Snow, Snow, go away!

I've had a couple folks mention how LOOOOOOOOONG my entries in this blog are, one of whom is my OLDER, MUCH OLDER sister (not the one that posts here, but the one that turned FIFTY a couple weeks ago), and others as well, and that it must take me forever to write this and that I must have a LOT of spare time on my hands.   Just to set the record straight . . . in a previous life, I was a legal secretary for 20 years.  Even though it's been a few years since I worked in an office, I still type at 100 wpm.  These entries really only take me 10-15 minutes for each post.  So it doesn't really take me very long to type these entries.    

Now, on to the last two days.   We had all kinds of warnings yesterday about snow and how much we're going to get.   The store was closed as it was Sunday and we're still on winter hours, so I wasn't worried about going anywhere.  Greg on the other hand, had to work from 4 p.m. to midnight.   It was NOT a fun drive to work, that's for sure!  

We only got about 8 inches on Sunday, not too bad, but we had a LOT of blowing and drifting.  Unfortunately, Greg had to work from 4 p.m. to midnight.  I was worried about him getting there and back, but that wasn't a problem.  The problem he had was getting into the driveway!     When he got home, the driveway was drifted over with at least 3 foot drifts, and he couldn't see them, so he literally plowed right into one!       He couldn't get out, so he left the car at the end of the driveway and walked through all those drifts.  Needless to say, he was NOT a happy camper when he finally got into the house!  

This morning, our neighbor came over to plow for us (thank goodness for neighbors with BIG tractors!) and only did the other driveway because Greg's car was stuck.  Once Mike (our neighbor) finished the other side, I moved Aaron's car over to where it was plowed and backed my truck out of the garage.  I backed up to Greg, intending to pull him out.   Who'd have thought that my BIG, HUGE, BEAUTIFUL truck could NOT pull him out?  Certainly not I!       Yea, I'm as surprised as ya'll are!   I even put my truck in 4-lo, but nothing!   With the extra blowing and drifting from overnight, his car was buried up to it's headlights!    Sheesh!   

Thank goodness for neighbors with BIG tractors!   Did I say that already?    Well, Mike got some chains and was able to pull Greg's car out of the snowbank for us.  He then plowed the rest of the driveway.  I finally got to the store about 10:30 this morning and was able to get all of today's orders out.  I ended up closing early because it snowed all day long (NOT forecasted, of course), and I really wanted to get home without skidding across the highway again.  

We ended up with a total of about 12 inches since the snow started yesterday morning.   Like I said, not a really big deal here over two days.  The blowing and drifting is just too much, though!  

Here's a pic out our patio door, looking at the deck -- this drift is about 4 feet deep, and I think Abby would be lost in it!  




From our kitchen window --



The front yard:



The geese, sitting on our front porch -- the only place that was sheltered from the wind -- and only because it was enclosed by snowdrifts!




So, that's it for now!  Even though we've gotten more snow than normal, we haven't gotten as much snow as the folks in Madison have had!    

Hope everyone had a "normal" day!

Julie