult I am wondering why I'm packing to move away from Hawaii!
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quilly, at
12/20/2009 1:09 PM
We didn't get the drifting until last night, so I know our measurement is accurate. Now there are some "interesting" patterns on everyone's roof... and we are a little worried about the weight up there!
Our cantata has been postponed until January 3rd. I'm glad, because it would be sad to miss out on the wonderful music the choir has been preparing! The church did have an 11am only service today, but we didn't have ourselves dug out enough, and the 4WD only seats four people. Instead, I sent the 2 older boys to shovel out a few elderly neighbors. :) We'll light the Advent candles later and have "church" at home.
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Anonymous, at
12/20/2009 2:40 PM
We got it too Melli!
It is pretty but we haven't faired as well - no electric here since Friday. It's cold!
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Carletta, at
12/20/2009 3:01 PM
OMG, Melli. I can't imagine that much snow or come to think of it snow, period.....living here in central Texas, we don't get snow hardly ever.....it gets very cold here with ice but no snow....keep warm and take care.
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Rhonda, at
12/20/2009 3:41 PM
It is pretty to look at....but I would so hate to have to function in it. Hope you have plenty of groceries!!!
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Barbara H., at
12/20/2009 5:17 PM
Washington Airport made the news here in Belgium, so I knew it was bad out there, but this beats it all!
Look at your deck, oh my! You said only a few days ( weeks?) ago you hardly get any snow where you are, didn't you? Well there you are!
I love the snowman amidst the candy canes.
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Jientje, at
12/20/2009 5:32 PM
Stop rejoicing in the terrible stuff. Offically you got about the same amount as we did earlier. The wind does pile it up in some place and not in others. I hate the stuff.
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Dr.John, at
12/20/2009 7:29 PM
That's totally what I have the North Pole Pictured as :) What wonderful pictures. I'm glad you had the ones to compare...I remember growing up and helping my Grandfather on his tractor plow the snow in Carson. Brings back fond memories...Beautiful pictures :)
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Anonymous, at
12/20/2009 8:44 PM
I saw that snowman in the first picture and was like "WOW!!! What a perfect snowman!" Then, I "larged" it ... lol! It's not real! Doh! :) That there is a LOT of snow! Burrrr!!! Looks like Uncle Dennis is having a blast - totally in his "guy" element. ;)
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12/20/2009 10:31 PM
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