Year 3 - Day 21 - January 21

I had big plans for today. I was going to sleep in, have lunch with friends, do some homework because I have a ton to get done this weekend, have dinner with Mike, and then go to stamping.

Instead, I woke up early, tried to shovel the sheet of ice that fell on our driveway last night, failed, had to cancel lunch, continued to fail at clearing the driveway, found out we were going to have to cancel stamping too, got annoyed at life and therefore refused to do the homework that I have to do.

BUT...

We found a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies from our Christmas cookie baking extravaganza in the back of the freezer! (I guess that's why I felt like I ran out of that flavor so much quicker than the others!) And I got to catch up on my DVR (between Mike's run of terrible, terrible, movies!) and lay around in the PJ's that I put on after I showered for my canceled lunch. So I guess life's not all bad. :)

Year 2 - Day 300 - October 28

No joke, people. It's October 28 and that's a giant cloud of white and pink frozen stuff headed straight towards us. They're talking of accumulation! Before Halloween!

I swear our August earthquake just threw the earth for a giant loop and messed with this year! The only thing I am happy about is that tomorrow is Saturday, so we won't have to be in school when it happens and the kids go nuts. :)

Year 2 - Day 18 - January 18

Yesterday I read a quick blurb in the paper that we might get some freezing rain overnight, so I took my phone upstairs with me just in case.  I was crossing my fingers for a delay, but didn't really think it would happen.  Imagine my surprise when I woke up to find out we didn't just have a delay, but a whole day off.  The world around us was completely encased in ice this morning.  It looked like water, but every drop was frozen solid.  By about 10am, there was enough warmth to at least move in the direction of slush, which greatly helped the driveway & sidewalk cleaning!  I was MUCH more productive today than any other day this weekend.  I got a bunch of grading done, I wrote a paper for a class I'm taking, and I managed some relaxation time too.  Very excellent day, indeed.

Year 2 - Day 17 - January 17

It isn't easy to see it with the iphone camera in the dark, but it's snowing again!  Rumor has it that it's going to be freezing rain and slushy overnight and into rush hour ... perhaps another 2 hour delay?  It's so hard to get back into the groove with the crazy weather schedule lately!

Day 48 - February 17

This is an update on the icicle from last week.  It's hard to see because I took this picture with my phone this morning, but the icicle has doubled in size!  I've noticed that about icicles all over the place.  As they slowly melt during the day and then refreeze at night they just keep growing!

Day 42 - February 11

 

This is why you shouldn't stand in the entryway to our building!  These aren't the longest ones I saw today, but I didn't have my camera with me on my walk.  I saw some that were probably as long as I am tall.  Granted, that's not THAT tall, but for an icicle it is. :)