A Winter Wonderland... Part Three

Parts one and two can be found here and here.

Well, the "blizzard" has come and gone. I still haven't heard whether or not it ended up meeting the criteria for being called a blizzard, but WOW! That was a fun snowstorm to watch. From the comfort of my own home, that is. I don't like driving in the snow to begin with, and trying to drive with that lack of visibility would NOT be fun.  

It's impossible to know how much snow we got. The trusty picnic table still denies that we got any snow at all. The various snow drifts are two and three feet tall. So I've decided to go with the average driveway measurement, which is 10 inches. The menfolk are off of work again today, and have been shoveling off and on since early morning. My car had huge drifts around it, which certainly didn't help.

Vic, does this picture meet the new rule of your photo challenge? He's even wearing a coat!!!  :)

Cold weather sometimes brings out selfishness. Can you see it? Look closely.

Maybe you can see it better here. Look who popped out to see what in the world was lying on top of her! I guess you can't blame a girl for trying to keep warm... no matter WHO had the chair first.

When attempting to stay warm and survive a blizzard, it's best if everyone sticks together.

Well, that's it for now! We have survived the 2011 Blizzard of Oz, and are enjoying our second Snow Day. I hope everyone is safe and warm, wherever you may be!

A Winter Wonderland... Part Two

Part One of this post can be found here.  I'm continuing this post in an attempt to meet my pastor's photo challenge, although I have no idea how many inches of snow we have gotten!

It's been such a hoot today to watch all the snow falling and blowing all over the backyard ("snowing sideways" is how I would describe it), and to see our picnic table remain basically untouched.  So funny!

And so you can get an idea how big the snow drift next to the picnic table is...

A snow day isn't complete without some father/son bonding...

And lastly, a look at how G will look as an old man!  :)

P.S.  Please note that a miracle has occurred, and I have actually updated my recipe blog!!  I hope to start being much more faithful with posting to that blog... maybe even (gasp) posting every time I cook something that hasn't been posted before!

A Winter Wonderland... Part One

We are in the midst of heavy snow right now, and under a blizzard watch until tomorrow morning, with a prediction of 5 to 25 inches depending upon the part of the city. What the prediction is for my part of the city, I really can't tell! But the bottom line is: Snow, and lots of it. I have no idea how much snow we have here, because it's basically been snowing sideways all day.  Our yard is covered in snow, but our picnic bench is almost completely clear.  It's rather humorous to look outside at a winter wonderland with a naked picnic bench in the middle of it.


We're enjoying a "snow day" off from homeschooling today, and the menfolk are off work as well. We also have a house guest, my brother-in-law, who we picked up on Sunday so that I could take him to his doctor's appointment today. WELL, that didn't happen.  It seems that every time he comes to town, he brings the snow with him, so if you're looking for someone to blame, consider him.  :)  


I'm enjoying watching the snow, and especially enjoying watching our kittens stare at the blowing snow for hours until falling asleep right in front of the sliding glass doors.  I'm very hopeful that nothing will happen to cause us to lose our electricity.  We lose our electricity at some point every year (either during rainstorms or snowstorms), and the fact that we have an extra person with us this week AND that two people in the house seem to have caught some sort of stomach bug... well, I just don't think that losing our electricity would be beneficial to my mental well being.  :)


And now, in the spirit of my pastor's photo challenge, here are two pictures from earlier today of a frosty spider web that I noticed on the outside of our living room window.  

Happy Sounds!

We're doing some housecleaning and list making today as we prepare to leave for Texas Thursday to visit my sister! The house is filled with sounds that I love... thunder, rain, and a certain 12 year old boy belting out "And Can it Be That I Should Gain?" while he vacuums. :)

I'm so thankful that the kids have fallen in love with hymns!

Snowflakes? Or snowballs?!

Snowflakes the size of cotton balls are falling outside at this very moment. (A much needed pick-me-up today, I might add, after this morning's trip to the vet w/my scottish terrier.) I'm reeeeeeally ready for winter to be over, but these snowflakes are too pretty to be mad about!

My phone doesn't take good videos, since I either can't zoom... or don't know how to zoom. The latter is probably accurate. :) Watch the video all the way through so that you can see the actual size of a snowflake that plopped onto my car door right at the end.