Let It Snow (and throw in some ice)

Haha - and no, this is not a photo from inside our house! Steve sent these two photos to me from an email someone sent him. I think they were taken in Canada. Can you even imagine? I guess it makes me think I should never complain again.

It was nice except for the times when our power was out. We were lucky when compared to many others. Mary Beth and Jon had to go stay with his brother in Fayetteville. They may not get their power for several days yet.

Back to work today after two days home with the schools closed. Somehow I managed to enjoy myself even though the ZING just isn't quite there since I am not on salary any longer and those days off mean that I make no income! Snow/ice days used to be different when I knew I was still being paid to lay around the house for a day!

This is probably the only month in ages that I have been caught up on my paperwork at the end of the month. Maybe I need two snow/ice days every month. I worked some, we watched some movies and made a huge pot of vegetable soup. It was delightful to realize that our gas stove works whether or not we have electricity. How cool!

Rachel continues to get inches and inches of snow in New Hampshire. I heard today that they've had record snowfall for this month, but I've lost count of the inches, no that would be the FEET of snow they have gotten!!! Mary Beth and Greg have been out of school all week because the University of Arkansas has been closed due to no electricity. And they never close.

I don't know about everyone else, but I've about enjoyed all of the winter that I can stand for this year. I'm already thinking of spring and when we shift back to the "other" time so that it isn't dark at 5:00 anymore. Well, until then I will have to be content to have my electricity on and be thankful to be snug and warm in my house tonight.